Morphine 5 grains.
Soft water 5 ounces.
Bathe the eye every 3 or 4 hours, letting a little
into the eye each time. This is good for weak or
inflamed eyes, and will be found good for animals
as well as men.
NO. 2.
Ess. peppermint }( ounce.
Rain water ^ ounce.
Mix — Use as other eye-water. This has cured
some bad cases of inflamed eyes. If the eye is
very irritable add i dram laudanum and further re-
duce with rain water. This should be done with
any prescription; make it so that the patient can
tolerate it.
MEDICAL DIVISION. 5/
NO. 3.
Zinc sulph. 2 grains.
Salt 2 grains.
White sugar 2 grains.
Morphine 2 grains.
White of I egg.
Water i ounce.
Mix all by rubbing the ingredients well together,
then add the water and press all the oil or liquid
through a fine linen cloth; and then use as other
•eye- waters.
NO. 4.
Zinc sulph. 5 grains.
Salt 5 grains.
Morph. 2 grains.
Lard i ounce.
Rub together thoroughly, and apply to the lids
;and between the lids 3 or 4 times a day.
FOR GRANULATED EYES.
Blue vitriol 4 grains.
Borax I grain.
Mix thoroughly by means of the mortar and
pestle. Then, with a fine camel hair pencil, ap-
ply to the granulations 2 or 3 times a day.
NO. 2.
Blue vitriol 3 grains. J
Borax i grain.
Morph. I grain.
Rain water i ounce.
Mix — Apply with the finger or drop a drop or
two into the eye 3 or 4 times daily.
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NO. 3.
Zinc sulph. 3 grains.
Plumbi acetas 3 grains.
Morph. I grain.
Water i ounce.
Mix — Drop into the eye 3 times daily.
NO. 4.
Zinc sulph. 2 grains.
Morph. I grain.
Tinct. hydrastes canadensis 2 drams.
Rain water i ounce.
Mix — Put 2 or 3 drops into the eye every 4.
hours.
NO. 5.
Plumbi acetas 3 grains.
Morph. sulph. i grain.
Tinct. catecu i dram.
Common salt 2 drams.
Rain water 2 ounces.
Mix — Two or three drops into the eye every 3.
or 4 hours.
EARACHE.
Hen's oil i ounce.
Morph. I grain.
Mix — Put 4 or 5 drops into the ear twice a day^
plugging up the ear each time with cotton.
NO. 2.
Chloroform one-half ounce.
Laudanum one-half ounce.
Mix — Keep well corked and put 3 or 4 drops in
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the affected ear 2 or 3 times a day, covering well
with cotton.
NO. 3.
Tinct. of arnica i dram.
Sweet oil i dram.
Morph. sulph. aquae one-half ounce.
Mix — Drop 4 or 5 drops into the ear once daily,
keeping covered well with cotton.
SCARLET FEVER.
Tinct. of bell i dram.
Water 3 ounces.
Dose, tea-spoonful every 3 or 4 hours to pre-
vent. Wash the patient every evening in weak lye
water, using plenty of soap and rubbing dry with
coarse towel.
NO. 2.
Tinct. aconite i dram.
Simple syrup 4 ounces.
Mix — Give a tea-spoonful every 2, 3 or 4
hours, when it is certain the patient has the fever,
using the bathing process as above directed daily.
If the throat is very sore take I ounce of syrup of
squills, I ounce slippery-elm water, 3 ounces syrup
simplex. Mix and gargle every hour or two.
FELON REMEDIES.
Wet a cloth with the tinct. of lobelia, and bind
on, re-wetting the cloth as often as it becomes
dry.
60 DOMESTIC GUIDE.
NO. 2.
Fly blister one-half ounce.
Apply over the point of pain, and let remain 6
hours ; then remove and apply the lance ; or take
a sharp needle and open down to where the matter
is formed, and give a free outlet ; then poultice for
a few days.
NO. 3-
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Morphine 5 grains.
Soft water 5 ounces.
Bathe the eye every 3 or 4 hours, letting a little into the eye each time. This is good for weak or inflamed eyes, and will be found good for animals as well as men.
NO. 2.
Ess. peppermint 1/2 ounce.
Rain water 1/2 ounce.
Mix — Use as other eye-water. This has cured some bad cases of inflamed eyes. If the eye is very irritable add i dram laudanum and further reduce with rain water. This should be done with any prescription; make it so that the patient can tolerate it.
NO. 3.
Zinc sulph. 2 grains.
Salt 2 grains.
White sugar 2 grains.
Morphine 2 grains.
White of I egg.
Water i ounce.
Mix all by rubbing the ingredients well together, then add the water and press all the oil or liquid through a fine linen cloth; and then use as other •eye- waters.
NO. 4.
Zinc sulph. 5 grains.
Salt 5 grains.
Morph. 2 grains.
Lard i ounce.
Rub together thoroughly, and apply to the lids ;and between the lids 3 or 4 times a day.
FOR GRANULATED EYES.
Blue vitriol 4 grains.
Borax I grain.
Mix thoroughly by means of the mortar and pestle. Then, with a fine camel hair pencil, apply to the granulations 2 or 3 times a day.
NO. 2.
Blue vitriol 3 grains. J Borax i grain. Morph. I grain. Rain water i ounce.
Mix — Apply with the finger or drop a drop or two into the eye 3 or 4 times daily.
NO. 3.
Zinc sulph. 3 grains.
Plumbi acetas 3 grains.
Morph. I grain.
Water i ounce.
Mix — Drop into the eye 3 times daily.
NO. 4. Zinc sulph. 2 grains. Morph. I grain.
Tinct. hydrastes canadensis 2 drams. Rain water i ounce.
Mix — Put 2 or 3 drops into the eye every 4. hours.
NO. 5.
Plumbi acetas 3 grains. Morph. sulph. i grain. Tinct. catecu i dram. Common salt 2 drams. Rain water 2 ounces.
Mix — Two or three drops into the eye every 3. or 4 hours.
EARACHE.
Hen's oil i ounce. Morph. I grain.
Mix — Put 4 or 5 drops into the ear twice a day^ plugging up the ear each time with cotton.
NO. 2.
Chloroform one-half ounce.
Laudanum one-half ounce.
Mix — Keep well corked and put 3 or 4 drops in
the affected ear 2 or 3 times a day, covering well with cotton.
NO. 3. Tinct. of arnica i dram. Sweet oil i dram.
Morph. sulph. aquae one-half ounce. Mix — Drop 4 or 5 drops into the ear once daily, keeping covered well with cotton.
SCARLET FEVER.
Tinct. of bell i dram.
Water 3 ounces.
Dose, tea-spoonful every 3 or 4 hours to prevent. Wash the patient every evening in weak lye water, using plenty of soap and rubbing dry with coarse towel.
NO. 2.
Tinct. aconite i dram.
Simple syrup 4 ounces.
Mix — Give a tea-spoonful every 2, 3 or 4 hours, when it is certain the patient has the fever, using the bathing process as above directed daily. If the throat is very sore take I ounce of syrup of squills, I ounce slippery-elm water, 3 ounces syrup simplex. Mix and gargle every hour or two.
FELON REMEDIES.
Wet a cloth with the tinct. of lobelia, and bind on, re-wetting the cloth as often as it becomes dry.
NO. 2.
Fly blister one-half ounce.
Apply over the point of pain, and let remain 6 hours ; then remove and apply the lance ; or take a sharp needle and open down to where the matter is formed, and give a free outlet ; then poultice for a few days.
NO. 3.