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Phosphorus 3X dil. etc, Constant cough, pressing feeling under breast bone, a little mucus expectorated.
Tartar Emetic 3X trit. (tablet form), One tablet every four hours. Better for old people and chronic cases, when the cough is loose and much rattling from mucus. Also good in children for capillary bronchitis.
INFLUENZA.--Gelsemium 1X dil. generally at the beginning twenty-four hours one drop every hour.
Belladonna 3X dil. for sore throat.
Phosphorus 3X dil. for bronchitis.
Bryonia 2X for the lungs.
WHOOPING-COUGH. (Pertussis).--Belladonna 2X or 3X dil. Ten drops in a glass half full of water and two teaspoonfuls given every one to three hours for sudden tight, violent cough, with sore throat, headache and nose bleed.
Cuprum Met. 3X trit. (tablet form). One to two tablets every hour, for the violent forms causing convulsions.
Hyoscyamus 1X dil. Ten drops in a half glass of water; a dessertspoonful after each paroxysm until they get better. This is indicated when the paroxysms are frequent but not so violent, and when they are worse at night; no fever, mucus of a thick greenish color; and when the cough produces a sparkle or spots before the eyes.
PNEUMONIA, Inflammation of the Lungs.--Aconite 2X dil., etc. every hour for first twenty-four hours.
Bryonia 2X dil., etc. Given same way, when the patient lies quietly, hurts to move, stitching pain in chest when coughing and attended by a pain in the head. Goes well after Aconite. Aconite and Bryonia are frequently alternated every hour.
Phosphorus, 3X trit. (tablet form). One tablet everyone to three hours. Tight cough, with little mucus.
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PLEURISY, Inflammation of the Pleura.--Aconite 2X dil., etc., one to two teaspoonfuls every hour, for the chill and fever, dry hot skin, full bounding pulse, shortness of breath. First stage.
Byronia 2X dil. One to two teaspoonfuls every hour. Head aches as if it would split open, sharp stitching pain in the affected side. Constipation.
PLEURODYNIA, (Intercostal Neuralgia).--Belladonna 3X dil. Bryonia 2X dil.
ENDOCARDITIS.--Inflammation of inner lining of the heart.
Aconite 2X dil.
Spigelia 3X dil.
Cactus 3X dil.
ANGINA PECTORIS.--Cactus 2X dilution.
Spigelia 3X dil.
Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form).
PALPITATION.--Aconite 2X dil. One drop. Arising from excitement.
Chamomilla 1X dil. and Nux Vomica 3X dil. (tablet form) caused from anger.
Nux Vomica 3X trit. (tablet form) for palpitation from indigestion.
Pulsatilla 3X dil. (light haired people).
PULSE INTERMITTENT.--Give digitalis, spigelia 2X dil. Gelsemium 2X dil.
VEINS VARICOSE.--Hamamelis locally is good.
Sulphur 6X trit. (tablet form) for varicose ulcers.
SPLEEN, ENLARGEMENT.--Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form) two tablets three times a day.
China 3X di!. Two drops four times a day.
Bryonia 2X dil. One drop four times a day. Worse on motion and on touch.
KIDNEY (NEPHRITIS). (Inflammation of the Kidneys).--Aconite 2X dil. Ten drops in a glass half full of water and two teaspoonfuls everyone to two hours, when there is much fever.
Belladonna 3X dil. can follow.
BRIGHT'S DISEASE.--Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form). One tablet four times a day.
DIABETES MELLITUS.--Phosphoric acid 3X dil. Two drops four times a day.
Uranium nitrate 3X trit. (tablet form). One tablet three times a day.
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CYSTITIS (Inflammation of the Bladder).--Acute and chronic. Aconite 2X dil. One drop everyone to two hours first twenty-four hours.
Cantharis 3X dil. For painful urination, and small amount; one to two drops every two hours.
RENAL CALCULI.--Sand in the urine. Lycopodium 30X trit. (tablet form). One tablet three times a day, for red sand.
Sarsaparilla 2X dil. Two drops three times a day for white sand.
Berberis Vulgaris (tincture). One drop four times a day for thick urine, pain in the back running down to the bladder.
