Index 



OF 



Receipts of Medical 

 Compounds. 



Alterative Pill. 



Mandrake (American) . . . . . . . . £ oz. 



Blue Flag J „ 



Extract of Poke Root .. .. .. .. £ ,, 



Prickly Ash . . . . . . . . . . 2 drs. 



Cayenne .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 ,, 



Oil of Sassafras . . . . . . . . . . 20 drops. 



Mix, and form into 5-grain pills. 

 Dose, from 4 to 6 daily. 



Excellent in scrofulous, strumous, cutaneous, and syphilitic 

 disease. 



J. Skelton, Sen., M.D. 



Alterative or Anti-Scorbutic Powder. 



Queen's Delight . . . . . . . . . . 1 oz. 



Burdock .. .. 2 ,, 



Mandrake .. .. .. .. .. .. J ,, 



Ginger | „ 



Mix until the whole are well incorporated. Infuse 1 ounce in a 

 pint of boiling water, mix well ; when cool, strain and bottle for 

 use. 



Dose, i tablespoonful four times a day. 



This medicine is particularly indicated in cutaneous diseases, 

 scrofula, secondary and tertiary syphilis, old sores, eruptions, 

 irritation of the skin, &c. 



J. Skelton, Sen., M.D. 

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