238 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY TIERS DOCTOR, 
ALTERATIVE Pitwt.— 
Mandrake (American) .esessseeees+. Half ounce. 
(TWN Ag CS or RAP areas Aas vis perry 
Extract of Poke Root .............. Half ounce, 
Prickley Ash +...-.s4% Perey ee Two drachms. 
AVENE 5 Site 9 elle ont suatkteehse Es hoe One drachm. 
Oil of Sassafras ......... exsangeg ses ies Twenty drops. 
Mix, and form into five-grain pills. Dose from four to six 
daily. 
Excellent in scrofulous, strumous, cutaneous, and syphilitic 
disease. 
Nevrotic, on Nerve Pitt.— 
Extract of Valerian ..escseeccceeess talf ounce. 
Assatfoetida 9 & 2.8 2 St © s*eeeseeee@eeseeeoeests ees Half ounce, 
POWOLLIT (4 sds sae soa ecqideste 494d we} > ee 
RESTS 55 a tac ix cada g wien: sibel ph he aor eS Ten grains. 
Mix and form into five-grain pills. Dose: one every three or 
four hours. 
Highly useful in chorea, neuralgia, or tic-doloreux. 
ANODYNE, oR Compound Opium Piti.— 
Extract of Opium (Turkey).......... One drachm. 
Histrect.of Liquorice, ..64 650s cress Half ounce. 
Mix, and form into five-grain pills. Dose: one at bedtime. 
As an anodyne or opiate, this pill will be found most 
excellent ; it should only be prescribed, however, where relief 
from severe pain cannot be obtained by other means. If 
preferred, the extract of hyoscyamus may be used instead of 
opium. 
Lospe.ta, or Emetio Prut.— 
PON tk SMe et crs | I EROEY es We eee abi, a Half ounce. 
GCAVenie: = ey Ome ue ae ee beers One drachm. 
Mix into a mass with gum acacia and treacle, and divide into 
five grain pills. Dose: as an emetic, from four to six at bed- 
time in boneset, chamomile, or veryain tea. 