HEMATURIA.--(Blood in the urine). Aconite 2X dil., etc., beginning, when there is fever.
Cantharis 3X dil. Ten drops every two hours. Urine pains in passing little at a time.
Terebinth 3X dil. When the urine has a good deal of blood in it.
RHEUMATISM.--Acute inflammatory. Aconite 2X dil. At first, and when new joints are attacked.
Belladonna 2X or 3X dil. When the parts throb and beat, and are swollen a bright red.
Bryonia 2x dil. Pains are cutting, lancinating. Worse on least motion and touch; better by rest.
Rhus tax 6X dil. Parts sore and stiff, but better, for a time, when moved a little. Opposite to Bryonia.
GOUT.--Aconite 2X dil. At first for the fever.
Colchicum 3X dil. every two hours.
For chronic and muscular Rheumatism; above remedies are good but given four times a day.
ERYSIPELAS.--Belladonna 3X dil. Bright red color, pain in head and eyes; full throbbing, bounding pulse.
Rhus tax 6X dil. When swelling is dark and in the form of vesicles.
Apis Mel 2X trit. (tablet form) for puffy swollen kind. Urine is generally light yellow color and lessened. Give a tablet generally every hour.
ACNE.--Sepia 6X trit. (tablet form). When caused by menstruation in dark haired women.
Pulsatilla 3X dil. For blondes, and when caused by rich foods.
HIVES.--Apis Mel. 2X trit. (tablet form). One to two tablets every two hours.
ITCH.--Sulphur 6X trit. (tablet form). One tablet four times daily and sulphur ointment.
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ECZEMA.--Graphites 6X trit. (tablet form).
Hepar sulph. 3X trit. (tablet form).
Rhus tox 6X trit. (tablet form).
Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form).
PEMPHIGUS.--Cantharis 3X dil. Dose every two hours.
PSORIASIS.--Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form). Rhus tox 6X tablet.
IMPETIGO.--Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form). Rhus tox 6X, Graphites 6X.
BOILS.--Belladonna 2X dil. Hepar sulph 3X tablets.
CARBUNCLE.--Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form).
SCURVY.--Carbo Veg. 3X trit. (tablet form). Mercurius 3X tablet.
SCARLET FEVER.--Belladonna 3X dil. Put ten drops in a glass half full of water and give two teaspoonfuls every two hours for usual kind.
Apis Mel. 2X trit. (tablet form). One to two every three hours when the kidneys secrete less and there is some dropsy.
MEASLES.--Aconite 2X dil. in the beginning.
Belladonna 3X dil. for sore throat, dry spasmodic cough, headache delirium.
Bryonia 2X dil. When lungs are sore and hurts much to cough.
CHICKEN POX.--Aconite 2X dil. for fever stage. Rhus tox 6X trit. (tablet form). Tablet every three hours.
SMALL POX.--Aconite 2X dil. for fever. Tartar Emetic 3X trit. (tablet form). 2 Tablets every two hours after fever is low.
FEVER, INTERMITTENT, AGUE, ETC.--Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form).
Natrum Mur. 30X trit. (tablet form) especially after Quinine has failed.
INFANTILE REMITTENT FEVER.--Aconite 2X dil.
Belladonna 3X dil.
Mercurius 3X tablet.
INFLAMMATORY CONTINUED FEVER.--Aconite 2X dil. for the fever.
Nux Vomica 3X trit. (tablet form). One every two to three hours for the stomach.
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TYPHOID FEVER.--Gelsemium 1X dil. Ten drops in a half glass, etc., 2 teaspoonfuls every hour, generally good in beginning stage.
Arsenicum 3X. trit. (tablet form). One to two everyone to three hours, later when there is sunken countenance and eyes; dry, cracked, tongue, burning thirst, restless, burning and involuntary diarrhea.
Rhus tox 3X dil. Delirium, nose bleed, sordes on teeth, brown dry tongue, wants to change position often, muttering, drowsy sleep, picking at things.
YELLOW FEVER.--Tincture Camphor drop doses every hour followed by Belladonna and Arsenicum.
