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.
2. Mallow-leaves 8 oz., water 4 quarts; boil and strain; 6 poppy-heads may be added. Anodyne. 1. Boil 24 poppy-heads and 2 handfuls of hemlock in 6 quarts of water for 2 hours, and strain. - White.
2. Belladonna 2 handfuls, 6 poppy-heads, water 3 quarts; boil and strain. - Moiroud.
3. Dried wormwood and chamomile, of each 4 oz., bay-leaves 2 oz., rue 3 oz.; boil in a gallon of water.
4. Take wormwood, chamomile, mallow (or either of them), cut them to pieces, and put 2 handfuls into a bucket, pour scalding water on them, and cover with a cloth. - B. Clark.
Discutient and Astringent. Vinegar or verjuice 1 quart; make it hot, and add 2 oz. of Goulard's extract of lead; apply warm; in strains of the sinews of the legs. - Taplin.
 
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