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10. Used in the Staggers — 



Barbadoes Aloes . . . . 4 to 6 drachms 



Common Salt 6 ounces. 



Flour of Mustard .... 1 ounce. 



Water 2 pints. Mix. 



11. A Gently Cooling Drench in Slight Attacks of Cold — 



Epsom Salts . . . . . 6 to 8 ounces. 



Whey 2 pints. Mix. 



12. Purgative Clyster — 



Common Salt 4 to 8 ounces. 



Warm Water 8 to 16 pints. 



ASTRINGENTS. 



(For Diarrhoea and Dysentery.) 



Astringents appear to produce contraction on all living ani- 

 mal tissues with which they come in contact, whether in the 

 interior or on the exterior of the body ; and whether immediately 

 applied or by absorption into the circulation. But great doubt 

 exists as to the exact mode in which they act; and, as in many 

 other cases, we are obliged to content ourselves with their effects, 

 and to prescribe them empirically. They are divided into astrin- 

 gents administered by the mouth, and those applied locally to 

 external ulcerated or wounded surfaces. 



1. For Bloody Urine — 



Powdered Catechu . . , . ^ ounce. 

 Alum ...... I ounce. 



Cascarilla Bark in powder . . 1 to 2 drachms. 



Liquorice Powder and Treacle enough to form a ball, to be given twice 



a day. 



2. For Diabetes — 



Opium ...... ^ drachm. 



Ginger powdered . . . . 2 drachms. 



Oak Bark powdered . ... 1 ounce. 



Alum, as much as the tea will dissolve. 



Chamomile Tea .... 1 pint. 



Mix for a drench. 



3. External Astringent Powders for Ulcerated Surfaces — 



Powdered Alum . . . . 4 ounces. 



Armenian Bole 



4. White Vitriol . 

 Oxide of Zinc . 



5. AsTRiwoENT Lotion — 



Goulard Extract 

 Water 



6. Sulphate of Copper 

 Water 



1 ounce. 



4 ounces. 



1 ounce. Mix. 



2 to 3 drachms, 

 i pint. 



1 to 2 drachms. 

 ^ pint. Mix. 



