ANTS — A small quantity of green sage, placed where ants infest will cause them to disappear. — Quicklime thrown on their nests, and then watered, will destroy them. — Or a strong solution of alum water. — Or gas tar ; — or lime from gas-works. — Gas tar painted round a tree an inch or two broad, will prevent ants and other insects from climbing trees, and will preserve the fruit. APERIENT FOR CHILD- REN.— Infusion of senna, one ounce; mint water, half an ounce ; calcined magnesia, one scruple ; manna, three drachms ; syrup of roses, two drachms ; (a solution of sugar will do). Mix and give in doses of one or two teaspoonfuls at a time. APERIENT ELECTUARY. Senna, one ounce, powdered; flour of sulphur, half an ounce ; ground ginger, two drachms ; treacle, or honey, four ounces. Mix well. Dose about the size of a nutmeg morning and night. If not strong enough, add a small quantity of jalap. APERIENT, INFANTS’.— Take of rhubarb, five grains ; magnesia, three grains ; white sugar, a scruple *, manna, five grains ; mix. Dose, vary- ing from a piece half the size of a sweet- pea to a piece the size of an ordinary pea. APERIENT MIXTURE, Ab- emethy’s. — Epsom Salts, half an ounce ; infusion of Senna, six drachms ; tincture of Senna, two drachms ; spearmint water, an ounce ; distilled water, two ounces ; best manna, two drachms. Mix ; and take three or four table-spoonfuls every morning, or every other morning. — This is a valuable mix- ture.— A decoction of Peruvian Bark will render it a Tonic Aperient. APERIENT MIXTURE.— Senna leaves, 2 drachms ; infuse in a quarter of a pint of boiling water, for half an hour, and add Epsom salts, half an ounce ; compound Tincture Of Senna an ounce. Three table-spoonfuls to be taken every three hours. APERIENT MIXTURE, (Tonic). — Boil two ounces of bruised dandelion roots, and one ounce of pow- dered liquorice, in. one quart of water down to one pint ; then add Epsom Salts, four drachms ; Sulphate of Iron, four grains ; Elixir of Vitriol, thirty-five drops. This mixture is aperient, and does not debilitate. APERIENT MIXTURE, (Tonic). — Take of Epsom salts 1 ounce, diluted sulphuric acid, one drachm, in- fusion of quassia chips, half an imperial pint, compound tincture of rhubarb, a drachms. Half a wine-glassful for a dose — to be taken twice a day. APERIENT PILLS. — Com- pound Rhubarb Pill, a scruple ; extract of Colocynth, half a drachm ; castile soap, ten grains ; oil of juniper, three drops. Beat into a mass ; make into ordinary sized pills. Take cne at bed- time. APERIENT PILLS, to pro- mote Digestion — Aloes, 40 grains; extract of gentian, twenty-four grains ; extract of colocynth, one drachm ; oil of aniseed, sufficient to make into pills. Take from one to three whan necessary. APG 22 APO APOPLEXY.— It is a sudden de- privation of all the senses, and of volun- tary motion, generally the effect of com- pression of the brain ; which, when pro- duced by an effusion of blood, or a distension of the internal vessels of the head, from an accumulation of blood, is termed Sanguineous Apoplexy ; and when caused by an effusion of serum , which occurs chiefly in dropsical habits, Serous Apoplexy.

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ANTS — A small quantity of green sage, placed where ants infest will cause them to disappear. — Quicklime thrown on their nests, and then watered, will destroy them. — Or a strong solution of alum water. — Or gas tar ; — or lime from gas-works. — Gas tar painted round a tree an inch or two broad, will prevent ants and other insects from climbing trees, and will preserve the fruit. APERIENT FOR CHILDREN.— Infusion of senna, one ounce; mint water, half an ounce ; calcined magnesia, one scruple ; manna, three drachms ; syrup of roses, two drachms ; (a solution of sugar will do). Mix and give in doses of one or two teaspoonfuls at a time. APERIENT ELECTUARY. Senna, one ounce, powdered; flour of sulphur, half an ounce ; ground ginger, two drachms ; treacle, or honey, four ounces. Mix well. Dose about the size of a nutmeg morning and night. If not strong enough, add a small quantity of jalap. APERIENT, INFANTS’.— Take of rhubarb, five grains ; magnesia, three grains ; white sugar, a scruple *, manna, five grains ; mix. Dose, varying from a piece half the size of a sweetpea to a piece the size of an ordinary pea. APERIENT MIXTURE, Abemethy’s. — Epsom Salts, half an ounce ; infusion of Senna, six drachms ; tincture of Senna, two drachms ; spearmint water, an ounce ; distilled water, two ounces ; best manna, two drachms. Mix ; and take three or four table-spoonfuls every morning, or every other morning. — This is a valuable mixture.— A decoction of Peruvian Bark will render it a Tonic Aperient. APERIENT MIXTURE.— Senna leaves, 2 drachms ; infuse in a quarter of a pint of boiling water, for half an hour, and add Epsom salts, half an ounce ; compound Tincture Of Senna an ounce. Three table-spoonfuls to be taken every three hours. APERIENT MIXTURE, (Tonic). — Boil two ounces of bruised dandelion roots, and one ounce of powdered liquorice, in. one quart of water down to one pint ; then add Epsom Salts, four drachms ; Sulphate of Iron, four grains ; Elixir of Vitriol, thirty-five drops. This mixture is aperient, and does not debilitate. APERIENT MIXTURE, (Tonic). — Take of Epsom salts 1 ounce, diluted sulphuric acid, one drachm, infusion of quassia chips, half an imperial pint, compound tincture of rhubarb, a drachms. Half a wine-glassful for a dose — to be taken twice a day. APERIENT PILLS. — Compound Rhubarb Pill, a scruple ; extract of Colocynth, half a drachm ; castile soap, ten grains ; oil of juniper, three drops. Beat into a mass ; make into ordinary sized pills. Take cne at bedtime. APERIENT PILLS, to promote Digestion — Aloes, 40 grains; extract of gentian, twenty-four grains ; extract of colocynth, one drachm ; oil of aniseed, sufficient to make into pills. Take from one to three whan necessary. APO APOPLEXY.— It is a sudden deprivation of all the senses, and of voluntary motion, generally the effect of compression of the brain ; which, when produced by an effusion of blood, or a distension of the internal vessels of the head, from an accumulation of blood, is termed Sanguineous Apoplexy ; and when caused by an effusion of serum , which occurs chiefly in dropsical habits, Serous Apoplexy.

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