Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide

Steam the part with yellow dock for 1 or 2 hours at a time, repeating as often as pain comes back ; is said to have cured felons frequently. NO. 4. Common rock salt I ounce. Turpentine i ounce. Mix — Wet a cloth with the mixture as often as it gets dry, and keep bound well on the parts ; will, it is said, cure felons in a few days. NO. 5 RADICAL. Probably the surest and most reliable cure is to have a competent surgeon, as soon as the pain is definitely located, to put the lancet down to the point of suppuration, and thus relieve at once pressure and pain ; follow with some poultice. In a few days, a cure in the great majority of cases is effected without running the risk of losing the bone or of stiffness of the joints, and this is my plan in every case. FOR FEVER SORES. Sulph. zinc i dram. Copperas 3 drams. Gun powder 5 drams. Soft water, hot, I quart. Mix — Boil for half hour ; set away to settle ;: then wash the sore with it every day once; it is. said to have cured many bad cases. AGUE. Yellow bark 2 ounces. Cream of tartar 2 ounces. Calumba root one-half ounce. Gentian root one-half ounce. Orange peel one-half ounce. Rhubarb root 1/4 ounce. Whisky 2 quarts. Mix, and let stand 10 days. Dose, a table- - spoonful 3 or 4 times daily. HEADACHE. Gelseminum tinct. 2 drams. Ginger tinct. 3 drams. Water 4 ounces. Mix — Tea-spoonful every 3 hours. NO. 2. Tinct. of senna one-half ounce. Aromatic syr. rhubarb 4 ounces. Mix — Dose, a tea-spoonful every 2 hours until ' the bowels are moved. The dose may be increased or diminished, according to the case, and that should be the practice always in using remedies from a book like this. Intelligent people are expected to use their own judgment in this matter, as. the medium dose is always given here. INFLAMMATORY FEVERS. Tinct. of aconite one-half dram. Tinct. veratrum veride I dram. Water 4 ounces. Mix — Tea-spoonful once an hour until fever subsides, then once in 3 hours. NO. 2. Turpentine 2 drams. Gum arabic I ounce. White sugar i ounce. Peppermint water 2 ounces. Mix — Dose, tea-spoonful every 3 or 4 hours. INFLAMMATION OF LIVER. Chloride of ammonium 2 ounces. Pulv. and make into 15 grain powders, i to be taken every 4 hours. This by many is thought to be a specific for the above complaint. NO. 2. Podophylline pulv. 20 grains. Dandelion i dram. Hydrargicum creta one-half ounce. Mix — Divide into 40 powders, i to be taken every 3 hours. INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH. Tinct. of baptisia i ounce. Water 4 ounces. Mix — Dose, tea-spoonful every 4 hours. Warm fomentations over the stomach, together with the mildest king gruel and soup. For several days nothing of a solid character taken. NO. 2. Gum arabic i ounce. Opii pulv. I dram. Soda bicarb. ^ ounce. Mix — Divide into 30 powders, i to be given every 2 hours, dissolved in a little milk or slipperyelm water. SOOTHING INJECTIONS FOR ALL GEN- ERAL PURPOSES. Sweet milk i ^ pints. Molasses 2 ounces. Lard 2 ounces. Salt yi ounce. Dissolve all and make thoroughly warm. Then introduce in proper amounts and retain as long as possible. Slippery-elm water or mucilage may be used in place of the milk. CATHARTIC INJECTION. Milk I pint. Mucilage i pint. Castor oil 4 ounces. Laudanum i dram.