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•with advantage with almost any drug, as a flavouring agent, and on 
account of its antispasmodic action. 
From two to four drops put on a piece of loaf sugar and sucked will 
often stop sea-sickness or other vomiting. 
Spirits of Chloroform , or chloric ether , consisting of one part of chloroform 
in twenty parts of alcohol, is a convenient form in which to administer 
the drug. It is useful in sea-sickness, cramps and colic, and should 
be given in doses of twenty drops added to a teaspoonful of water every 
quarter of an hour, until six such doses have been given. 
* Cocaine .—A one per cent, solution may be used to diminish pain in 
the eye caused by injury or a piece of grit lodging under the lids. Two 
drops should be applied to the eyeball, and in about two minutes the 
application may be repeated; in another minute the sensibility of the 
part will be diminished, and a careful examination may be made for dust 
or other foreign bodies, which should of course ba cautiously removed. 
Creasote. —Dose, one to two drops; is best given in a capsule. In 
many cases of indigestion it gives great relief if administered imme¬ 
diately after food. Creasote applied to a hollow tooth, upon a piece of 
cotton-wool, will usually relieve the pain. 
* Croton oil .—Dose, half to one or two drops, mixed with bread crumb 
or in a pill. 
Is a powerful purgative not usually given to Europeans. Native 
carriers like it. 
Copaiba , Balsam of. —Dose, five to twenty drops three times a day. 
Is best taken in capsules. It increases the expectoration, and is there¬ 
fore useful in bronchitis; is a stimulating disinfectant to the urine, 
bladder, and pipe, and is used in gonorrhoea and inflammation of the 
bladder. It may produce an irritating rash on the skin if taken in 
too large quantities. 
Emetics.- —The following are the usual emetics :— 
Common salt, two tablespoonfuls in half a pint of water. 
Mustard, one tablespoonful „ „ 
Ipecacuanha, thirty grains „ „ 
Zinc sulphate, thirty grains „ „ 
In the absence of any of the above, give copious draughts of tepid 
water, followed by tickling the ba^k of the throat with the finger or a 
feather. 
