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any cause of excitement, requiring long and careful nursing for their 

 cure. The chronic cough, resulting from colds, is hard and metallic. 

 For this, the following will be good, to be rubbed on the throat and 

 mround the windpipe, once in ten days : 



No. 69. 15 Drops croton oil, 



1 Ounce glycerine, 



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Give twice a day, for a week, the following : 



No. 70. 40 Drops diluted prussic acid, 



1 Ounce niter, 



1 Ounce bicarbonate of soda, 

 1 Quart water. 



If this does not give relief, the following, valuable for irritable chronic 

 «ough, the result of influenza or sore throat, may be used : 



No. 71. 1 Ounce Fowler's solution of arsenic, 



1 Ounce chlorate of potash, 

 1 Drachm belladona. 



Give once a day in water pr gi-uel and note results, ceasing after a 

 week or ten days, if no improvement ensues. For cough and sore throaty 

 when first discovered, take : 



No. 72. 1 Drachm powdered camphor, 



1 Drachm extract belladona, 



2 Ounces sweet spirits niter. 



Give in a pint of cold gruel three times a day. Tar-water is well known ' 

 to be valuable in obstinate coughs. Give every morning as a drink, the 

 following : 



No. 73. 1 Drachm powdered squills, 



>i Pint tar-water, 

 }i Pint lime-water. 



If the cough is violent, use as a sedative, the following : 



No. li. 1 Drachm dilute prussic acid, 



2 Drachms powdered opium, 

 4 Drachms niter. 



Mix in a pint of linseed tea and give from five to six table-spoonfuls 

 three times a day. 



Expectorants, calculated to loosen the cough and restore the secretions 

 to their natural conditions, do not act so kindly as could be wished on 

 farm animals. For a long standing cough, try the following : 