CONGESTION OF BRAIN.--Aconite 2X dil. Prepare, and give one to two teaspoonfuls everyone to two hours.
Belladonna 3X dil. Prepare and give one to two teaspoonfuls everyone to two hours. When head bounds and throbs much.
Bryonia 2X dil. Aggravated by motion; more fullness in the forehead; bilious temperament.
BRAIN, INFLAMMATION OF.--Aconite 2X dil. at beginning.
Belladonna 3X dil. This follows well after Aconite.
Chamomilla 2X. Good in teething children.
CORD, INFLAMMATION OF (Myelitis).--Aconite 2X dil. At beginning.
Belladonna 3X dil. and Bryonia 2X dil. following.
SPOTTED FEVER (Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis).--Aconite 2X dil.
Belladonna 3X dil.
Bryonia 2X dil.
Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form).
AP
OPLEXY.--Belladonna 3X dil. When arteries beat violently at first.
WATER ON THE BRAIN (Acute Hydrocephalus).--Helleborus nig. 3X dil.
HEADACHE (Cephalalgia).--Belladonna 3X dil. One to two drops every half hour until better. Pounding throbbing headache, eyes red, and pain.
Bryonia, 2X dil. same way. Stomach trouble, headache, worse on motion, in forehead, full forehead, bilious feeling.
Nux Vomica 3X trit. (tablet form). One to two every one-half to two hours. Begins in morning after eating, nausea, especially when from too much coffee, liquor, etc.
Gelsemium 2X dil. For nervous headache.
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SICK HEADACHE.--Bryonia 2X dil. Vomiting (bilious) worse from motion.
Pulsatilla 3X dil. Blondes with menstrual troubles.
Iris vers. 2X dil. Ten drops in water. Bilious sick headache, frequent nausea and vomiting.
Sanguinaria 2X dil. Ten drops, etc. Dose every fifteen minutes to an hour. Stomach sick headache. Nausea and vomiting of stomach material, sick waves from stomach to head.
Sepia 6X trit. (tablet form) for brunettes; bilious jaundiced appearance.
Spigelia 2X dil. Neuralgic headache, one sided, in one eye, heart palpitates.
CONVULSIONS, IN CHILDREN.--Belladonna 3X dil. Ten drops in a half glass of water, one teaspoonful every half hour to one hour. Flushed face with wandering look, half open, staring eyes.
Chamomilla 2X dil. Spasms during teething, screaming, tossing, restless sleep, irritable cross children.
Cina 1X dil. Two drops every half hour. When caused by worms.
Nux Vomica 3X trit. (tablet form). When caused by indigestion from a hearty meal; constipated bowels.
ST. VITUS' DANCE (Chorea).--Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form) emaciated, tired girls, weak.
Belladonna 3X dil. suited to rugged looking girls, with rush of blood to the head.
Nux Vomica 3X trit. (tablet form) constipated, stomach bad.
Pulsatilla 3X dil. For blonde girls, menstrual troubles.
Sepia 6X trit. (tablet form). For brunettes, menstrual troubles.
NEURITIS (Inflammation of the Nerves).--Aconite 2X dil. when caused from cold or congestion.
Belladonna 3X dil. sore to touch and movement.
Arnica 2X dil. when caused by injury,
Rhus tox ex trit. (tablet form) when caused by strain.
NEURALGIA or pain in the nerves, Tic douloreux infra-orbital. Facial, intercostal, sciatic, etc.
Aconite 3X dil. when caused by cold, fever, hot dry skin.
Belladonna 3X dil. Beating throbbing pain, red parts, faceache, pain in the eyeballs, bright eyes.
Arsenicum 3X trit. tablet form. Periodical in character, burning pain, relieved temporarily by heat, aggravated by cold.
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TOOTHACHE.--Aconite 2X dil. Fever, heat, and from cold or wet.
Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form) when cold brings on a paroxysm or aggravates the pain.
Belladonna 3X dil. Throbbing pain, great in extent, aggravated by heat.
Mercurius 3X trit. (tablet form). Hollow teeth, ulcerated, feel too long.
Pulsatilla 3X dil. Persons of blonde type, menstrual troubles.
