Freckle Cure. — Take 2 ounces of lemon juice, or 1-2 drachm
®f powdered borax, and i drachm of sugar; mix together, and
let them stand in a glass bottle for a few days, then rub on the
face occasionally.
Hair Restorative. — Sugar of lead, borax, and lac-sulphur,
of each, i ounce; aqua ammonia, 1-2 ounce; alcohol, i gill.
These articles are to stand mixed for 14 hours; then add bay
rum, I gill; fine table salt, i tablespoonful; soft water, 3 pints;
essence of bergamot, i ounce. This preparation gives a splendid
glossy appearance to the hair, turns gray hair to a dark color,
and restores the hair when common baldness sets in. When
the hair is thin or bald, apply twice a day with a hard brush,
working into the roots of the hair. For gray hair, once a day
is sufficient.
388 MEDICINAL.
Barber's Shampoo Mixture.— Soft water, i pint; sal soda,
1 ounce; cream tartar, 1-4 ounce. Apply thoroughly to the
hair.
Febrifuge Wine. — Quinine, 25 grains; water, i pint; sul-
phuric acid, 15 drops; epsom salts, 2 ounces; color with tinc-
ture of red Sanders. Dose, a wine glass, three times a day.
This is a world-renowned medicine.
Barren's Indian Liniment. — Alcohol, i quart; tincture of
capsicum, i ounce; oils of origanum, sassafras, pennyroyal,
and hemlock, of each, 1-2 ounce. Mix. More than $70,000
have been cleared by the sale of this medicine during the last
twelve years in the Western States.
Paregoric. — Best opium, 1-2 drachm; dissolve it in about
2 tablespoonfuls of boiling water; then add benzoic acid, i-«
drachm; oil of anise, 1-2 a fluid drachm; clarified honey, i
ounce; camphor gum, i scruple; alcohol, 76 per cent., 11 fluid
ounces; distilled water, 4 fluid ounces. Macerate (keep warm)
for two weeks. Dose, for children, 5 to 20 drops; adults, i to
2 teaspoonfuls.
Cough Syrup. — Syrup of squills, 2 ounces; tartarized anti-
mony, 8 grains; sulphate of morphine, 5 grains; pulverized gum
arable, 1-4 ounce; honey, i ounce; water, i ounce. Mix.
Dose for an adult, one small teaspoonful; repeat in half an
hour if it does not relieve. Child in proportion.
Camphor Ice. — Spermaceti, I 1-2 ounce; gum camphor, 3-4
ounce; oil of sweet almonds., 4 teaspoonfuls. Set on stove in
an earthen dish till dissolved; heat just enough to dissolve it.
While warm, put into small moulds, if desired to sell; then
paper, and put into tinfoil. Used for chaps on hands or lips.
Imperial Drops for Gravel and Kidney Complaints. — Oil
of origanum, i ounce; oil of hemlock, 1-4 ounce; oil of sassa-
fras, 1-4 ounce; oil of anise, 1-2 ounce; alcohol, i pint. Mix.
Dose, from 1-2 to i teaspoonful three times a day in sweetened
water, will soon give relief when constant weakness is felt across
the small of the back, as well as gravelly aflections causing pain
about the kidneys.
Positive Cure for Gonorrohoea. — Liquor of potass, 1-2
ounce; bitter apple, 1-2 ounce; spirits of sweet nitre, 1-2 ounce;
balsam of copabia, 1-2 ounce; best gum, 1-4 ounce. To use,
mix with peppermint water. Take 1-2 teaspoonful three times
a day. Cure certain in nine days.
Celebrated Pile Ointment. — Take carbonate of lead, i-a
Qunce; sulphate of morphia, 15 grains; stramonium ointment, i
MEDICINAL. 389
«:)unce; olive oil, 20 drops. Mix, and apply three times aday^
or as the pain may require.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Freckle Cure. — Take 2 ounces of lemon juice, or 1-2 drachm of powdered borax, and i drachm of sugar; mix together, and let them stand in a glass bottle for a few days, then rub on the face occasionally.
Hair Restorative. — Sugar of lead, borax, and lac-sulphur, of each, i ounce; aqua ammonia, 1-2 ounce; alcohol, i gill. These articles are to stand mixed for 14 hours; then add bay rum, I gill; fine table salt, i tablespoonful; soft water, 3 pints; essence of bergamot, i ounce. This preparation gives a splendid glossy appearance to the hair, turns gray hair to a dark color, and restores the hair when common baldness sets in. When the hair is thin or bald, apply twice a day with a hard brush, working into the roots of the hair. For gray hair, once a day is sufficient.
Barber's Shampoo Mixture.— Soft water, i pint; sal soda,
1 ounce; cream tartar, 1-4 ounce. Apply thoroughly to the hair.
Febrifuge Wine. — Quinine, 25 grains; water, i pint; sulphuric acid, 15 drops; epsom salts, 2 ounces; color with tincture of red Sanders. Dose, a wine glass, three times a day. This is a world-renowned medicine.
Barren's Indian Liniment. — Alcohol, i quart; tincture of capsicum, i ounce; oils of origanum, sassafras, pennyroyal, and hemlock, of each, 1-2 ounce. Mix. More than $70,000 have been cleared by the sale of this medicine during the last twelve years in the Western States.
Paregoric. — Best opium, 1-2 drachm; dissolve it in about
2 tablespoonfuls of boiling water; then add benzoic acid, 1-4 drachm; oil of anise, 1-2 a fluid drachm; clarified honey, i ounce; camphor gum, i scruple; alcohol, 76 per cent., 11 fluid ounces; distilled water, 4 fluid ounces. Macerate (keep warm) for two weeks. Dose, for children, 5 to 20 drops; adults, i to 2 teaspoonfuls.
Cough Syrup. — Syrup of squills, 2 ounces; tartarized antimony, 8 grains; sulphate of morphine, 5 grains; pulverized gum arable, 1-4 ounce; honey, i ounce; water, i ounce. Mix. Dose for an adult, one small teaspoonful; repeat in half an hour if it does not relieve. Child in proportion.
Camphor Ice. — Spermaceti, I 1-2 ounce; gum camphor, 3-4 ounce; oil of sweet almonds, 4 teaspoonfuls. Set on stove in an earthen dish till dissolved; heat just enough to dissolve it. While warm, put into small moulds, if desired to sell; then paper, and put into tinfoil. Used for chaps on hands or lips.
Imperial Drops for Gravel and Kidney Complaints. — Oil
of origanum, i ounce; oil of hemlock, 1-4 ounce; oil of sassafras, 1-4 ounce; oil of anise, 1-2 ounce; alcohol, i pint. Mix. Dose, from 1-2 to i teaspoonful three times a day in sweetened water, will soon give relief when constant weakness is felt across the small of the back, as well as gravelly affections causing pain about the kidneys.
Positive Cure for Gonorrohoea. — Liquor of potass, 1-2 ounce; bitter apple, 1-2 ounce; spirits of sweet nitre, 1-2 ounce; balsam of copabia, 1-2 ounce; best gum, 1-4 ounce. To use, mix with peppermint water. Take 1-2 teaspoonful three times a day. Cure certain in nine days.
Celebrated Pile Ointment. — Take carbonate of lead, 1-4 ounce; sulphate of morphia, 15 grains; stramonium ointment, 1 ounce; olive oil, 20 drops. Mix, and apply three times a day, or as the pain may require..