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ADVICE  UPON  EPIDEMIC  CHOLERA. 
more  severe  cases  of  the  disease,  to  which  laudanum  and  camphor 
alone  would  not  so  well  apply. 
Such  a  judicious  combination,  compiled  from  the  recorded 
knowledge  on  the  subject,  it  is  believed  will  be  found  in  the  fol- 
lowing mixture,  which  all  good  apothecaries  can  make  and  keep 
ready  for  use.  And  the  public  generally  is  strongly  advised  to 
adopt  and  rely  upon  this  as  being  better  and  more  safe  than  the 
advertised  specifics  and  nostrums  of  the  day ;  and  as  being  all 
that  tlffc  present  state  of  knowledge  will  alford,  and  all  that  com- 
mon sense  and  reason  can  expect  from  any  remedy  not  adjusted 
to  each  special  case,  as  remedies  always  should  be  if  possible. 
Apothecaries  are  also  strongly  advised  to  adopt  this  formula, 
name,  and  label, — to  prepare  the  mixture  carefully  from  good 
materials,  and  to  sell  it  with  the  label  and  directions  here  given  ; — 
and  to  sell  no  other  preparations,  for  these  uses  except  upon  the 
written  prescription  of  a  physician.  The  label  and  directions 
here  given  in  full  detail,  are  adapted  to  a  four-ounce  vial,  and 
the  apothecary  only  has  to  have  them  copied  by  his  own  label- 
printer,  with  his  business  card  appended  at  the  bottom. 
Compound  Tincture  of  Opium  or  Diarrhoea  Mixture. 
This  Mixture  is  composed  of  Tincture  of  Opium,  Spirit  of  Camphor, 
and  Tincture  of  Capsicum,  each  one  fluid  ounce,  Purified  Chloroform, 
three  fluidrachms,  and  a  sufficient  quantity  of  Stronger  Alcohol  to  make 
the  whole  measure  five  fluidounces. 
Bach  fluidrachm,  or  teaspoonful,  contains  about  100  drops,  consisting 
of  12  minims  of  each  of  the  first  three  ingredients  and  4^  minims,  or  18 
drops  of  Chloroform. 
DOSE  :  For  persons  over  18  years  of  age,  a  teaspoonful. 
"     14  to  18     "       "       a  small  teaspoonful. 
10  to  14     "       "       half  a  teaspoonful. 
6  to  10     "       "       thirty  drops. 
"       2  to   6     "       u       ten  to  thirty  drops. 
For  infants  one  to  ten  drops,  according  to  age. 
In  time  of  Epidemic  Cholera  or  Diarrhoea,  when  any  person  has  two 
movements  of  the  bowels  more  than  natural  within  the  24  hours,  the 
second  one  should  be  followed  by  a  dose  of  this  Mixture,  the  dose  to  be 
repeated  after  every  movement  that  follows.    If  the  movements  increase 
in  frequency  or  in  copiousness  after  the  second  dose  of  the  medicine  has 
been  taken,  a  physician  should  be  sent  for  at  once,  and  a  double  dose  be 
taken  after  each  movement  until  he  arrives.    Immediately  after  taking 
the  first  dose,  the  person  should  go  to  bed,  and  remain  there  for  12  hours 
after  the  diarrhoea  has  entirely  ceased. 
