Iniusion of columbo 6 ounces.
Mix — Dose, a tea-spoonful before each meal and
two tea-spoonfuls at bedtime, in water.
TOOTHACHE.
Tannin 20 grains.
Gum mastic 10 grains.
Ether one-half ounce.
Mix — Wet a piece of cotton with this and in-
troduce into the aching tooth.
EARACHE.
Olive oil I ounce.
Sulph. morph. 5 grains.
Mix — Put 5 drops in the aching ear and plug
up with cotton.
NO. 2.
Glycerine one-half ounce.
Laudanum 3 drams.
Mix — Put 3 drops in the ear and plug with cot-
ton.
WHEALS OR PIMPLES.
Carbonate of potassa 20 grains.
Glycerine 2 drams.
Rose water 6 ounces.
Mix and use as a lotion.
128 DOMESTIC GUIDE.
ITCH LOTION.
Tar 2 ounces.
Whiskey 2 ounces.
Mix thoroughly and bathe night and morning
with the lotion, or the following ointment :
Tar I ounce.
Clean lard i ounce.
Mix well.
Or: ,
Iodide of potash one-half ounce.
Lard 2 ounces.
Mix and apply to the parts twice a day.
MOIST TETTER.
Tar, soft soap, whiskey, and lard equal parts.
Rub well together and apply 2 times a day.
NO. 2.
Borax pulv. one-half ounce.
Starch powder one-half ounce.
Glycerine i ounce.
Lard i ounce.
Mix well and apply 2 or 3 times daily. Wash
the parts once a day in milk and water, equal
parts, and warm, with a little good Castile soap,
taking the following for the blood :
Iodide of potassa i dram.
Tinct. cinchona i ounce.
Syrup simplex 3 ounces.
Aqua I ounce.
Mix — Table-spoonful before each meal.
MEDICAL DIVISION. 1 29
NO. 3.
Oxide of zinc i dram.
Lard i ounce.
Mix and use twice daily. This has enjoyed a
great name in cases of soft tetter.
LIME-WATER.
Lime 4 ounces unslacked.
Water clear and clean i gallon.
Mix and let it stand 3 or 4 hours, when it is
ready for use ; keep it well covered and corked.
When needed the clear water may be poured off.
It is given in cases of dyspepsia, diarrhea, vomiting
and acidity of the stomach. Dose, from i to 4
ounces 3 or 4 times a day.
SOLUTION OF SUBACETATE OF LEAD.
Acetate of lead 16 ounces.
Litharge pulverized fine nine and one-half ounces.
Water one-half gallon.
Boil the two first in the water for one-half hour,
occasionally adding water to keep up the measure,
and then filter through paper, bottle and keep
well corked. This solution is an astringent and
sedative, but is employed only as an external appli-
cation. It is highly useful in inflammation arising
from sprains, bruises, burns or blisters, to which
it is applied by means of linen cloths wet with the
solution, and should be re-wet as often as they get
dry. It always requires to be diluted, one ounce
of the solution to a pint of water is strong enough
for ordinary cases.
I30 DOMESTIC GUIDE.
EPISTAXIS OR NOSE BLEED.
Tannin 30 grains.
Zinc sulph. 5 grains.
Pulv. gum arabic i ounce.
Mix and triturate to a very fine pawder, until
all is intimately mixed, and then use as a snuff at
the time of bleeding, holding the head erect.
AROMATIC CONFECTION.
Aromatic powder 4 ounces.
Honey 4 ounces✪ Aromatic Confection.
Mix, by rubbing the powder into the honey
until a uniform mass is made. This is good and is
given in debilitated state of the stomach. Dose
is from 10 to 60 grains before eating.
NEUTRAL MIXTURE.
Lemon juice one-half pint.
Bicarbonate of potassa, a sufficient quantity✪ Neutral Mixture.
ir
Add the bicarbonate gradually to the lemon
juice, until the acid is completely saturated. Then
strain through muslin.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Iniusion of columbo 6 ounces.
Mix — Dose, a tea-spoonful before each meal and two tea-spoonfuls at bedtime, in water. TOOTHACHE.
Tannin 20 grains.
Gum mastic 10 grains.
Ether one-half ounce.
Mix — Wet a piece of cotton with this and introduce into the aching tooth.
EARACHE. Olive oil I ounce. Sulph. morph. 5 grains.
Mix — Put 5 drops in the aching ear and plug up with cotton.
NO. 2.
Glycerine one-half ounce. Laudanum 3 drams.
Mix — Put 3 drops in the ear and plug with cotton.
WHEALS OR PIMPLES.
Carbonate of potassa 20 grains. Glycerine 2 drams. Rose water 6 ounces. Mix and use as a lotion.
ITCH LOTION.
Tar 2 ounces. Whiskey 2 ounces.
Mix thoroughly and bathe night and morning with the lotion, or the following ointment : Tar I ounce. Clean lard i ounce. Mix well.
Or: ,
Iodide of potash one-half ounce. Lard 2 ounces. Mix and apply to the parts twice a day.
MOIST TETTER.
Tar, soft soap, whiskey, and lard equal parts. Rub well together and apply 2 times a day.
NO. 2.
Borax pulv. one-half ounce.
Starch powder one-half ounce.
Glycerine i ounce.
Lard i ounce.
Mix well and apply 2 or 3 times daily. Wash the parts once a day in milk and water, equal parts, and warm, with a little good Castile soap, taking the following for the blood :
Iodide of potassa i dram.
Tinct. cinchona i ounce.
Syrup simplex 3 ounces.
Aqua I ounce.
Mix — Table-spoonful before each meal.
NO. 3. Oxide of zinc i dram. Lard i ounce.
Mix and use twice daily. This has enjoyed a great name in cases of soft tetter. LIME-WATER.
Lime 4 ounces unslacked.
Water clear and clean i gallon.
Mix and let it stand 3 or 4 hours, when it is ready for use ; keep it well covered and corked. When needed the clear water may be poured off. It is given in cases of dyspepsia, diarrhea, vomiting and acidity of the stomach. Dose, from i to 4 ounces 3 or 4 times a day. SOLUTION OF SUBACETATE OF LEAD.
Acetate of lead 16 ounces.
Litharge pulverized fine nine and one-half ounces.
Water one-half gallon.
Boil the two first in the water for one-half hour, occasionally adding water to keep up the measure, and then filter through paper, bottle and keep well corked. This solution is an astringent and sedative, but is employed only as an external application. It is highly useful in inflammation arising from sprains, bruises, burns or blisters, to which it is applied by means of linen cloths wet with the solution, and should be re-wet as often as they get dry. It always requires to be diluted, one ounce of the solution to a pint of water is strong enough for ordinary cases.
EPISTAXIS OR NOSE BLEED.
Tannin 30 grains.
Zinc sulph. 5 grains.
Pulv. gum arabic i ounce.
Mix and triturate to a very fine pawder, until all is intimately mixed, and then use as a snuff at the time of bleeding, holding the head erect.
AROMATIC CONFECTION.
Aromatic powder 4 ounces.
Honey 4 ounces.
Mix, by rubbing the powder into the honey until a uniform mass is made. This is good and is given in debilitated state of the stomach. Dose is from 10 to 60 grains before eating.
NEUTRAL MIXTURE.
Lemon juice one-half pint.
Bicarbonate of potassa, a sufficient quantity.
ir
Add the bicarbonate gradually to the lemon juice, until the acid is completely saturated. Then strain through muslin.
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