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INDEX OF RECEIPTS OF MEDICAL COMPOUNDS. 



Cough Mixture (Syrup of Lobelia). 



Lobelia (Acid Tincture) 2 oz. 



Aniseed Water .. .. .. .. •• i u 



Treacle i lb. 



Expose the treacle to a gentle heat until of as nearly a liquid 

 consistency as can be obtained, add the other ingredients, and 

 while still under the action of heat, mix them thoroughly 

 together, and strain through flannel. 



J. G. Hatfield. 



Cough Powder. 



Lobelia Powder 



Liquorice Root (powdered) 



Skunk Cabbage Root (finely pulverised > Equal portions 



and recently dried) 

 Sugar 



All well mixed. 

 Dose, a small teaspoonful. 

 This is a very good cough medicine. 



"Thomsonian Practice." 



Cough Powder. 



Polypody Root 

 Skunk Cabbage 

 Pleurisy Root 

 Black Cohosh 

 Elecampane Root 

 Beth Root 

 Liquorice 

 Ginger . . 

 Black Pepper. 

 Lobelia Herb 

 Cloves . . 



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 Wm. Fox, M.D. 



Digestive (or Compound Lobelia) Pills. 



Lobelia Seed 

 Lobelia Herb 

 Anise 

 Cayenne 

 Mix with sufficient Gum Acacia and Treacle to bind the mass, 



i oz. 



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2 dr. 



In delicate patients 



and make up into 5-grain pills 



Dose, 1 or more after meals as necessary 

 a 2^-grain pill after meals will be sufficient. 



Excellent in dyspeptic cases, pain or wind on the stomach. 



J. Skelton, Sen., M.D. 



