154 Of ^¥ OR MS and B O T S. 



A mercu- 

 rial. 



TAKE crude quickfilver, two drams; 

 Venice turpentine, half an ounce •, 

 rub the quickfilver till no gliflening 

 appears : then add an ounce of aloes, 

 a dram of grated ginger, thirty drops 

 of oil of favin, and a fufficient quan- 

 tity of fyrup of buckthorn to make 

 a ball. 



A worm- 

 powder. 



One of thefe balls may be given every 

 fix days, with the ufual precautions in 

 regard to mercurial phyfick 5 and thefe 

 powders intermediately. 



TAKE powdered tin and i^thiop's 

 mineral, of each half an ounce \ 

 give every night in a mafli, or his 

 corn. 



dicines 

 lecom- 

 mended 



Various The various preparations of antimony 

 worm me^ jjj^(5 m.ercury mud be given feveral weeks 

 together, in order to get entire riddance 

 of thefe vermin. The ^thiop's mineral 

 may be given to the quantity of half an 

 ounce a day \ the mercurius alkalifatus 

 to two drams a day, incorporated with a 

 bit of cordial ball. The cinnabar pow- 

 ders, as diredled in the farcy, are no lefs 

 effedual : and when worms are bred 



from high feeding, or 



unwho'efome 

 food. 



