FRANKINCENSE— GARLIC. 9T 



ever; bat liiavefound it to be an useful 

 medicine in worm ca:ies, facilitating the 

 Gperation of aloes, and considerably increas- 

 ing their purgative quality. (See z/;;///£^/- 

 7niniics, Phavm») 



The dose o^gaynboge^ when giv-en without 

 aloes or any other purgative, is from three 

 to four drams ; which should be mixed with 

 three drams of Castile soap. 



GALLS. An excrescence from the oak 

 tree, produced by the puncture of an insect. 

 Galls are powerfully astringent, but net 

 often employed internally ; they may, how^- 

 ever, prove useful in conjunction with othci* 

 remedies, in suppressing obstinate diarrhoea. 



The dose from two drams to four. 



GARLIC. This is often employed by 

 farriers as a remedy for cou"hs and thick- 

 ness of wind; and I beheve that in cough:* 

 ©f the chronic kind it has sometiiues been 

 found efficacious. 



The dose is from ojie to two ounces. 



The cloves are separated and pounded in 

 a mortar until they form a sort of pa^te, 

 vvhici^ is formed into balls, with liquorice 

 po'.viler : sometimes they are boiled in miik, 

 snd given in the form of a drench. 



