This section is from the book "The Druggist's General Receipt Book", by Henry Beasley. Also available from Amazon: The druggist's general receipt book.
1. Barbadoes aloes 8 oz., antimonial powder 1 oz., ginger 1 oz., palm oil 5 oz.; beat together into a mass. Dose from 1/2 dr. to 2 drs., every 4 or 6 hours, till the bowels are relieved. - Youatt.
2. The same, with the addition of 1 oz. of calomel. From 45 grains to 2 drs. for a dose. - Clater.
3. Aloes 1/2 dr. to 2 drs. made into a ball with syrup of ginger.
4. Aloes 1/2 dr. to 1 1/2 drs., calomel 2 to 5 grs., syrup to form a ball: in inflammation of the bowels, and in worms. - Blaine.
5. Cape aloes 1/2 dr. to 1 dr., calomel 2 to 3 grs., oil of caraway 6 drops, syrup to form a ball. - M'Ewen.
6. Calomel 12 grs., aloes 3 drs., opium 1 gr., syrup q. s. to form a mass, for 4, 6, or 8 balls; one every 4 or 5 hours till the bowels are relieved. - Blaine.
7. Croton oil 1 drop, Castile soap 20 grs., conserve to form a ball.
8. Castor oil 3 parts, syrup of buckthorn 2 parts, syrup of poppies 1 part; dose from 1 to 2 tablespoonfuls. - Mr. Youatt's purge. [Mr. Clark says syrup of buckthorn for dogs, should be made with treacle, and the spices omitted.]
9. Epsom salts, from 1 to 4 drs., wrapped in tissue paper, dividing the doses into convenient-sized packets.
10. In costiveness with inflammation: 1/2 oz. to 2 oz. castor oil. - Mr. Spooner.
11. Jalap, powdered,30 grs.,calomel 8 grs.; make into a pill with gum water, and administer every morning. In distemper.
 
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