PILLS AND POWDERS. 



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59. Confection of Sulphur and Senna. 

 Confection of senna, ten drachms. 

 Sublimed sulphur, two drachms. 

 Mix. One or two tea-spoonfuls occasionally. 



60. Aperient Pitt. 

 Compound colocynth pill, two grains. 

 Blue pill, one and a half grains. 

 Extract of henbane, one grain. 

 Powdered ipecacuanha, one third of a grain. 

 One pill to be taken at bed-time. Send a 

 dozen. 



61. Calomel Pill. 

 Calomel, three grains. 

 Extract of henbane, a sufficient quantity. 

 Make a pill. To be taken at bed-time. 



62. Blue Pitt with Opium. 

 Blue pill, twenty-four grains. 

 < >pium, two grains. 



Divide into twelve pills. One to be taken three 

 times a day. 



QZ. Sulphate of Iron PUls. 

 Dried sulphate of iron, one drachm. 

 Syrup, twelve drops. 



Make twelve pills. One to be taken three times 

 a day. 



64. Iron and Aloes Pills. 



Sulphate of iron, forty-eight grains. 



Watery extract of aloes, twenty-four grains. 



To make twenty-four pills. One to be taken 

 three times a day for four days, then one 

 twice a day for four days, and then one a 

 day for another four days. 



65. Dinner Pills. 



Extract of Barbadoes aloes, two grains. 

 Extract of mix vomica, half a grain. 

 Extract of gentian, one grain and a half. 

 Make a pill. One to be taken once or twice a 



day, half an hour before meals. Send a 



dozen. 



66. Oxide of Zinc Pills. 

 Oxide of zinc, two and a half grains. 

 Extract of liquorice, a sufficient quantity. 

 Make a pill. One or two every night at bed- 

 time. Send a dozen. 



67. Indian Hemp Pitts. 

 Extract of Indian hemp, half a grain. 

 Make a pill. One to he taken ^three times a 

 day. 



68. Sulphide of Calcium Pilules. 

 Sulphide of calcium, two grains. 

 Sugar of milk, forty grains. 

 To make twenty pilules. One to be taken 

 every two hours. 



69. Lozenge Pills. 

 Hydrochlorate of morphia, one thirty-sixth of 



a grain. 



Extract of liquorice, three grains. 

 Compound powder of tragacanth, five grains. 

 To make a lozenge pill. One to be placed in 



the mouth and allowed to dissolve slowly 



when the cough is troublesome. 



70. Tar Pills. 



Tar (Pix Liquida), two grains. 

 Lycopodium, one grain. 

 Make a pilL One every four hours. 



71. Sugar and Grey Powders. 

 Grey powder, two grains. 

 Powdered sugar, one drachm. 

 Divide into twelve powders. One foui. 1 times a 

 day. 



72. Grey Powder and Rhubarb. 

 Grey powder, three grains. 

 Rhubarb in powder, six grains. 

 Make a powder. To be taken at bed-time. 



73. Calomel and Sugar Powders. 

 Calomel, two grains. 

 Sugar, one drachm. 



Divide into twelve powders. One every 

 or four hours. 



74. Digestive Poicders. 

 Bicarbonate of potash, ten grains. 

 Bicarbonate of soda, ten grains. 

 Ginger, five grains. 

 Calumba in powder, five grains. 

 Mix. One three times a day, half an hou 

 before meals. 



75. Bismuth and Charcoal Powders. 

 Carbonate of bismuth, ten grains. 

 "Wood charcoal, ten grains. 

 Bicarbonate of soda, five grains. 

 Mix. To be taken three times a day, half an 

 hour before meals. 



