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The LAXATIVE AND S UB - ASTR INGEN T 



BALL OR DRINK : Take one ounce line Tur- 

 key rhubarb, frefli powdered, lenitive eleSuary, 

 two ounces ; ginger finely powdered, two 

 drachms ; ball with fifted oat-flour, or make a 

 drink with gruel. To be given every other 

 day three times. The night after the opera- 

 tion of each dofe the following drink may be 

 given warm, if circum fiances appear to require 

 it. Diafcordium half an ounce to an ounce, 

 in either a tea made of mint, fage, chamomile, 

 and dried red rofes ; or ale, or gruel. 



But fhouid the difeafe turn out too powerful 

 for thefe remedies, and the fcouring continue 

 with griping pains, lofs of appetite, heaving at 

 the flanks, and fever, an efficacious refl;ringent 

 courfe muft be adapted, both in the medicines 

 given at the mouth, and frequent glyfters. 



Restringent Glyster : Oak bark, four 

 ounces ; tormentil-root, two ounces ; chamo- 

 mile, two handfuls ; burnt hartfliorn, three 

 ounces ,• boil in three quarts forge water to 

 two ; ftrain off, and add two ounces diafcor- 

 dium ; four ounces of flarch or ground-rice ; 

 and half a drachm of opium. This quantity 

 may ferve once or twice according to circum- 

 ilances. Repeat once a day. 



The DRINK, to be exhibited daily: Take 

 anifeeds, carraways, and lefTer cardamoms, one 

 ounce each ; juniper-berries, four ounces ; biuife 



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