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Smellome's Eye-Ointment. Prepared verdigris 30 grs.; levigate with 30 drops of olive oil, and add 1 oz, of resinous cerate
Speediman's Pills. Rhubarb, aloes, myrrh, and extract of chamomile, of each 60 grs.; oil of chamomile 12 drops. Mix, and divide into 4-grain pills.
Solomon's Balm of Gilead. An aromatic tincture, of which cardamoms form a leading ingredient, made with brandy. - Dr. Paris. It is thought to contain cantha-rides.
Solomon's Anti-impetigines is said to be a solution of corrosive sublimate.
Smith's (Dr. Hugh) Stomachic Pills. Aloes, rhubarb, aromatic powder, gum sagapenum, of each 1 dr.; oil of mint and oil of cloves, of each 10 drops; balsam of Peru q. s. In 5-grain pills; 2 to 4 every night.
Solution of Copaiva. See Sol. CopaibAe Alkalin. Pocket Formulary.
Spilsbury's Anti-scorbutic Deops. Corrosive sublimate 2 drs. (not 2 oz., as misprinted in the eighth edition of Dr. Paris's Pharmaeologia), precipitated sulphuret of antimony 1 dr., gentian 2 drs., orange-peel 2 drs., red sanders 1 dr., proof spirit 16 fluid oz.; digest and strain. - Dr. Paris. We are informed that this incorrect. Another formula is - Levigated crocus metallorum 18 drs., corrosive sublimate 135 grs., red sanders 1 1/2 drs., gentian 6 drs., orange-peel 6 drs., brandy 48 fluid oz.; digest for 10 days, shaking frequently, and strain; dose, 5 to 60 drops.
Squire's Elixir. Opium 1 oz., camphor 1 oz., spirit of aniseed (compound) 4 pints, tincture of serpentaria 1 pint, water 4 pints, tincture of ginger 1/2 oz. Some recipes add a little aurum musivum.
Standert's Red Mixture. Carbonate of magnesia 4 drs., powdered rhubarb 2 drs., tincture of rhubarb 1 1/2 oz., tincture of opium 1 dr., oil of aniseed 24 drops, essence of peppermint 30 drops, water 1 1/2 pints; mix. A popular remedy for bowel complaints in the West of England.
Standert's Stomachic Candy. Cardamom seed, ginger, rhubarb (all in fine powder), each 4 drs., lump sugar 4 oz., water 6 drs.; boil together, stirring constantly till the sugar is dissolved, then pour it into a proper mould.
Steedman's Soothing Powders. These appear, by analysis, to contain calomel, about 1 grain in each, also a trace of morphia, with sugar,
Steer's Opodeldoc. 1. Rectified spirit a quart, Castile soap 5 oz., camphor 2 1/2 oz., oil of rosemary 2 1/2 drs., oil of origanum 5 drs., sol. weaker ammonia 4 oz.; digest till dissolved, and pour while warm into wide-mouthed bottles.
2. Rectified spirit 8 pints o. m., white soap 20 oz., camphor 8 oz., water of ammonia 4 oz., oil of rosemary 1 oz., oil of horsemint 1 oz.: dissolve the soap in the spirit by a gentle heat, and add the other ingredients. Bottle whilst warm. - Phil. Coll. of Pharmacy.
Stoughton's Elixir. 1. Gentian 36 oz., serpentary 16 oz., dried orange-peel 24 oz., calamus aromaticus 4 oz., rectified spirit and water, of each 6 gallons, old measure.
2. Gentian 4 lbs., orange-peel 2 lbs., cochineal 2 drs., cardamom seed 1 oz., rectified spirit 8 gallons.
Storey's Worm Cakes. Calomel 1 scruple, jalap 1 dr., ginger 2 scruples, sugar 1 oz., cinnabar to colour, syrup q. s. to form 10 cakes.
Struve's Lotion for Hooping-Cough. Emetic tartar 60 grs., water 2 oz., tincture of cantharides 1 oz.
Swaim's Vermifuge. Worm seed 2 oz., valerian, rhubarb, pink root, white agaric, of each 1 1/2 oz.; boil in sufficient water to yield 3 quarts of decoction, and add to it 30 drops of oil of tansy, and 45 drops of oil of cloves, dissolved in a quart of rectified spirit. (American remedy.)
Sydenham's Liquid Laudanum. See Vinum Opii, Pocket Formulary.
Tanjore Pills. See PilulAe Arsenici, Pocket Formulary.
Thibaut's Balsam for wounds. Digest flowers of St. John's wort, one handful, in 1/2 pint rectified spirit, then express the liquor, and dissolve in it myrrh, aloes, and dragon's blood, of each 1 dr., with Canada balsam 1/2 oz.
Tincture of Quinine (Aromatic). See Tinct. QuiniAe, Pocket Formulary.
