



DRAUGHTS AND MIXTURES. 



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25. Saline or Purgative White Mixture. 



Epsom salts, one and a half ounces. 



Carbonate of magnesia, one drachm. 



Peppermint water, to eight ounces. 



Mix. Dose, an eighth part or two table- 

 spoonfuls. 



IQ.Rochelle Draught. 

 Rochelle salt, half an ounce. 

 Syrup of ginger, a tea-spoonful. 

 Lemon-juice, two table-spoonfuls. 

 Water, four table-spoonfuls. 

 Mix and drink. 



27. Emetic Draught. 

 Sulphate of zinc, twenty grains. 

 Ipecacuanha wine, half an ounce. 

 Water, one ounce. 

 Mix. To be taken immediately. Its action 



may be aided by the free administration of 



warm water. 



28. Diarrhaa Mixture. 

 Dilute sulphuric acid, two drachms. 

 Tincture of opium, one drachm. 

 Spirit of chloroform, one and a half drachms. 

 Water, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls every four hours. 



29. Astringent Mixture. 

 Gallic acid, two drachms. 

 Dilute sulphuric acid, two drachms. 

 Water, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls every four hours. 



30. Acetate of Lead Mixture. 

 Acetate of lead, forty grains. 

 Dilute acetic acid, four drachms. 

 Cinnamon water, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls every four hours. 



31. Bromide of Potassium Mixture. 

 Bromide of potassium, two drachms. 

 Syrup of orange-peel, one ounce. 

 Water, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls three times' a day. 



32. Iodide of Potassium Mixture. 

 Iodide of potassium, half a drachm. 

 Syrup of orange-peel, one ounce. 

 Water, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls three times a day. 

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33.Colchicum Mixture. 

 Bicarbonate of soda, one drachm. 

 Colchicum wine, three drachms. 

 Water, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls three times a day. 



34. Sulphuric Acid Mixture. 

 Epsom salts, four ounces. 

 Dilute sulphuric acid, two drachms. 

 Peppermint water, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls three or four times 

 a day. 



35. Tape-worm Draught. 

 Liquid extract of fern-root, one drachm. 

 Syrup of ginger, one drachm. 

 Water, to one ounce. 

 To be taken fasting. 



36. Sal Ammoniac Mixture. 

 Sal ammoniac, eighty grains. 

 Carbonate of ammonia, forty grains. 

 Camphor water, to eight ounces. 

 Mix. Two table-spoonfuls every four hours. 



37. Sedative Draught. 

 Bromide of potassium, twenty grains. 

 Syrup of chloral, one drachm. 

 Water, to one ounce. 

 Mix. The draught to be taken at bed -time. 



38. Aconite Mixture.* 



Tincture of aconite, half a drachm. 



Water, to four ounces. 



Mix. A tea-spoonful to be taken every ten 

 minutes for the first hour, and subsequently 

 hourly for six or eight hours, or longer if 

 necessary. 



39. Belladonna Mixture* 

 Tincture of belladonna, half a drachm. 

 Water, to four ounces. 

 Mix. A tea-spoonful to be taken every quarter 



of an hour for the first hour, and subsa- 



quently hourly. 



40. Arsenic Mixture.* 

 Liquor arsenicalis, half a drachm. 

 Water, to four ounces. 

 Mix. A tea-spoonful every three or four hours. 



* Although many of these mixtures are almost 

 tasteless, they are perfectly active, and the dose 

 recommended should not be exceeded. 





