LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. -ap. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, i Ax!;. {P.6^r ^""^^-^^ DR. M'MILLAN'S FORMULAS AND DOMESTIC GUIDE. 0 <\ if COMPILED B ALEX. M'MILLAN, M. D. Graduate of Cleveland Medical College, Member of THE Ohio State Medical Society, and Mem- ber OF THE American Med- ical Association. \ ^^ y\. Entered according to an Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by A. McMillan, M. D., of Oberlin, Ohio, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. All rights reserved. H PREFACE, In compiling this work the object has been to take from the latest and most reliable sources, valuable formulas, that have been proven, upon the following subjects : Medicines, Farriery, Cookery, Toilet, and Miscella7ieous, containing in all about two thousand recipes, written in plain English with directions fully given, and use explicitly stated. The author being a medi- cal man of long and large experience, confidently hopes, and expects, that in this little book there is supplied a long felt want There are no drawn out essays upon any subject ; each formula is a distinct idea of itself, so that the purchaser gets solid facts, in a crystalized form ; and as there are two thousand of them, the cost of each is one 7nill, or ten for one cent, which makes this book undoubtedly the cheapest one of the kind ever offered to the people. As the work is not the authorsmp of any one person, it is therefore only claimed that it is a careful compilation, and hoping that it may have a kind reception and be of great use in the house- hold, I have the honor to subscribe myself Respectfully, Alex. McMillan, M. D. INDEX. MEDICAL DIVISION. PAGE. PAGE Artificial ass's milk 98 Bronchocele . 38. 73 Artificial goat's milk 98 Bronchitis • 39. 74 Apple or other fruit with Burns, for 72. 73 bread crumbs 103 Bronchocele ointment 73 An appetizing jelly 104 Bath, acid sponge 84 Almonds and milk 108 Bath, acid foot 85 Aconite solution 112 Bath, alkaline 85 Arnica, solution of 114 Bath, borax 86 Asthma, hay . . 119, 121 Bath, compound sulph. 86 Asthma cure 122 Bath, acid 86 Aromatic confection . 130 Bath, sulphur 87 Almond mixture . 132 Bath, iodine 87 Arom. powder of chalk 145 Bath, artificial sea water 87 Arora. powder of chalk and Bath, creosote 88 opii 145 Bath, hemlock and starch 88 Aperients . , . 20, 21 Broth, lamb 91 Alteratives ■~s Baked partridge 92 Appetite, to increase 35 Broiled partridge . 92 Ague .... 60 Boiled tripe . 92 Asthma . . -70 . 71 Catarrh, chronic in the Arrowroot pop 81 chest, to cure 35 Arrowroot pop with milk 81 Catarrh in the head, to Arrowroot 83 cure 35 A nourishing soup 90 Cholera 39 An excellent restorative soup 90 Cathartics 40 An excellent custard . 96 Cholera morbus 40 Boiled oysters 92 Colic 40 Broth, mutton and veal 93 Catarrh, chronic . 40 Brandy and egg mixture . 98 Cathartic tincture 41 Boiled rice 99 Cholera morbus and pain - Blanc mange 99 ful diarrhea 41 Bran bread 99 Cough and colds . 42 Bread pudding . loi, 102 Chapped hands 43 Bread, salt rising lOI Colic pills 43 Barley water 107 Cough, whooping 44 Barley water thin for drink 107 Cough, balsam

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. -ap. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, i Ax!;. {P.6^r ^""^^-^^ DR. M'MILLAN'S FORMULAS AND <\ if COMPILED BY ALEX. M'MILLAN, M. D. Graduate of Cleveland Medical College, Member of THE Ohio State Medical Society, and Member OF THE American Medical Association. \ ^^ y\. Entered according to an Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by A. McMillan, M. D., of Oberlin, Ohio, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. All rights reserved. H PREFACE, In compiling this work the object has been to take from the latest and most reliable sources, valuable formulas, that have been proven, upon the following subjects : Medicines, Farriery, Cookery, Toilet, and Miscellaneous, containing in all about two thousand recipes, written in plain English with directions fully given, and use explicitly stated. The author being a medical man of long and large experience, confidently hopes, and expects, that in this little book there is supplied a long felt want There are no drawn out essays upon any subject ; each formula is a distinct idea of itself, so that the purchaser gets solid facts, in a crystalized form ; and as there are two thousand of them, the cost of each is one mill, or ten for one cent, which makes this book undoubtedly the cheapest one of the kind ever offered to the people. As the work is not the authorsmp of any one person, it is therefore only claimed that it is a careful compilation, and hoping that it may have a kind reception and be of great use in the household, I have the honor to subscribe myself Respectfully, Alex. McMillan, M. D. Artificial ass's milk Bronchocele . Artificial goat's milk Bronchitis • 39. Apple or other fruit with Burns, for bread crumbs Bronchocele ointment An appetizing jelly Bath, acid sponge Almonds and milk Bath, acid foot Aconite solution Bath, alkaline Arnica, solution of Bath, borax Asthma, hay . . 119, Bath, compound sulph. Asthma cure Bath, acid Aromatic confection . Bath, sulphur Almond mixture . Bath, iodine Arom. powder of chalk Bath, artificial sea water Arora. powder of chalk and Bath, creosote opii Bath, hemlock and starch Aperients . , . 20, 21 Broth, lamb Alteratives ■~s Baked partridge Appetite, to increase Broiled partridge . Ague .... Boiled tripe . Asthma . . -70 . 71 Catarrh, chronic in the Arrowroot pop chest, to cure Arrowroot pop with milk Catarrh in the head, to Arrowroot cure A nourishing soup Cholera An excellent restorative soup Cathartics An excellent custard . Cholera morbus Boiled oysters Colic Broth, mutton and veal Catarrh, chronic . Brandy and egg mixture . Cathartic tincture Boiled rice Cholera morbus and pain - Blanc mange ful diarrhea Bran bread Cough and colds . Bread pudding . loi, Chapped hands Bread, salt rising lOI Colic pills Barley water Cough, whooping Barley water thin for drink Cough, balsam

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