CHAP. I.] REMEDIES FOR BAD HABIT. 245 



Castile soap, 3 drachms, 

 Ginger, 1 drachm ; 

 with mucilage sufficient to form the ball. 



Failing to stale properly, the patient's heels will 

 swell, in addition to the cough, and both may be 

 got rid of by a diuretic ball or two at farthest. If 

 the evacuation by the skin be at fault, through cold 

 or otherwise, accompanied by cough, the perspi- 

 ration will be restored, and cough depart, by the 

 exhibition of emetic tartar, two grains, every day 

 twice in his corn, until its effects are perceptible on 

 the skin, and the cough then diminishes. This, 

 however, is a very slow remedy, though sure, and 

 is sometimes given in much larger quantities, to the 

 amount of a drachm and a half. The preparation 

 is very simple when given in the form of a ball, 

 being made up of liquorice powder and mucilage 

 only, of a sufficient consistence to retain that form. 

 If much heat of body is perceptible, though the 

 pulse may not indicate inflammatory disorder, add 

 to the foregoing ball, nitre, 4 drachms. 



But, whatever course is pursued, if symptoms 

 of a bad habit of body are discoverable, it will be 

 advisable to administer the foregoing purgative ball 

 once or twice previous to adopting any other means 

 of cure. If those symptoms of a bad habit of body 

 do not appear, then the purgative should be of a 

 milder nature, and given at the same interval. 



Mild Purgative. 



Aloes, 4 or 5 drachms, 



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