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three hours, then add sugar and boil down to a syrup. A table-spoon- 

 ful is a dose. 



Valley's Mixture for a Cough. This remedy while being a 

 valuable remedy has the feature of being pleasant to take. Children 

 will not refuse the medicine. 



1 tea-cupful Flaxsed, 



1| ounces Powdered Licorice Root, 

 J pound Chopped Raisius, 



2 quarts Water. 



Put the licorice root and raisins into the water and boil till the 

 strength is extracted, then add the flaxseed which has been soaked ovei: 

 night. Let all boil for an hour, watching and stirring to prevent it 

 from burning. Boil in a rice-kettle if it can be obtained. Strain and 

 add lemon juice and granulated sugar to taste. Take a tablespoonful 

 whenever cough is troublesome, and the same quantity warm just before 

 retiring. 



Hive Syrup. This old and well known remedy has been changed 

 some in the composition, substituting sugar for honey. When made of 

 honey it fermented almost invariably. Made after the following receipt 

 it will keep without spoiling. Largely used in croup. 



1 ounce Squills, 



1 ounce Seneca Snake-Root, 



1 pint Water, 



Boil down to one-half and strain. Add one-half pound of sugar and 

 twelve grains tartrate of antimony. Dissolve the sugar by agitation 

 without heat. Dose, as an expectorant for adults twenty to thirty 

 drops. For children five drops as an expectorant. As an emetic which 

 may be repeated every fifteen or twenty minutes till vomiting is the re- 

 sult, give ten drops to a tea-spoonful. 



Hive Syrup, No. 2. This can be prepared by purchasing the 

 compound syrup of squills, instead of making the same as in the first 

 receipt. 



6 ounces Compound Fluid Extract Squills, 

 48 grains Tartar Emetic, 

 40 fluid ounces Simple Syrup. 



1 fluid-ounce Hot Water. 



Dissolve the tartar emetic in the water, and with the other ingredi- 

 ents. 



