HOOPING COUGH.— Use the cold bath daily. — Or, rub the feet thoroughly with hog’s lard, before the fire, at going to bed, and keep the child warm therein. — Or, rub the back at lying down with old rum. It seldom fails. — Or, give a spoonful of the juice of HOO 212 HOR pennyroyal, mixed with brown sugar- candy, twice a-day. HOOPING COUGH.-Dissolve a scruple of salt of tartar in a quar- ter of a pint of water ; add 8 drops of laudanum, sweeten it with sugar. Give to an infant a teaspoonful four times a day ; two years old, two spoon- fuls ; for four years, a table-spoonfuL — Or, take flower of Benjamin, and strain- ed opium, of each 2 drachms, camphire, 2 scruples, essential oil of aniseeds, half a drachm, rectified spirit of wine, one quart, 4 02s. of powdered liquorice, and 4 ozs. of honey : digest and strain. — Or, take of musk julep, 6 ozs. ; paregoric elixir, \ oz., volatile tincture of valerian, 1 drachm ; mix and take two spoonfuls three or four times every day. — Or, take ipecacuanha, 14 grains ; warm water % a pint. Infhse. Take a teaspoonful now and then. HOOPING COUGH.— 1 scru- ple salt of tartar dissolved in a gill of water, add xo grains of powdered cochi- neal, sweeten it with brown or fine sugar. Give an infant a fourth part of a tablespoonful, for a child 3 or 4 years old, half a tablespoouful, 10 years old, 1 tablespoonful 3 times a day. HOOPING COUGH, Embro- cation for. — Olive oil eight ounces, oil of amber, four ounces, oil of cloves, sufficient to scent it strongly ; croton oil, 3 drops ; mix, rub on the chest. — Or, oil of amber and spirit of hartshorn, equal parts. Mix. Apply to the soles of the feet, and to the palms of the hands, morning, noon, and night. HOPS. — The extract of tincture of hops may be used instead of opium in most cases ; it is not narcotic, but very anodyne. In consumption it gives ease without any deleterious effects. Its valuable medicinal properties are but little known. In jaundice, indigestion, melancholy, nervous depression, &c., it has been of singular use. A strong in- fusion or decoction, is a cure for indigesc tion, attended with nervous irritation, weakness of the stomach and bowels ; and for typhoid fevers, and twitching of the tendons. It is of vast service in the after pains of child-birth. It may be taken in tincture, decoction, Infusion, or pills mode of the extract. HOP BITTERS, Infusion of. — Hops, 2 ozs. ; boiling water, 1 quart. Infuse a day. Dose : a wineglassful ; excellent for appetite. HOPS, Tincture of. — It is made by macerating 1 oz. of the bops in quar- ter of a pint of proof spirits ; dose, % a drachm to 1 drachm. In form of tinc- ture, Dr. Beach says “he has given it with success in inflammation of the bowels.” HOPS, Extract of. — Is made by boiling the strength of it obtained by infusion or decoction, to a thin syrup, and then evaporating till it becomes thick. Cover close. Dose, in pills, from four to ten grains. HOPS HEATED, in a flannel bag, are a good remedy for the tooth- ache, and neuralgic pains. A bag of hops warmed, and put under the head, allays nervous excitement, and procures sleep. A strong decoction of hops, half a pint at a time, is drunk by the Spaniards for venereal, loss of appetite, and is also good for drunkards.

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HOOPING COUGH.— Use the cold bath daily. — Or, rub the feet thoroughly with hog’s lard, before the fire, at going to bed, and keep the child warm therein. — Or, rub the back at lying down with old rum. It seldom fails. — Or, give a spoonful of the juice of HOO HOR pennyroyal, mixed with brown sugarcandy, twice a-day. HOOPING COUGH.-Dissolve a scruple of salt of tartar in a quarter of a pint of water ; add 8 drops of laudanum, sweeten it with sugar. Give to an infant a teaspoonful four times a day ; two years old, two spoonfuls ; for four years, a table-spoonfuL — Or, take flower of Benjamin, and strained opium, of each 2 drachms, camphire, 2 scruples, essential oil of aniseeds, half a drachm, rectified spirit of wine, one quart, 4 02s. of powdered liquorice, and 4 ozs. of honey : digest and strain. — Or, take of musk julep, 6 ozs. ; paregoric elixir, \ oz., volatile tincture of valerian, 1 drachm ; mix and take two spoonfuls three or four times every day. — Or, take ipecacuanha, 14 grains ; warm water % a pint. Infuse. Take a teaspoonful now and then. HOOPING COUGH.— 1 scruple salt of tartar dissolved in a gill of water, add xo grains of powdered cochineal, sweeten it with brown or fine sugar. Give an infant a fourth part of a tablespoonful, for a child 3 or 4 years old, half a tablespoouful, 10 years old, 1 tablespoonful 3 times a day. HOOPING COUGH, Embrocation for. — Olive oil eight ounces, oil of amber, four ounces, oil of cloves, sufficient to scent it strongly ; croton oil, 3 drops ; mix, rub on the chest. — Or, oil of amber and spirit of hartshorn, equal parts. Mix. Apply to the soles of the feet, and to the palms of the hands, morning, noon, and night. HOPS. — The extract of tincture of hops may be used instead of opium in most cases ; it is not narcotic, but very anodyne. In consumption it gives ease without any deleterious effects. Its valuable medicinal properties are but little known. In jaundice, indigestion, melancholy, nervous depression, &c., it has been of singular use. A strong infusion or decoction, is a cure for indigesc tion, attended with nervous irritation, weakness of the stomach and bowels ; and for typhoid fevers, and twitching of the tendons. It is of vast service in the after pains of child-birth. It may be taken in tincture, decoction, Infusion, or pills mode of the extract. HOP BITTERS, Infusion of. — Hops, 2 ozs. ; boiling water, 1 quart. Infuse a day. Dose : a wineglassful ; excellent for appetite. HOPS, Tincture of. — It is made by macerating 1 oz. of the bops in quarter of a pint of proof spirits ; dose, % a drachm to 1 drachm. In form of tincture, Dr. Beach says “he has given it with success in inflammation of the bowels.” HOPS, Extract of. — Is made by boiling the strength of it obtained by infusion or decoction, to a thin syrup, and then evaporating till it becomes thick. Cover close. Dose, in pills, from four to ten grains. HOPS HEATED, in a flannel bag, are a good remedy for the toothache, and neuralgic pains. A bag of hops warmed, and put under the head, allays nervous excitement, and procures sleep. A strong decoction of hops, half a pint at a time, is drunk by the Spaniards for venereal, loss of appetite, and is also good for drunkards.

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