SCIATICA.--Rhus tox 6X trit. (tablet form). Pains better on motion, must move.
Bryonia 2X dil. must keep quiet.
Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form) restless, burning, shooting pains.
LUMBAGO.--Rhus tox 6X trit. (tablet form).
Bryonia 2X dil.
PALPITATION OF THE HEART.--Nux Vomica 3X trit. (tablet form) from over eating, drinking, sedentary life.
Pulsatilla 3X dil. Blondes who have menstrual troubles also when caused by fat greasy foods.
Sepia 6X trit. (tablet form). Brunette type, womb troubles.
EYES, Simple Inflammation of.--Aconite 2X dil. First stage.
Belladonna 3X dil. Second stage.
Mercurius 3X trit. (tablet form) when there is a thick discharge.
EYES, weak and watery.--Ruta 3X dil. (may need glasses).
EYES, stye on lids. Pulsatilla 3X dil. Four times daily.
EARS, boils in the canal.--Belladonna 3X dil. hourly doses.
Hepar sulph. 3X trit. (tablet form) when suppuration (pus formation) appears.
EAR, inflammation or.--Aconite 2X dil. First stage, followed by
Belladonna 3X tablet; then Hepar sulph. 3X trit. (tablet form) or
Mercurius 3X trit. (tablet form).
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
METRITIS, (inflammation of the womb)--Aconite 2X dil. followed by
Belladonna 3X dil. when the skin is moist.
Mercurius 3X trit. (tablet form) when there is a thick discharge.
MENSES, suppression of.--Aconite 3X dil. when caused by cold.
Caulophyllum 3X dil. can alternate this with aconite every hour.
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OVARY, inflammation of.--Aconite 2X dil.
Apis Mel 2X trit. (tablet form). These can be alternated.
DYSMENORRHEA, Painful Menstruation.--Cocculus 2X dil. Put ten drops in a glass half full of water and give two teaspoonfuls every fifteen minutes.
Caulophyllum 3X dil. can be used if Cocculus fails.
Pulsatilla 3X dil. used in blondes.
Sepia 6X trit. (tablet form) used in brunettes.
MENORRHAGIA (too much flow).--Sabina 3X dil. pains between sacrum and pubic bones most, bright red blood.
Ipecac 3X dil. especially when there is much nausea.
China 3X dil. especially when it is a chronic case.
WHITES, Leucorrhea. Pulsatilla 3X dil. In blondes.
Sepia 6X trit. (tablet form). In brunettes.
China 3X dil. When it follows loss of blood, long sickness, malaria, etc.
MUMPS.--Mercurius 3X trit. (tablet form). Tablet everyone to three hours.
Pulsatilla 3X dil. When it goes down. Give every hour.
NIGHT SWEATS.--China 2X dil. and Phosphoric acid 3X dil. These can be used alternately, giving each one three times a day.
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PATENT MEDICINES AND SECRET FORMULAE
About One Hundred and Twenty Medicines in Common Use, How to Prepare Them and Their Approximate Cost.
In giving the following recipes and formulae to the public, we wish to offer a word of explanation. Many, in fact, most of the above are the exact formulae. Others were secured from analysis by reliable institutions and you need entertain no doubt whatever as to their reliability as far as chemical analysis could determine their ingredients. Some of the patent medicines are changed a trifle from time to time to conform with the Pure Food Laws, etc. We can supply many others not in this list and will be pleased to do so to our subscribers at any time upon request.
ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER.
Sulphur l-1/2 drams Plumbi Acetatis 2 drams Glycerin 3 ounces Water, flavored to make 6-1/4 ounces
Dissolve the plumbi acetatis in the water then add the glycerin and sulphur. Any aromatic water may be used for making the restorer.
The above amount would cost about 20 cents.
RELIEF FOR ASTHMA.
Powdered Lobelia 1 ounce Powdered Stramonium Leaves 1 ounce Powdered Saltpeter 1 ounce Powdered Black Tea 1 ounce
Mix and sift. Burn and inhale the fumes.
The above amount would cost about 25 cents.
ANTI-CONSTIPATION PAD.
