SYRUPS. 209 
Kiss. Peppermint .,..seee+++e0e+++ Quarter ounce. 
Ess, Cinnamon ........+0+..++..+ One drachm. 
AMIGOOC «, ly a pes pbnove Fotis dette poe pes .» One drachm. 
Dose : for infants under six months half a teaspoonful ; up to 
a year, three-quarters ; over, a small to a large teaspoonful, 
three to four timesa day. (Note.—In boiling this syrup care 
must be taken, as it boils over very readily). 
Coveu Syrurep— 
Hoarhound ....cecscceseeseceesesss One ounce. 
Angelica Root .....e.seeeeeeeeeeesss One ounce. 
Skunk Cabbage ......00..e0ee08ee++ One ounce, 
Lobeha Hert cescsaaces eee cie sani ene ONE 
Rippers Wa sais cytes APR, Sra Ley, One ounce. 
Simmer half an hour in three pints of water, cool, strain, press 
through a cloth, return to vessel in which it was boiled with 
two pounds of brown or white sugar or syrup, simmer a few 
minutes, skim, and when cold add two ounces tincture camphor 
co. paregoric; bottle. Dose: for a child, half to a teaspoonful 
3 to 6 times a day; adults, from 1 to 4 teaspoonfuls same 
number of times. Dose ought to be regulated by the effect 
it has on the stomach; in some cases the large dose will 
sicken, 1f so take one that will not be too nauseating. 
EXPECTORANT SYRUP.— 
Saint John’s-wort (herb, dry) .......... Two ounces. 
Dage (garden). ..ss.eesennerereteerae One-ounte, 
Simmer in three pints of distilled or soft spring water down: to 
a quart, express when sufficiently cool, filter, add two pounds 
of fine white sugar, and two ounces of syrup of lobelia ; 
simmer the whole in a water bath, in a covered vessel, for one 
hour; skim, let it cool, and bottle for use. Dose: from a tea- 
spoonful to a tablespoonful four or six times a day. — 
This is an excellent expectorant, and may be used with 
advantage in all inflammatory or irritable conditions of the 
bronchial tubes, pleura, and lungs. It is equally beneficial in 
hooping-cough, colds, &c., &c. | 
