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febrifuge herbs and honey. Repeat, or fubfti- 

 tute within an hour or two : Turkey rhubarb 

 in powder, half an ounce ; diapente, one ounce ; 

 fait of tartar, two drachms ; ginger grated, and 

 oil of juniper, one drachm each ; ball with oil 

 of amber. A Glyster of the herbs camomile, 

 mallows, &c. two ounces lenitive eleduary. 

 The following Purging Drink, if neceffary * 

 Senna, two ounces ; liquorice root, one ounce ; 

 fait of tartar, two drachms ; carraway and juni- 

 per berries bruifed, one ounce each ; boil in a 

 quart of water to a pint, drain and add two 

 ounces lenitive eleftuary, with good old white 

 wine half a pint. St. Bel recommends Pidvis 

 jacobus every fix hours ; an antimoniai prepa- 

 ration which I have been unable to find. 

 Should a tendency to mortification appear, it 

 mufi: be refilled by bark and wine, both in 

 drinks and glyfters. The Anodyne Drink 

 AND Ball. The Drink: White wine, or 

 fine beer, one quart, dilfolve in it the fize of an 

 egg, 'common cordial ball, and one ounce 

 Venice treacle (add or omit according to cir- 

 cumflianccs) one hundred drops laudanum, and 

 the fame number tincture of caftor. Stir well,, 

 and give it warm. Or, The ball. Diapente, 

 one ounce; diafcordium., half an ounce; myrrh, 

 two drachms ; ball with liquorice powder, and 

 two drachms oil of am.ber. 



I know of no difi:in6l or peculiar method of 

 treating the Hepatic or Bilious Colic; it 



is 