Podophyllum 3 ounces Aloes, powdered 1/2 ounce Extract Colocynth compound, powdered 1/2 ounce Croton Oil 1 dram Oil of Sassafras 1 dram Black Root 1/2 ounce Lady's Slipper 1/2 ounce
Mix. Wear pad directly below pit of stomach.
The above amount would cost about 50 cents.
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BLOOD AND LIVER REGULATOR.
Potassii Iodidi 1/2 ounce Fluid Extract Senna 1/2 ounce Fluid Extract Cascara Sagrada 1/2 ounce Fluid Extract Sarsaparilla 1/2 ounce Fluid Extract Stillingia 1/2 ounce Simple syrup to make 8 ounces
Dose: One teaspoonful three times daily.
This is conceded by all to be one of the finest combinations for regulating blood and liver known.
The above amount would cost about 75 cents.
AYER'S CHERRY PECTORAL.
Acetate of Morphia 3 grains Tincture Sanguinaria 2 drams Wine Antimony 3 drams Wine Ipecac 3 drams Syrup Wild Cherry 3 ounces
Mix.
The above amount would cost about 35 cents.
SALVE FOR BOILS AND OLD SORES.
Rosin 1 ounce Beeswax 1 ounce Mutton Tallow 4 ounces Copper Acetate 1 dram
Melt the rosin, tallow and wax together, then add the copper acetate, stir until cool.
The above amount would cost about 50 cents.
AYER'S HAIR VIGOR.
Plumbi Acetate 3 drams Flowers of Sulphur 2 drams Glycerin 14 drams Water enough to make 1 quart
The above amount would cost about 25 cents.
BURNS AND SCALDS.
Raw Linseed Oil 3 ounces Lime Water 3 ounces Acidi Carbolici 15 drops
This preparation for burns is used in all hospitals and is prescribed every day by the best physicians in the United States.
The above amount would cost about 20 cents.
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AYER'S SARSAPARILLA.
Fluid Extract Sarsaparilla 3 ounces Fluid Extract Queen's Root. 3 ounces Fluid Extract Rumex Crispus 2 ounces Fluid Extract Mandrake 2 ounces Sugar 1 ounce Iodide Potassium 90 grains Iodide Iron 10 grains
The above would cost about $1.00.
FOR AGUE, CHILLS AND FEVER.
Quinine 2 drams Tincture Chloride Iron 6 drams Simple Syrup 2 ounces Fowler's Solution Arsenic 128 drops Glycerin to make 8 ounces
Mix. Dose: Teaspoonful three times a day in chronic ague.
The above amount would cost about 60 cents.
ROYAL CATARRH CURE.
Muriate of Berberine 0.65 parts Acidi Carbolici 1.35 parts Common Salt 98.00 parts Total (parts by weight) 100.00 parts
The above amount would cost about 15 cents.
FOR CATARRH OF LONG STANDING.
Menthol 10 grains Gum Camphor 10 grains Chloroform 10 drops Oil Petrolatum 8 ounces
This prescription is used by the most successful specialists and physicians. You can have this filled for about 25 cents and the aboline atomizer, which is used in administering the medicine, can be bought cheaply.
BARKER'S BONE AND NERVE LINIMENT FOR MAN OR BEAST.
Cures rheumatism, sprains, bruises, chilblains, etc. We have made an examination of the foregoing liniment and find it to be essentially a liquid petroleum product, containing large quantities of camphor and turpentine, and with smaller quantities of oil of tar and probably oil of thyme. The bottle is square and deeply paneled and holds two fluid ounces of a dark colored fluorescent liquid. The following formula, according to H. W. Snow, makes a preparation not to be easily distinguished from the original:
Camphor 70 grains Oil of Tar 1/2 fluid dram Oil of Thyme 1 fluid dram Oil Terebenthene 2 fluid drams Franklin Oil (Black oil, lubricating oil) sufficient to make 2 fluid ounces
The above amount would cost about 25 cents.
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CATARRH OINTMENT.
Eucalyptol 4 drops Terebene 8 drops Menthol 4 grains Cosmaline to make. 1 ounce
Mix. Good.
