The druggist's general receipt book ... / by Henry Beasley.

  • Beasley, Henry
Date:
1852
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Credit: The druggist's general receipt book ... / by Henry Beasley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DKENCHES TO PROMOTE PARTURITION. 1. Ergot of rye in fine powder 2 or 3 dr., pennyroyal water, or infusion of rue 1 quart. 2. Saffron G dr., chamomiles 2 oz., boiling water a quart; make an infusion, to be given warm. 1 oz. of dried savin, with 1 oz. of cassia, maybe substituted for the saffron Moiroud. IODINE DRENCH. Iodide of potassium 2 scruples, iodine 12 gr.; triturate together, and add gradually a quart of water.—Moiroud. MISCELLANEOUS LIQUID MEDICINES. TINCTURES, SOLUTIONS, &c. Solution of Aloes. Aloes I part, water 7 parts, proof sjdrit 1 part; dissolve the aloes in water by means of a water bath, and when removed, add the spirit.—Morton. Anodyne Carminative Tincture. Opium 1 oz., cloves 2 oz., ginger, 2 oz., old brandy (or rum, or gin) 1 quart; digest in a corked bottle, shaking daily. Last edition says 1 oz. of cloves and ginger.—White. Ethereal Tincture of Opium. Turkey opium 1 lb, spirit of nitric ether 8 ft; macerate for a month. Dose, 4 oz. to 1 oz., in spasmodic colic.—Mr. Dickins. Gripe Tincture. Tincture of Pimento. Ground pimento ] ft, rectified spirit, and soft water, of each 3 pints; digest for some days and strain: give 4 fluid oz. at once, and repeat every hour till relieved.—Mr. B. Clark. Tincture of Fox-ylove. Digest 3 oz. of dried fox-glove in a quart of any spirit.—Youatt. Infusion of Fox-glove. Infuse 1 oz. of powdered fox-glove in a quart of boiling water till cold.—Youatt. Tincture of Myrrh. Myrrh 2 oz., sand 2 oz., rectified spirit and soft water, of each ^ pint.—-B. Clark. Tincture of Aloes and Myrrh. Aloes 12 oz., myrrh 0 oz., rectified spirit 1 gallon, water i gallon ; digest 14 days, freiiuently shaking, and filter. For outward use, rectified wood naphtha may he substituted for the spirit.—V. C. H
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