84 STAGGERS, CONVULSIONS, &C. 



Recipes — Antispasmodic Drink and Ball. 



recourse must be had to the following drink, or 

 ball, or both, as may be thought most proper. 



(RECIPE, No. 52.) 



Antispasmodic Drink, 



Take — Tincture of assafoetida ; volatile sal ammo- 

 niac, in powder, of each one ounce ; 

 Tincture of opium, half an ounce ; 

 Valerian root, in powder, one ounce ; 

 Prepared kali, two drachms : 

 To be given in a pint ^nd a half of rue tea, 

 made warm. 



Or, 



(RECIPE, No. 55.) ' 



Antispasmodic Ball. 



Take — Antimonial powder (which is, in fact, nearly 

 the same as James's powders), and gum 

 assafoetida, of each two drachms ; 



Opium, camphor, and Castile soap, of each 

 one drachm : 



Syrup sufficient to make a ball. 



Either the drink, or the ball, may be repeated 



