Gum arable one-half ounce. Camphorated tinct. of opium 2 ounces. Wine of antimony i ounce. Sweet spirits of nitre one-half ounce. Water 12 ounces. Rub the liquorice, sugar and gum arable to- gether, with the water gradually added, and then add the other ingredients and mix thoroughly. This is an exceedingly popular cough mixture. It is applicable in the advanced stages of catarrhal affections after expectoration has become estab- lished. Dose, tablespoonful to an adult, a tea- spoonful to a child. It should be well shaken when administered. 134 DOMESTIC GUIDE. SCAMMONY MIXTURE. Resin of scammony 4 grains. Milk 2 ounces✪ Scammony Mixture. Triturate the scammony with a little of the milk, adding the balance of the milk, and continue to triturate until the whole becomes a uniform emulsion. This should only be prepared as wanted, and all of this should be taken at once. It is useful in a weak stomach, as it affords nourishment without any irritation to the mucus coats of the stomach. BRANDY MIXTURE. Best brandy 4 ounces. Cinnamon water 4 ounces. Yolk of 2 eggs. Refined sugar one-half ounce✪ Brandy Mixture. Rub the yolk and sugar together, and then add the cinnamon water and the brandy. This is a nutritious and stimulating draught, ap- plicable to the sinking stage of low forms of fever. Dose, I table-spoonful every 3 hours. INFUSION OF SASSAFRAS PITH. Sassafras pith 2 drams Water i pint✪ Infusion of Sassafras Pith. Macerate for 3 hours and strain. It is much used as an application to the eye in an inflamma- tory condition of the conjunctiva. It may be taken as a drink ad libitum in inflammatory and febrile diseases, particularly inflammations of the mucus passages. MEDICAL DIVISION. 135 OIL OF CARAWAY FOR TOOTHACHE. This oil has been found of late to give immedi- ate relief to toothache when placed upon cotton and inserted into the cavity of a carious or other hollow tooth, with this advantage over other preparations, such as creosote or carbolic acid, in that it does not injure the tooth. OIL OF WORMSEED. Wormseed oil is used as an anthelmintic (that is to destroy worms) in the dose of from 4 to 8 drops for a child, repeated morning and evening for 3 or 4 days, and then to follow with a cathartic of castor oil. The above dose is enough for a child ten years old. OIL OF PENNYROYAL. This oil is a good remedy in flatulent colic and sick stomach, also to correct the effect of nauseat- ing or griping medicines, and to impart flavor to mixtures. It is also employed as a domestic rem- edy in cases of amenorrhoea. The dose is from 2 to 10 drops. OIL OF JUNIPER. This oil is stimulant, carnii7iative and diuretic, and may be employed with advantage in debili- tated dropsical cases in connection with other remedies, especially digitalis. It is this oil which imparts to Holland gin its peculiar flavor and diuretic power. Sir James Simpson, of Edinburgh, considers it an efficient diuretic, when administered 136 DOMESTIC GUIDE. through the lungs. A tea-spoonful of the oil is put into a vessel of hot water, and the patient is directed to inhale the vapors. The dose is from 5 to 1 5 drops 2 or 3 times a day, and may be consid- erably increased. OIL OF LAVENDER. This oil is chiefly used as a perfume, but it also posesses carminative and stimulant properties and is useful in cases of nervous languor and sick head- ache. The dose is from one to five drops. OIL OF PEPPERMINT.

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Gum arable one-half ounce. Camphorated tinct. of opium 2 ounces. Wine of antimony i ounce. Sweet spirits of nitre one-half ounce. Water 12 ounces. Rub the liquorice, sugar and gum arable together, with the water gradually added, and then add the other ingredients and mix thoroughly. This is an exceedingly popular cough mixture. It is applicable in the advanced stages of catarrhal affections after expectoration has become established. Dose, tablespoonful to an adult, a teaspoonful to a child. It should be well shaken when administered. SCAMMONY MIXTURE. Resin of scammony 4 grains. Milk 2 ounces. Triturate the scammony with a little of the milk, adding the balance of the milk, and continue to triturate until the whole becomes a uniform emulsion. This should only be prepared as wanted, and all of this should be taken at once. It is useful in a weak stomach, as it affords nourishment without any irritation to the mucus coats of the stomach. BRANDY MIXTURE. Best brandy 4 ounces. Cinnamon water 4 ounces. Yolk of 2 eggs. Refined sugar one-half ounce. Rub the yolk and sugar together, and then add the cinnamon water and the brandy. This is a nutritious and stimulating draught, applicable to the sinking stage of low forms of fever. Dose, I table-spoonful every 3 hours. INFUSION OF SASSAFRAS PITH. Sassafras pith 2 drams Water i pint. Macerate for 3 hours and strain. It is much used as an application to the eye in an inflammatory condition of the conjunctiva. It may be taken as a drink ad libitum in inflammatory and febrile diseases, particularly inflammations of the mucus passages. OIL OF CARAWAY FOR TOOTHACHE. This oil has been found of late to give immediate relief to toothache when placed upon cotton and inserted into the cavity of a carious or other hollow tooth, with this advantage over other preparations, such as creosote or carbolic acid, in that it does not injure the tooth. OIL OF WORMSEED. Wormseed oil is used as an anthelmintic (that is to destroy worms) in the dose of from 4 to 8 drops for a child, repeated morning and evening for 3 or 4 days, and then to follow with a cathartic of castor oil. The above dose is enough for a child ten years old. OIL OF PENNYROYAL. This oil is a good remedy in flatulent colic and sick stomach, also to correct the effect of nauseating or griping medicines, and to impart flavor to mixtures. It is also employed as a domestic remedy in cases of amenorrhoea. The dose is from 2 to 10 drops. OIL OF JUNIPER. This oil is stimulant, carminative and diuretic, and may be employed with advantage in debilitated dropsical cases in connection with other remedies, especially digitalis. It is this oil which imparts to Holland gin its peculiar flavor and diuretic power. Sir James Simpson, of Edinburgh, considers it an efficient diuretic, when administered through the lungs. A tea-spoonful of the oil is put into a vessel of hot water, and the patient is directed to inhale the vapors. The dose is from 5 to 1 5 drops 2 or 3 times a day, and may be considerably increased. OIL OF LAVENDER. This oil is chiefly used as a perfume, but it also possesses carminative and stimulant properties and is useful in cases of nervous languor and sick headache. The dose is from one to five drops. OIL OF PEPPERMINT.

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