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. Epsom salts 1 oz., hot water or thin gruel to dissolve it; add castor oil 2 oz., laudanum 30 drops. When it has operated, give No. 2. - Blaine.
2. Ipecacuanha 15 grs., prepared chalk 1 dr., opium 2 grs.; boiled starch or arrow-root 4 oz. Night and morning.
3. Linseed oil 2 oz., powdered opium 2 grs., linseed tea q. s. Afterwards give No. 4. - Sayer.
4. Opium 2 grs., ginger 1/2 dr, gentian 1/2 dr., linseed tea or gruel q. s.
5. Epsom salts 1 1/2 oz., hot water 4 oz.; dissolve and add castor or olive oil 1 1/2 oz. - White. Afterwards give No. 6.
6. Catechu 1/2 dr., allspice 1/2 dr., caraway 1 dr., water or beer 4 oz.; simmer together.
1. After bleeding: Epsom salts 1 1/2 oz., warm water a pint. - Stevenson.
2. After bleeding: common salt 1 oz., water 1/2 pint, laudanum a teaspoonful. - White.
3. Laudanum 2 drs., castor oil 3 oz., calomel 12 grs., treacle 3 oz. - Finlay Dun.
Olive oil 4 oz., spirit of hartshorn 1/4 oz., gruel or arrowroot 1/4 pint. - White.
1. A decoction of horsemint, or any other kind of mint.
2. Bruised ergot of rye 1 dr., boiling water a pint; infuse for a 1/4 of an hour, and give a third part. Repeat if necessary.
 
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