To Prevent Scarlet Fever
From Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide, 1882
Serves 1
Presented as published in 1882. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
TO PREVENT SCARLET FEVER. Bisulphite of magnesia 5 drams. Essence of peppermint yi ounce. Water j^ pint. Mix — Tea-spoonful in water 3 times daily. TO CURE GRAVEL AND SUPPRESSION OF URINE. Acetate of potassium 10 grains. Powdered uvi ursi 30 grains. Mix — Steep in boiling i pint for two hours. Take, while warm, table-spoonful every 2 hours. MEDICAL DIVISION. 35 CURE FOR CHRONIC CATARRH IN THE CHEST. Spirits of turpentine 2 ounces. Cider vinegar i dram. Yolk of an egg. Rose water a wine-glassful. Oil of lemon i tea-spoonful. Mix — Rub morning and evening over chest be- fore and behind; also along sides of neck. TONIC TO INCREASE THE APPETITE. Granulated sulphate of iron 3 grains. Powdered socotrine aloes i grain. Powdered calumba 5 grains. Powdered cinnamon 5 grains. Mix — Dissolve i such powder in a wine-glass of water, and take every morning before eating. RHEUMATISM CURE. Iodide of potassium 4 scruples. Huxham's tincture and water 2 fluid ounces. Take a dessert-spoonful in water 3 times a day after meals. FOR CATARRH IN THE HEAD. Salt 3 ounces. Pulverized sugar 2 table-spoonfuls. Water i pint. Mix — Throw the head back, and throw a tea- spoonful of the mixture into each nostril from a small vial 3 times a day. 36 DOMESTIC GUIDE. FOR FEVER AND AGUE. Chloride of sodium (or common salt) lo ounces. Slippery-elm water i pint. Mix — Take a tea-spoonful every hour between the attacks. TO RELAX THE BOWELS. Rhubarb in powder 2 grains. Powdered extract of May-apple ]^ grain. Rochelle salts 2 drams. Mix — Take one such powder in wine-glassful of water every 6 hours until bowels move. FOR SUMMER COMPLAINT. Cayenne pepper yi ounce. Tincture of opium ^ ounce. Tincture rhubarb ]4 ounce. Essence of peppermint ^ ounce
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