Volume 1

The family physician: being a collection of useful family remedies / [Hugh Smith].

  • Smith, Hugh, 1736?-1789
Date:
[between 1770 and 1779]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The family physician: being a collection of useful family remedies / [Hugh Smith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [*7] ; Boil half a pint of milk with as much water; while it is in a boiling ftate, let two tea-fpoonfuls of the powder of falop, firli mixed in a bafon with a fpoonful or two of cold water, be thrown into it; after it has fimmered a minute or two, ftirring it the while, you will find the whole of a fmooth creamy conliftence; a bit of fugar, and a little nutmeg may be added to make it pala¬ table. Thofe whom milk is apt to render coftive, fhould mix the falop with the water alone as above directed, and add the milk to it after it is taken from the fire. We all know how ferviceable a milk diet is in many cafes; by this method it will agree with them, upon whofe ftomachs it otherwife turns four and too haftily curdles, * SALT of WORMWOOD DRAUGHT. Take a fcruple of fait of wormwood, pour upon it by little and little frefh lemon-juice, till it has done fermenting and taftes quite infipid; about one large fpoonful is fufficient; then add a little fine fugar to make it palatable; about a wine-glafs of fpring or barley water, and a pap-fpoonful of cinnamon water, makes a moft plea- fant draught. Above the age of fourteen, it may be given once in fix or eight hours, in any little feverifli complaints, ficknefs at ftomach, watch¬ ings, parched drynefs of the mouth, and fuchdike ills, and is often of fervice with the fever powder. From feven to fourteen years, half a draught is fufficient; under that age flill aecreafe the quantity. When the fever powder increafes any of the evacuations over much, give the powder only once or twice in the twenty-four hours, and the fait of wormwood draught every fix hours ; in this cafe four or five drops of laudanum may with propriety be added to the draught, efpecially if the patient complains of pain or ficknefs. E 2 !•-. t'- SAL