Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide

CONSUMPTION OF THE LUNGS. Arsenic i grain. Lactate of iron 30 grains. Syrup simplex sufficient to make a mass. Divide into 30 pills. Take i three times a day. This will be found very beneficial in cases of long standing. CONSUMPTION. Calomel 8 grains. Iodine 30 grains. Alcohol ii^ ounces. Lard i ounce. Mix — Rub the chest well with this every evening until pustules come out on the skin. FOR RELIEF OF THE COUGH IN CON- SUMPTION. Laudanum one-half dram. Fid. ext. wild cherry 2 ounces. Syrup of gum arabic 2 ounces. Mix — Tea-spoonful every 2 hours when the cough is troublesome. TO CHECK THE NIGHT SWEATS OF CONSUMPTION. Dilute sulphuric 2 drams. Fid. ext. wild cherry 2 ounces. Mix — Tea-spoonful 3 or 4 times a day. A GOOD DRINK IN CHOLERA. Take a raw egg and beat it up with half a pint of milk. Mix with I ^ pints of ice water, and use as required to quench thirst. DYSPEPSIA. Nitro-muratic acid 2 drams. Wine of pepsin 3 ounces. Mix — Tea-spoonful 3 times a day, just before each meal. NO. 2. Powdered rhubarb i scruple. Pulv. ext. glycerine one-half dram. Quinine 10 grains. Mix — Divide into 10 pills. Take i every night. NO. 3. Bicarbonate of soda 2 drams. Sub. nit. of bismuth 3 drams. Mix — Divide into 12 powders, I of these powders to be taken after each meal. NO. 4. Oil amber 2 ounces. Gum arable fluid mixture 2 ounces. Mix — A table-spoonful after each meal. BLEEDING AT LUNGS. Sulphate copper 7 grains. Sulphate of iron 2 scruples. Ext. henbane i scruple. Mix — Divide into 20 pills, i to be taken 3- times a "day, and the hemorrhage will cease in a short time. CHRONIC DIARRHEA. Subnitr. of bismuth i ounce. Tannin i dram. Dover's powder i dram. Mix — Divide into 20 powders, one of these to. be taken after each meal. JAUNDICE. Rhubarb 6 grains. Blue mass 2 grains. Extract of henbane 2 grains. Divide into 3 pills, one to be taken every other night. FOR NEURALGIA. Fowler's solution i dram. Aromatic syrup of rhubarb 3 ounces. Mix — Take a tea-spoonful 3 times a day after meals. NO. 2. Fid. extract of hemlock i dram. Sal. ammoniac 3 drams. Syr. of orange peel 2 ounces. Water 2 ounces. Mix — A tea-spoonful 4 times daily, one before each meal, and one before retiring. This will often cure a bad case of neuralgia, but the remedy like most all others must be persisted in. SCARLET FEVER. Sweet spirits of nitre 3 drams. Camph. tinct. opii. i dram. Camphor water 3 ounces. Mix — Dose, a tea-spoonful in water every 2 hours. SUMMER COMPLAINT. Creosote i drop. Lime-water two and one-half ounces. Mix — A tea-spoonful to be given every hour to control vomiting and to check the bowels, alternated with the following: Dover's powder 10 grains. Ipecac 2 grains. Sub. nit. bismuth 15 grains. Mix — Divide into 1 2 powders, give one every 2 or 4 hours, as case requires. BED WETTING OF CHILDREN. Tinct. of nux vomica 12 drops. [ Syrup of ginger i ounce. Water i ounce. Mix — Dose, tea-spoonful at bed-time. DISCOLORATIONS OF SKIN. Sugar of lead one-half ounce. Glycerine i ounce. Water i quart. Mix and bathe the parts every hour. FOR EPILEPSY. Iodide of potassium i dram. Bromide of potassium i dram. Bromide of ammonium one-half dram. Bicarbonate of potash 2 scruples.