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PRESCRIPTIONS. 



10. Strong Quinine Mixture. 

 Sulphate of quinine, forty grains. 

 Dilute sulphuric acid, half a drachm. 

 Water, to eight ounces. 



Mix. Two table -spoonfuls or more every four 

 hours. 



11. Quinine and Iron Mixture. 

 Sulphate of quinine, eight grains. 

 Sulphate of iron, sixteen grains. 

 Dilute sulphuric acid, eight minims. 

 Water, to eight ounces. 



Dissolve and mix. Two table -spoonfuls three 

 times a day. 



12. Salicine Mixture. 

 Salicine, four drachms. 

 Hot water, eight ounces. 



Dissolve. When cold, an eighth part to be 

 taken every two hours. 



13. Ammonia and Bark Mixture. 

 Carbonate of ammonia, forty grains. 

 Liquid extract of bark, one ounce. 

 Chloric ether, eighty minims. 

 Syrup of orange-peel, one ounce. 

 Decoction of bark, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls every four hours. 



14. Gentian and Soda Mixture. 

 Bicarbonate of soda, two drachms. 

 Dilute hydrocyanic acid, twenty-four minims. 

 Compound infusion of gentian, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls three times a day. 



15. Gentian and Acid Mixture. 

 Dilute hydrochloric acid, two drachms. 

 Dilute hydrocyanic acid, twenty -four minims. 

 Compound infusion of gentian, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls three times a day. 



16. Gentian and Senna Mixture. 

 Compound infusion of gentian, four ounces. 

 Infusion of senna, four ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls three times a day. 



17. Carminative Mixture. 

 Powdered rhubarb, forty grains. 

 Powdered ginger, forty grains. 

 Bicarbonate of soda, eighty grains. 

 Aromatic spirits of ammonia, two and a half 



drachms. 



Cinnamon water, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls every four hours, or 



a single dose may be given. 



18. Bismuth Mixture. 



Carbonate of bismuth, one and a half drachms. 

 Carbonate of magnesia, one and a half drachms. 

 Mucilage of tragacanth, one and a half ounces. 

 Water, to eight ounces. 



Mix. Two table-spoonfuls every four hours, 

 a quarter of an hour before meals. 



19. Paregoric Mixture. 

 Compound tincture of camphor, two drachms. 

 Ipecacuanha wine, twenty-four minims. 

 Tincture of henbane, one and a half drachms. 

 Water, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls every four hours. 



20. Ipecacuanha and Squill Mixture. 

 Ipecacuanha wine, two drachms. 

 Tincture of squills, one drachm. 

 Laudanum, half a drachm. 

 Treacle, half an ounce. 

 Water, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls every four hours. 



21. Carbonate of Ammonia Mixture. 

 Carbonate of ammonia, forty grains. 

 Chloric ether, two and a half drachms. 

 Mucilage of acacia, two ounces. 

 Water, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls every four hours. 



22. Ammonia and Senega Mixture. 

 Carbonate of ammonia, half a drachm. 

 Spirit of chloroform, one and a half drachms. 

 Infusion of senega, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls every four hours. 



23. Creasote Mixture with Opium. 

 Creasote, eight minims. 

 Tincture of opium, sixteen minims. 

 Spirit of chloroform, two drachms. 

 Glycerine, one ounce. 

 Water, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table- spoonfuls every four hours. 



24. House Mixture. 

 Sulphate^of magnesia, two ounces. 

 Powdered rhubarb, one drachm. 

 Jalap, one drachm. 

 Peppermint water, seven ounces. 

 Mix. A sixth part for a dose. 

 This " House Physic," or a similar preparation. 



is kept in the wards of nearly every hospital 



and infirmary. 



