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PHARMACOPCEIA. 



Dissolve the honey and kali in the vvafer^ 

 and afteiwards add the linseed oil, the mix- 

 ture is then to be well shaken, anditwiil as- 

 sume a niiiky appearance. 



PECTORAL EMULSION, for COllghs. • 

 No, 1. Simple emulsion eight ounces. 

 Camphor, one dram. 

 Opium, powdered, half a dram. 

 Oil of aniseed, thirty drops. 



Let the camphor be powdered, and rubbed 

 in a mortar with a little sugar, the oil of 

 aniseed, and the opium, then add the eniiiU 

 sion gradually. 



ERRHINES. Medicines that excite 

 sneezing Nvhau applied to the internal partg 

 of the nose, For thi^ purpose, common 

 snuif, which a little powdered heilebore, may 

 be employed. It has been recommended in 

 the gutta Serena, or that kind of blindness, 

 in which the eye, to a common observer, 

 appears sound, and which is caused by a 

 palsy of the optic nerve. Ewhines are 

 sometimes applied to the noses of glandered 

 horses;, the sneezing it occasions, caiists all 

 the matter that is formed to be thrown off; 

 the nose bejng then carefully wiped with a 

 cloth, the horse is sold as sound, there being 