Tissot's Purgative Powders. Jalap, rhubarb, senna, and soluble cream of tartar, equal quantities. Dose, 2 to 6 drachms. Used in Normandy.
Turlington's Balsam. Rectified spirit 8 old wine pints, benzoin 12 oz., liquid styrax 4 oz., socotrine aloes 1 oz., balsam of Peru 2 oz., myrrh 1 oz., angelica-root 1/2 oz., balsam of Tolu 4 oz., extract of liquorice 4 oz.; digest 10 days and strain. - Phil. Coll. of Pharm. The certified copy of the original recipe is more complex, containing three times as many ingredients.
Valangin's Solution of Solvent Mineral. Arsenious acid (which has been mixed with chloride of sodium, and resublimed) 30 grs., hydrochloric acid 90 grs., distilled water 1 oz.; dissolve, and add distilled water to make up 30 fluid oz. Dose, from 3 drops, increased very gradually to 10. See Liquor Arsenica Hydrochloricus (L.), Pocket Formulary.
Venlo's Vegetable Syrup. It is supposed to be a decoction of burdock, mint, dandelion, senna, etc, boiled with sugar, and a small portion of solution of sublimate added.
Walker's Jesuit's Drops. See Jesuit's Drops, above.
Warburg's Fever Tincture. See Tinct. Warburgii, Pocket Formulary.
Ward's Paste. The same as Confectio Piperis Nigri of the London Pharmacopoeia.
Ward's White Drops. To 16 oz. of strong nitric acid add gradually 7 oz. of subcarbonate of ammonia; let it stand 2 or 3 hours; then put it into a bolt-head which it will only half fill, and to each 16 oz. put 4 oz. of pure quicksilver, and digest by a sand heat till the solution is complete; then gently increase the heat, and add a little more quicksilver at intervals till it will dissolve no more; then evaporate it in a glass or earthern dish placed in sand, till a pellicle appears, and set it aside to crystallize. Dissolve 1 lb. of the drained salt in 3 lbs. of rose-water by the heat of a sand-bath.
Ward's Essence for the Headache. Spirit of wine 2 lbs., roche alum in fine powder 2 oz., camphor 4 oz., essence of lemon 1/2 oz., strong water of ammonia 4 oz.; stop the bottle close, and shake it daily for 3 or 4 days.
Ward's Red Pill. Glass of antimony levigated with a fourth of its weight of dragon's-blood, made into a mass with wine, and divided into pills of a grain and a half each; one pill is a dose, on an empty stomach. In foulness of the stomach and bowels, and obstinate rheumatic disorders.
Ward's Dropsy Purging Powder. Jalap 1 lb., cream of tartar 1 lb., red bole 1 oz,; mix; dose, from 30 to 40 grs., in broth or warm beer, repeated for 2 or 3 days, or oftener if necessary. Ward's Sweating Powder. Similar to Dover's Powder. Ward's Washing Powder. See Washing Compounds,
Trade Chemicals. Warner's Cordial. Rhubarb 1 oz., senna 1/2 oz., saffron
1 dr., liquorice 1/2 oz., raisins 1 lb., brandy 3 pints; digest for a week, and strain. Warts, to cure. Strong acetic acid, or dichloracetic acid, applied in tubes made for the purpose. Caution is required, that the sound flesh may not be involved. Warwick's (Countess of) Powders. Scammony 2 oz., calx of antimony 1 oz., cream of tartar 1/2 oz. Mix. Webster's Diet Drink. A decoction of syrup of sarsaparilla, betony, dulcamara, guaiacum, liquorice, sassafras, turmeric, and thyme. Webster's (Lady) Pills. See Pilula Aloes cum Mastiche,
Pocket Formulary. Whitehead's Essence of Mustard. See Essence of
Mustard for an imitation of it. Whitehead's Mustard Pills. Dr. Paris says they consist of balsam of Tolu and resin. Whitelaw's Ethereal Tincture of Lobelia. See Tinctura Lobelia Etherea, Pocket Formulary. Wilson's Gout Tincture. A vinous infusion of colchicum. Wisdom's (Dr.) Eye-Water. Bole 2 oz., sulphate of zinc
1/4 oz., camphor (dissolved in 1 1/4 oz. of rectified spirit) 1/4 oz., water a gallon. Wright's Pearl Ointment. White precipitate 8 oz., extract of lead a pint; rub together and add 7 lbs. of white wax melted with 16 lbs. of olive oil. - Pharm. Journal. Worm Lozenges. See Ching's Lozenges, and Storey's
Worm Cakes, above; see also Trochisci Anthelmintics and Trochisci Santonini, Pocket Formulary. Young's Purging Drink. Carbonate of soda in crystals
2 1/2 drs., cream of tartar in crystals 3 drs., water 8 oz.; put it into a stone bottle, and secure the cork.
 
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