O04 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB LOOTOR, 
Pleurisy Root, in powder .seseecseese One ounce, 
mowed: OSU ae, Dies ke One drachm. 
Composition ....secccsossssceeress One ounce. 
Infuse in a quart ot boiling water, stir well, let it stand 
covered, by the fire, half an hour, pour off the clear, sweeten. 
keep warm and covered, and give a wineglassful every hour. 
Keep the hot brick and vinegar cloth to the feet, and relieve 
the bowels with the compound mandrake or leptandrum 
powders, Or an injection After the poultice has been on an 
hour o1 so, take it off and heat it over steam If the pain 
is very great rub the chest with the compound anodyne or 
soothing liniment. then replace the poultice. When the 
severe symptoms have passed give patient a convalescent 
medicine, No. 6. o1 if a tonic is needed make a decoction 
of— 
BAS LAH OGI no's 61, 5 ahd xin asa wh arb acest pines «ORES OUNCE 
PEPE 6 sce w ep sey iy Le ADC, sty tran ot ade One ounce, 
ION EA opi tg five ditaaoaiai hn eae TORO Manca: 
Comfrey ROGE fe-tiitse eae tt ene, es One Ounce. 
cis Ss ee Se ee od ae oO 2 One quart 
Simmer the comfrey root 15 minutes. put in the others and 
simmer five minutes longer, cool. strain, and if pteferred 
Sweeten: give a wineglassful three times a day. After 
recovery 't would be well to wear a chest protector, one 
that covers the back also There is not much difference in 
the various forms of inflammatory chest diseases, so that the 
treatment above will do forall. at least inthe acute form. For 
any that may have passed into the chronic state, the various 
cough mixtures and medicines found in the formula and in 
our descriptions of the properties of the herbs—the 
expectorant class especially—can be tried. As we promised 
some information as to the sounds in the chest in health and 
disease. we will now try and make the reader understand 
inem. 
