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. Calomel 8 grs., carbonate of iron 1/2 dr., extract of hemlock 20 grs., conserve of roses, or palm oil, to form a mass for 12, 9, or 6 balls. - Blaine.
2. Give the Alterative Balls No. 1, or the pills of nitrate of silver, as for St. Vitus's dance. - Clater.
3. For epilepsy of suckling bitches. Ether 1 dr., laudanum 1/2 dr., strong ale 2 oz.; give from a dessert-spoonful to 1 or 2 tablespoonfuls every 2 or 3 hours. - Blaine.
4. For epilepsy attending distemper. The Tonic Balls, or the pills for chorea. - Clater.
5. After an emetic. Gentian 10 to 20 grs., ginger 3 to 6 grs., carbonate of iron 2 to 4 grs., or from an eighth to a fourth of a gr. of nitrate of silver, and 1/2 gr. of spiders' web once a day. - Spooner.
6. Ether 1 dr., laudanum 1/2 dr., camphor 6 grs., spirit of hartshorn 1 dr.; in a spoonful of ale: for small dogs give half the quantity. - Blaine.
 
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