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of each i drm., finely powdered ; extract of belladonna, 

 12 grs. ; powdered squills, i drm. Mix by trituration, 

 and work into a paste with careful and small additions of 

 oxymel squills. Divide into pills as directed for No. i. 



3. Draught. — Spirit of nitrous ether, or aromatic 

 spirit of ammonia, i or 2 drms. ; oxymel squills, 2 

 drms. ; tincture of belladonna, i drm. Mix, add 7 

 drms. of linseed mucilage, and agitate thoroughly. Dose, 

 \X.o \ drm. (30 to 60 drops). 



4. Ipecacuanha powder, i to \\ gr. ; powdered 

 rhubarb, i to 3 grs. ; compound squill pill, i to 2 grs. ; 

 powdered opium, J to i gr. Linseed meal and water, 

 enough to make a bolus, to be given night and morning. 



5. Ipecacuanha powder and powdered opium, of each 

 a grain. Confection enough to make a pill, to be given 

 every six hours. 



6. All Expectoratit Mixture for Chronic Cough. — Friar's 

 balsam, 10 to 15 drops; syrup of poppies, i drm. ; diluted 

 sulphuric acid, 5 to 10 drops ; mucilage, J oz. ; water, 

 \ oz. Mix, and give two or three times a day. 



7. An Expectorant in Recetit Cough. — Tincture of 

 lobelia, 10 to 15 drops ; almond emulsion, i oz. ; extract 

 of conium, 2 to 3 grs. ; ipecacuanha wine, 5 to 10 drops. 

 Mix, and give two or three times a day. 



Febrifuges. — Fever medicines or febrifuges comprise 

 a large number of substances having more or less direct 

 influence upon the heart and circulation, probably 

 through the nervous system, and the excretory channels. 

 They reduce existing febrile states by neutralising or 

 destroying the causes, rendering the process of inflam- 

 , mation less powerful under their presence and action. 



1. Bolus. — Nitrate of potash, i drachm; camphor, 15 

 grains; digitalis, 12 grains. Reduce each separately to 

 powder, and afterwards triturate together, adding t 

 drachm of linseed meal, and treacle sufficient to m.ake 

 the mass. Divide into 12, 18 or 24 pills as needful. 



2. Substitute 12 grains of extract of belladonna for the 

 digitalis in No. i. 



3. Calomel, i to 3 grs.; digitalis, -J gr. ; nitre, 3 to 

 5 grs. Confection to form a pill, to be given every night, 



