Expectorant Balls. The following formulae are chiefly intended for chronic coughs and thickness of wind. The bowels should be kept open by mashes and an occasional laxative. Coughs occasioned by worms require a different treatment. In coughs connected with inflammation of the chest, and epidemic catarrh, see Balls for Inflammation of the Lungs.

1. Aloes 2 oz., digitalis (powdered) 1 oz., common mass 13 oz.; dose, 1 oz., twice a day. - Morton.

2. Emetic tartar 1/2 dr., digitalis 1/2 dr., nitre 1 1/2 dr., tar enough to form a ball; every night. - Youatt.

3. Powdered squill 1 dr., gum ammoniac 3 dr., opium 1/2 dr., syrup to form a ball. - White.

4. Ipecacuanha 1 dr., camphor 2 dr., liquorice powder 1 dr., honey to form a ball; to be given every morning. - Blaine.

5. Sulphur 1/2 oz., assafoetida 1 oz., liquorice powder 1 oz., Venice turpentine 1 oz., for 4 balls; one every night for 4 times. - Hinds.

6. Calomel 26 gr., gum ammoniacum 2 dr., balsam of Pern 1 dr., p. squill 1 dr., honey to form a ball; one every morning. - Blaine.

7. P. Marshmallow root and liquorice, of each 1 dr., elecampane, sulphur, and Kermes mineral, of each 1/2 dr., honey to form a ball; twice a day. - Lebas.

8. Squill 2 dr., gum ammoniac 4 dr., ipecacuanha 4 dr., opium 4 dr., pimento 1 oz., balsam of sulphur 4 oz., Castile soap 2 oz., treacle to form a mass for 6 balls; one twice a day. - Hinds.

9. Spermaceti 1 oz., balsam of copaiva 1 oz., benzoin 2 dr., sulphur 2 oz., elecampane 2 oz., p. squill 4 dr., emetic tartar 2 dr., syrup of poppies to form a mass for 8 balls. - B. Clarke.

10. Liquorice powder 1/2 oz., linseed or barley meal 1 oz., tar 1 dr., honey to form a ball.

11. Castile soap, aniseed, liquorice, of each 5 oz., Bar-badoes tar 6 oz., ammoniacum 3 oz., balsam of Tolu 1 oz., honey q. s. to make a mass for 12 balls; one every morning for a fortnight. - Taplin.

12. Digitalis 1 dr., nitre 2 dr., liquorice 4 dr., tar enough to form a ball. - Clater.

13. Digitalis 1/2 dr., camphor 1 dr., emetic tartar 1 dr., nitre 3 dr., Unseed meal 1 dr., make up with Barbadoes tar, and give one daily. - Spooner. See also Mixed Balls (Pectoral Cordial).

14. Ex. belladonna 1/2 to 1 dr., aloes Barbadoes in powder 1 dr., nitre 2 dr. Common mass to form into a bolus. For chronic cough. - Tuson.