Compound 

 cough mixture 



3d 



When the cough is very distressing we give the following : 



'^ Ext. of belladonna - Half an ounce. 

 " opium - Two drachms. 



Camphor - - Three " 



Liquorice - - Two ounces. 

 Treacle - - - Eight " 



Smear a spoonful on the tongue two or three times a day. 



The food to be cooked, and consist of carrots, apples, 

 crushed oats and bran ; and also an ounce of saltpetre in 

 the pail of drink. To such patients as have the bronchial 

 tubes affected, strong linaments or mustard to be applied 

 along the throat to the sternum. 



When effusion of serum into the cellular tissues first made 

 its appearance, by swellings of the legs or sheath, we found 

 this remedy very efficacious : Instead of giving the ammonia 

 and gentian as in the first prescription, we give the following : 



Iodine - - - - 20 grains. 



Iodide of potassium - i drachm. 



Sweet spirits of nitre - 2 ounces. 



^ Water or gruel - - i pint. 



Or another very good preparation is the annexed — 



TkT 1 • . i Iodide of potassium - ) ^ 

 Make mto 1^1 ^ ^ r • f One ounce 



o 1. 11 i Carbonate 01 ammonia >- . 1 



8^^"^ (Gentian - - -) "^ '^^"'^- 

 Give one morning and evening. 

 The symptoms of returning health should be manifest the 

 fourth or fifth day, and is seen in the clearness of the eyes, 

 firmness of the pulse, the heat of the skin more equalized, a 

 discharge from the nostrils, and some action of the bowels. 

 Recovery is expedited by rest, good nursing, proper food, 

 and the remedies already mentioned. 



SPINAL AND CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS. 



This disease occurs in man, in an epidemic form, as well 

 as among the lower orders of animals, from similar causes, 

 producing similar effects, and therefore it should be con- 

 sidered as a panzootic malady. Its clinical history, however, 



One dose, 2 or 

 3 times a day 



