Rheumatic Drench
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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.
Rheumatic Drench
1. Sulphur 8 oz., ginger 1/2 oz.; in gruel, every third day if necessary. - Clater.
2. Antimonial powder 2 drs., Dover's powder 1/2 dr., aniseed 1 oz., thick gruel a pint; night and morning, the bowels having been opened by No. 1. - Clater.
3. Rhododendron leaves 4 drs., water a quart; boil to a pint, strain, and add powdered gum guaiacum 2 drs., caraway-seeds and aniseed, each 2 drs., warm ale 1/2 pint.
Antispasmodic Drench For Locked Jaw
1. Camphor 1 dr. (rubbed with spirit), powdered opium 1 dr., thick gruel 1/2 pint.
2. MR. FINLAY DUN'S TREAMENT OF LOCKED JAW.
Purgatives. Belladonna and chloral hydrate. Cool air.
Warm clothing. Perfect quiet. Soothe any wound. Vapour-hath.
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