RECIPES 



REFERRED TO IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES. 



1. Sulphate of zinc, two drachms; water, ten ounces; dissolve, and 

 add tincture of oiHuni and tincture of arnica, of each about half an 

 ounce. 



2. Tincture of arnica and vinegar of lead, equal parts of each, 

 mixed with twelve parts of water, for poultice. 



3. Hepatic aloes, one ounce ; calomel, half drachm ; castile soap, 

 half ounce ; form them into a mass with mucilage of gum-arabic. 

 Pill, for pm'ging, to be given in one dose. 



4. Oil of rosemary, two drachms ; spirit of wine, two ounces ; 

 water, eight ounces. Externally, to rub with. 



5. Spanish flies (cantharides), two drachms, mixed with oil of lau- 

 rel, one ounce. Acid salve, to rub with. 



6. Tartar-emetic, one part ; hog's lard, two parts ; mixed. Acid 

 salve, to rub with. 



7. Golden sulphuret of antimony, two drachms ; sal ammonia, one 

 and a half ounces ; aniseseed and flaxseed, of each four ounces ; sulphate 

 of soda, twelve ounces ; honey (or molasses), two pounds. Mix and 

 beat them together, so as to form an electuary, for the chest. To 

 be given daily, every three hours, each time a ball of the size of a 

 hen's egg. 



8. Root of elecampane, eight ounces ; aniseseed, four ounces ; sul- 

 phur, three ounces ; spirits of turj^entine, one ounce ; honey (or 



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