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. Catechu 1 1/2 dr., sulphate of quinine 20 grs., opium
5 grs., ginger 1 dr., conserve of roses q. s. to form a mass, to be divided into 8, 6, or 4 balls. - Blaine. '
2. Prepared chalk 2 oz., powdered gum arabic 1/2 oz., powdered catechu 1/2 oz., powdered oak bark 1/2 oz., powdered ginger 1/4 oz., opium 15 grs., palm oil 1 oz.; beat well together: dose, 1/2 dr. to 2 drs., morning, noon, and night, in the advanced stage of distemper. - Clater.
3. Opium 5 grs., catechu 2 drs., gum arabic 2 drs., ginger 1/2 dr., syrup of poppies q. s.; divide into 12, 9, or 6 balls: In diarrhoea. - Blaine.
4. Myrrh 1 dr., ipecacuanha 1 scruple, opium 3 grs., chalk 2 drs., carbonate of iron 1 dr.: as No. 3. - Blaine.
5. In obstinate cases: Alum 1 dr., chalk 2 drs., opium
6 grs., resin 3 drs.: into 4, 6 or 8 balls.
6. In diarrhoea, after 1 to 4 drs. of Epsom salts: Prepared chalk 1 to 3 scruples, catechu 5 to 10 grs., opium 1/4 to 2 grs.; twice a day. - Spooner.
7. Astringent Brink. Boil 1 oz. of logwood in a quart
of milk to 1/2 a pint. A teaspoonful every morning, in prolapsus.
 
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