INDEX OF RECEIPTS OF MEDICAL COMPOUNDS. 187 



Motherwort Compound Pills. 



Extract of Motherwort 1 oz. 



Scutellarin 1 dr. 



Cayenne . . . . • . • • • • • • i » 



Mix and form into 5-grain pills. 

 Dose, 1 every three or four hours. 



Excellent in hysteria, palpitation of the heart, chorea, and 

 diseases of the nervous system generally. 



J. Skelton, Sen., M.D. 



Myrrh Compound Liniment. 



Myrrh (in coarse powder) . . . . . . • . 1 oz. 



Aloes n ,, •• •• •• •• I ii 



Cayenne ,, ,, .. •• •• •• J »« 



Camphor ,, ,, .. .. •• •• J >. 



Proof Spirit a sufficiency. 



Moisten the powders with a sufficient quantity of the proof 

 spirit ; pack it into a percolator, and pour upon it proof spirit until 

 1 pint has passed. The Compound Myrrh Liniment is one of 

 the most useful stimulant and astringent liniments to which 

 employment is given for ulcers, abscesses, old green wounds, and 

 sores of cancerous nature or tendency. It is employed also in 

 conjunction with poultices, plasters, and similar applications, to 

 promote the suppuration of tumours and other swellings which 

 exhibit a tardiness in arriving at that stage. 



J. G. Hatfield. 



Nerve Pills. 

 (Compound Pill of Asafoetida.) 



Asafcetida (in powder) . . ^ oz. 



a sufficient quantity. 



Skullcap 



Cayenne ,, 



Extract of Valerian . . 

 Mucilage of Gum 

 Form a mass, and divide into 4-grain pills. This compound 

 offers a tonic, nervine, and antispasmodic medicine of value in 

 hysteria and neuralgic affections. 



J. G. Hatfield. 



Neurotic, or Nerve Pills. 



Extract of Valerian . . . . . . . • $ oz. 



Asafcetida .. .. .. •• •• •• i >> 



Scutellarin . . . . . . . . . . • • $ dr. 



Cayenne 10 grns. 



Mix, and form into 5-grain pills. 



Dose, i every three or four hours. 



Highly useful in chorea, neuralgia, and tic doloreux. 



J. Skelton, Sen., M.D. 