This ointment will cure any ordinary catarrhal trouble of the nasal cavities unless too far advanced.
The above amount would cost about 25 cents.
LAXATIVE BROMO-QUININE TABLETS.
Aloin 1/9 grain Podophyllin 1/9 grain Sodii Bicarbonatis 1 grain Quinine Sulphate 1 grain Acetanilid 2 grains
Mix. The above makes one capsule.
Would cost about 25 cents for 25 capsules.
CATHARTIC AND SURE CURE FOR CONSTIPATION.
Fluid Extract Rhamnus Purshiana 1 ounce Syrup Rhubarb 1 ounce Simple Syrup 2 ounces Mix.
Dose: Teaspoonful four times a day. Is a sure cure for constipation and the very best cathartic and laxative.
The above amount would cost about 35 cents.
BRINKERHOFF SYSTEM OF TREATING PILES AND OTHER DISEASES OF THE RECTUM.
There have been so many inquiries of late concerning the above treatment that we deem it a duty to tell our readers, as nearly as possible, of what the alleged specific treatment consists. The following is the Brinkerhoff secret pile remedy or injection:
Carbolic Acid 1 ounce Olive Oil 5 ounces Zinci Chloridi 8 grains
Mix.
The above amount would cost about 40 cents. Inject into the largest piles, eight drops; into the medium sized piles from four to six drops; into small piles from two to three drops; into club-shaped piles near the anal orifice two drops. He directs hot sitz baths for cases where violent pains follow an injection. He recommends an interval of from two to four weeks between each injection.
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COUGHS.
Hydrochlorate Ammonia 1 dram Syrup Pruni Virginani 1 ounce Syrup Squills 1 ounce Tincture Opii Camphor 1/2 ounce Syrup Tolu 1/2 ounce Syrup Rock Candy to make 4 ounces
Mix. Dose: Teaspoonful every three to four hours.
This cough remedy is simple, but very effective remedy for coughs, such as are generally experienced after catching a severe cold. Keep bowels open with good cathartic.
The above amount would cost about 45 cents.
COLIC, CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA.
Laudanum 2 drams Oil Cloves 15 drops Oil Cassia 15 drops Compound Tincture Catechu 4 drams Alcohol to make 4 ounces
Mix. Dose: Teaspoonful every ten minutes to produce vomiting.
This prescription is said to be one hundred years old, and has cured thousands of dysentery and diarrhea, as well as other bowel troubles.
The above amount would cost about 35 cents.
LYDIA PINKHAM'S COMPOUND.
High Cranberry Bark 1/2 pound Partridge Berry Vine 1/2 pound Poplar Bark 1/4 pound Unicorn Root 1/4 pound Cassia 1/4 pound Beth Root 3 ounces Sugar 3 pounds Alcohol 1 pint Water, sufficient quantity.
Reduce the six first named ingredients to Number Forty powder, add boiling water enough to cover, let stand till cold, and then percolate with water until two and one-half gallons of liquid are obtained. To this add the sugar, bring to a boil, remove from the fire, strain, and when cold add the alcohol.
The above amount would cost about $2.70 or about 40 cents per pint.
CROUP.
Powdered Alum 2 drams Honey Strained 1/2 ounce Syrup Simple 1 ounce Mucilage Acacia to make 2 ounces
Mix. Dose: Take one teaspoonful as required.
The above amount would cost about 30 cents.
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SMITH'S ELECTRIC OIL. Chloroform 1 ounce Sassafras Oil 2 ounces Linseed Oil 8 ounces Cotton Seed Oil 1 pint
Mix. The above, nearly two pints, would cost about 60 cents.
EARACHE.
Tincture Opium 1 dram Olive Oil 1/2 ounce Glycerin 1/2 ounce Mix.
This is another prescription you should have made up and keep on hand, as children are very subject to earache, especially in the winter.
The above amount would cost about 15 cents.
BULL'S BLOOD SYRUP.
Potas. Iodid 12 drams Red Iodide of Mercury 2 grains Tincture of Poke Root 3 drams Compound Syrup of Stillingia 6 ounces Simple Syrup to make 1 pint Mix.