The housekeeper's guide, or, Every man his own doctor : Containing many valuable receipts and prescriptions (approved of by the most eminent physicians), for the cure of the human body, &c. to which is added a description of different kinds of baths, bathing, electricity, &c. also a treatment of the cholera.

Date:
1837
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Credit: The housekeeper's guide, or, Every man his own doctor : Containing many valuable receipts and prescriptions (approved of by the most eminent physicians), for the cure of the human body, &c. to which is added a description of different kinds of baths, bathing, electricity, &c. also a treatment of the cholera. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8 Indigestion, S^c. Of the blue pill one drachm, divide it into twelve pills ; one to be taken every night. Also take of the infusion of cascarilla bark, which is made by pouring boiling water on a certain quantity of the bark, three ounces, and carbonate of soda ten grains. To be taken twice a day. 9 Bowel complaint. Take three pennyworth of isinglass, and simmer it down with a jill of water on a slow fire until it is dis- solved, when done, add a little milk and sugar to make it palatable. Give the patient half a cup-full immediately, and a spoonful every hour afterwards. 10 Strengthening plaster. Of oxyorosia take four drachms, paracensus four drachms, Burgandy pitch four drachms, red diminion two drachms, and dragon’s blood two drachms. Melt all together. While hot, spread a portion of it on fine soft leather. This is commonly applied to sprains, fixed pain, and the like. Indeed it is a most excel- lent bracer. 11 Balsam of life. Take gum Benjamin one ounce, strained storax, balsam of pern, balsam of tolu, mynh, olibanum, angelica root, St. John’s Avort flowers, each half an ounce, and succotrine aloes one scruple; put them all into a pint of the spirits of wine, and let them stand for a week before the fire, stir them once a day until dissolved ; then filter off for use. It is an ad- mirable medicine for a great number of diseases, and greatly strengthens the whole body. 12 Dysentrg. Receive smoke of turpentine cast on burning coals ; this cures also the bloody flux, or the falling of the fundament; or put a large brown toast into three quarts of water, with a drachm of cochineal powdered.
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