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_Dose_, one or two when necessary. Use in debility.

553. Cough.

Mix one drachm of compound powder of ipecacuanha with one scruple of gum ammoniac.u.m and one of dried squill bulb in powder. Make into a ma.s.s with mucilage, and divide into twenty pills.

_Dose_, one, three times a day.

554. Astringent.

Mix sixteen grains of acetate of lead (_sugar of lead_) with four grains of opium, and make into a ma.s.s with extract of dandelion, so as to make eight pills.

_Dose_, from one to two. Use as an astringent in obstinate diarrhoea, dysentery, and spitting of blood.

555. Mixtures.

556. Fever, Simple.

Add three ounces of spirit of mindererus (_Liquor ammonia acetatis_), three drachms of spirits of sweet nitre, four drachms of antimonial wine, and a drachm of syrup of saffron, to four ounces of water, or medicated water, such as cinnamon, aniseed, &c.

_Dose_, for an adult, one or two tablespoonfuls every three hours. Use as a diaph.o.r.etic.

557. Aromatic.

Mix two drachms of aromatic confection with two drachms of compound tincture of cardamoms, and eight ounces of peppermint water.

_Dose_, from one ounce to one and a half. Use in flatulent colic and spasms of the bowels.

558. Cathartic.

Dissolve two ounces of Epsom salts in six ounces of compound infusion of senna, then add two ounces of peppermint water.

_Dose_, from one and a half to two ounces. Use as a warm and active cathartic.

559. Diuretic.

Dissolve one drachm of powdered nitre in three ounces of camphor mixture; add five ounces of the decoction of broom, with six drachms of sweet spirits of nitre, and three drachms of tincture of squills; mix.

_Dose_, one teaspoonful every two hours, or two tablespoonfuls every three hours. Use, excellent in dropsies

560. Cough.

Dissolve three grains of tartar emetic and fifteen grains of opium in one pint of boiling water, then add four ounces of treacle, two ounces of vinegar, and one pint more of boiling water.

_Dose_, from two teaspoonfuls to two tablespoonfuls, according to circ.u.mstances, every three hours, or three times a day. Use in common catarrh, bronchitis, and irritable cough.

561. Cough (for Children).

Mix three drachms of ipecacuanha wine with half an ounce of oxymel of squills, the same quant.i.ty of spirits of tolu, one ounce of mucilage, and two ounces of water.

_Dose_, one teaspoonful for children under one year, two teaspoonfuls from one to five years, and a tablespoonful from five years, every time the cough is troublesome.

562. Antispasmodic.

Dissolve fifty grains of camphor in two drachms of chloroform, and then add two drachms of compound tincture of lavender, six drachms of mucilage of gum arabic, eight ounces of aniseed, cinnamon, or some other aromatic water, and two ounces of distilled water; mix well.

_Dose_, one tablespoonful every half hour if necessary. Use in cholera in the cold stage, when cramps are severe, or exhaustion very great; and as a general antispasmodic in doses of one dessert spoonful when the spasms are severe.

563. Tonic and Stimulant.

Dissolve one drachm of extract of bark, and half a drachm of powdered gum arabic, in six ounces of water, and then add one ounce of syrup of marshmallow, and the same quant.i.ty of syrup of tolu.

_Dose_, one tablespoonful every three hours. Use after fevers and catarrhs.

564. Stomachic.

Take twenty grains of powdered rhubarb, and rub it down in three ounces and a half of peppermint water, then add sal volatile and compound tincture of gentian, each one drachm and a half; mix.

_Dose_, from one to one ounce and a half. Use this mixture as a tonic, stimulant, and stomachic.

565. Drinks.

566. Tamarind. (1)

Boil two ounces of the pulp of tamarinds in two pints of milk, then strain. Use as cooling drink.

567. Tamarind. (2)

Boil two ounces of the pulp in two pints of warm water, and allow it to get cold, then strain. Use as cooling drink.

568. Powders.

569. Compound Soda.