IQ2 INDEX OF RECEIPTS OF MEDICAL COMPOUNDS. 



Stomach Powder, No. 2. 



Gentian . . . . . . 



Valerian 



Black Root (Culver's Physic) 



Dandelion (Roasted Powder) 



Cayenne 



1 oz. 



1 „ 



4 » 



2 H 



i dr. 



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

 pint of boiling water, and when cool, strain and bottle for use. 



Dose, a wineglassful three times a day. 



This is a most excellent medicine, and may be used with ad- 

 vantage in all cases of dyspepsia, more particularly when com- 

 plicated with disease of the liver, spleen, or pancreas. 



J. Skelton, Sen., M.D. 



Thomson's No. 6, or Rheumatic Drops. 



African Pepper . . . . . . . . . . 1 oz. 



Myrrh (Powdered) . . . . . . . . . . 1 lb. 



Brandy (fourth proof) . . . . . . . . 1 gall. 



Put these into a stone jug, and boil it for half an hour in a 

 kettle of water — the jug to be uncorked. 



This preparation is employed as a general family medicine by 

 Thomsonians. It is an excellent tonic, and taken soon after 

 meals, will remove or prevent flatulency and relieve oppression 

 of the stomach. Ordinary colic may be speedily cured by taking 

 freely of No. 6. It is an effectual cure for ordinary colds, pro- 

 vided the patient avoid exposure and improper articles of diet. 

 Sickness at the stomach, and even severe spells of sick headache, 

 may be relieved and frequently cured by a free use of No. 6, 

 together with warm applications to the feet, to favour perspira- 

 tion. It also constitutes a valuable remedy for bowel complaints 

 in general. Taken after meals, it will prove a preventive against 

 the summer complaint. 



In deeply-seated colds, attended by a free expectoration 01 a 

 thick, yellowish secretion, the use of No. 6 will be found beneficial. 

 In the latter stages of disease No. 6 may be employed as a 

 restorative ; and when there is a tendency to putrefaction, its use 

 is almost indispensable to the recovery of the patient. 



As an external application No. 6 has been found useful in 

 rheumatism, neuralgia, nightsweats, dropsy, consumption, and 

 in all cases when the skin is in a relaxed condition. It may also 

 be employed to great advantage in sprains, bruises, fresh cuts, 

 indolent ulcers, putrid sore throat, sloughing ulcers, gangrene, 

 and as a preventive to mortification both internally and externally. 



"Thomsonian Practice." 



