laudanum and water. — A very cooling wash is made of powdering a drachm of borax, and dissolving it in a pint of boiling water. — Poultices arc very good for inflammatory affections of the eyes ; but the very best of all is SLIPPERY Elm. It should be mixed with milk and water, and applied direct to the eye, without any cloth between. During the inflam- mation, Aperients should be given, and the Diaphoretic Powders used, page 160. See pages 175, 176, 177, fot remedies for diseased eye. OPIATE, Injection. — Milk of assafoetida, 8 ozs. ; tincture, of opium, 1 drachm. This is useful in disorders of the anus attended with insufferable pain. OFI 282 ORA OPIUM, or LAUDANUM, Antidote to its Poisonous Influ- ence.— Immediately take the juice of lemons ; or the strongest vinegar. Or sulphate of zinc, in 30 grain doses, every fifteen minutes, with plenty of warm water, is the most effectual. Opium produces great drowsiness and stupor, which must be overcome by all means ; ft teaspoonful of sal volatile in strong coffee is the best stimulant ; repeat every half hour ; do not let the patient sleep for 12 hours, for if he do, he may wake no more. OPODELDOC. — Dissolve 1 oz. of camphor in a pint of spirit of wine ; then dissolve 4 ozs. of hard white Spanish soap, scraped thin in 4 ozs. of oil of rosemary. It may be improved by adding 2 ozs. of ammonia, tincture of aconite, or opium x oz., and a little oil. It is a good application for sprains, lumbago, pained limbs, weakness of joints, &c. Mixed with tincture of can- tharides, or tincture of cayenne, it be- comes more effectively stimulant. ORANGE. — The orange tree is a beautiful ever-green, a native of Asia, and cultivated in the West Indies, Europe, China, &c. The flowers are very fragrant, and have long been used as a perfume. The juice of orange is a grateful acid liquor, consisting of citric acid, syrup extracdve, and mucilage. It is of great use in febrile or inflamma- tory diseases, for allaying heat, quench- ing thirst, and promoting the salutary secretions. It is valuable in scurvy. ORANGE BRANDY.— Pare 8 oranges very thin, and steep the peels in a quart of brandy 48 hours in a close pitcher ; then take water, 3 pints ; loaf sugar, lb.✪ Orange Brandy ; boil until reduced to half the quantity ; let it cool, and then mix with brandy ; let it stand 14 days, and then bottle it. ORANGE OAKES. — Take Seville oranges with good rinds, quarter them, and boil in two or three waters, till tender, and the bitterness gone ; dry them ; take all the seeds and skins out of the pulp with a knife ; shred the peels very fine ; put them to the pulp ; weigh them, and put rather more than their weight of fine sugar into a tossing- an, with just sufficient water to dissolve✪ Orange Oakes ; boil it till it candies ; then put in gradually the orange-peels and pulp ; mix well ; boil very gently, till it looks clear and thick ; tlien put into fiat* bottomed glasses ; set them in a slow oven ; when they are candied on the top, turn them out upon glasses ; cut into shapes. ORANGE CHEESECAKES. — See pages 118 — 9.

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laudanum and water. — A very cooling wash is made of powdering a drachm of borax, and dissolving it in a pint of boiling water. — Poultices arc very good for inflammatory affections of the eyes ; but the very best of all is SLIPPERY Elm. It should be mixed with milk and water, and applied direct to the eye, without any cloth between. During the inflammation, Aperients should be given, and the Diaphoretic Powders used, page 160. See pages 175, 176, 177, fot remedies for diseased eye. OPIATE, Injection. — Milk of assafoetida, 8 ozs. ; tincture, of opium, 1 drachm. This is useful in disorders of the anus attended with insufferable pain. OFI ORA OPIUM, or LAUDANUM, Antidote to its Poisonous Influence.— Immediately take the juice of lemons ; or the strongest vinegar. Or sulphate of zinc, in 30 grain doses, every fifteen minutes, with plenty of warm water, is the most effectual. Opium produces great drowsiness and stupor, which must be overcome by all means ; ft teaspoonful of sal volatile in strong coffee is the best stimulant ; repeat every half hour ; do not let the patient sleep for 12 hours, for if he do, he may wake no more. OPODELDOC. — Dissolve 1 oz. of camphor in a pint of spirit of wine ; then dissolve 4 ozs. of hard white Spanish soap, scraped thin in 4 ozs. of oil of rosemary. It may be improved by adding 2 ozs. of ammonia, tincture of aconite, or opium x oz., and a little oil. It is a good application for sprains, lumbago, pained limbs, weakness of joints, &c. Mixed with tincture of cantharides, or tincture of cayenne, it becomes more effectively stimulant. ORANGE. — The orange tree is a beautiful ever-green, a native of Asia, and cultivated in the West Indies, Europe, China, &c. The flowers are very fragrant, and have long been used as a perfume. The juice of orange is a grateful acid liquor, consisting of citric acid, syrup extracdve, and mucilage. It is of great use in febrile or inflammatory diseases, for allaying heat, quenching thirst, and promoting the salutary secretions. It is valuable in scurvy. ORANGE BRANDY.— Pare 8 oranges very thin, and steep the peels in a quart of brandy 48 hours in a close pitcher ; then take water, 3 pints ; loaf sugar, lb. ; boil until reduced to half the quantity ; let it cool, and then mix with brandy ; let it stand 14 days, and then bottle it. ORANGE OAKES. — Take Seville oranges with good rinds, quarter them, and boil in two or three waters, till tender, and the bitterness gone ; dry them ; take all the seeds and skins out of the pulp with a knife ; shred the peels very fine ; put them to the pulp ; weigh them, and put rather more than their weight of fine sugar into a tossingan, with just sufficient water to dissolve ; boil it till it candies ; then put in gradually the orange-peels and pulp ; mix well ; boil very gently, till it looks clear and thick ; tlien put into fiat* bottomed glasses ; set them in a slow oven ; when they are candied on the top, turn them out upon glasses ; cut into shapes. ORANGE CHEESECAKES. — See pages 118 — 9.

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