FORMULA. 
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(78) Turpentine, up to 4 or 5 ozs., beaten up with the whites of 3 
or 4 eggs and added to I pt. of gruel or starch and well 
mixed with warm water. 
(79) Powdered aloes ... ... I oz. 
Bicarbonate of soda ... ... ^ oz. 
Boiling water ... ... „. 4 qts. 
When cool enough, inject. 
(80) Salt or Epsom salts ... ... 10 to 12 ozs. 
Warm water ... ... ... i gal. 
(d) Where there is wind as in flatulent colic. 
(81) Assafoetida ... ... ... i to i| ozs. 
Soft soap ... ... ... I oz. 
Warm water ... ... ... 3 to 4 qts. 
In procedure (3) add the following : — 
[a) Where there is pain or diarrhoea. 
(82) Powdered opium ... ... | to i 02. (boiled in 
water, to which add thin arrow-root, rice, or starch gruel). 
(83) Laudanum ... ... ... 2104023. 
Starch or gruel ... ... ... 3 qts. 
(84) Six or eight poppy-heads well boiled in water, after which add 
3 qts. of rice gruel or starch.* 
OR 
Copper sulphate, 2 per cent, solution with or without opium, may 
be injected in cases of obstinate diarrhoea. 
(h) When parasites [ascaris lonchoptera) are present. 
(85) Common salt ... ... ... 4 ozs. to 2 qts. of 
warm water. 
Daily. 
(86) Oil of turpentine ... ... 4 ozs. 
Sweet oil ... ... ... i pt. 
Soft soap and warm water ... 2 to 3 qts. 
Mix the soft soap with a little warm water ; first beat in the oil and oil of 
turpentine gradually adding the warm water and use at once. Alternate days. 
* The starch should be mixed with very hot water, when it swells up into a 
thick gruel and when cool enough is added to enemas, 
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