DISEASES. 89 



week, and give soft food only, mixed with ale 

 and chopped green vegetables. 



If the disease has made much progress before 

 discovery, and rattling in the throat (with dis- 

 charge from the eyes and nostrils) has com- 

 menced, yon must use stronger remedies. 



In addition to the castor oil, which should 

 always be given before other medicine, and is 

 perfectly safe, the following recipe by an amateur 

 will be found beneficial: — 



" Take of dried sulphate of iron, in powder, half 

 a drachm; capsicum, in powder, one drachm; 

 extract of liquorice, a sufficient quantity, to make 

 a mass which is to be divided into 30 pills. One 

 to be given three times a-day, continued to the 

 end of the third, and then followed by the second 

 prescription:" which is "Half an ounce of sul- 

 phate of iron, and one ounce of cayenne pepper 

 in fine powder. Mix carefully a teaspoonful of 

 these powders with butter, and divide into ten 

 equal parts, one to be given twice a-day." 



Each morning and evening, until the complete 

 restoration of the patient to health, wash the eyes, 

 and inside of the mouth and nostrils with vinegar. 



