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. In inflammation of the lungs. After bleeding and purging, digitalis 12 grs., emetic tartar 3 grs., nitre 1 dr.; mix, and divide into 6, 9, or 12 powders. - Blaine.
2. Ditto, with much cough. Tincture of digitalis 1 dr., emetic tartar 3 grs., nitre 1 dr., simple oxymel 2 oz.; dose, 1 or 2 drs. every 3 hours. - Blaine.
3. In pleurisy, with incipient water in the chest. Digitalis 6 grs., calomel 6 grs., tartarized iron 18 grs.; into 6, 9, or 12 doses. - Youatt.
4. In inflammation of the liver. Digitalis 8 grs., anti-monial powder 16 grs., nitre 1 dr.: divide into 7, 9, or 12 powders, or boluses. - Blaine.
5. In chronic inflammation of the liver. Calomel 20 grs., antimonial powder 1/2 dr., myrrh, gentian, aloes, of each 2 drs.; mix, and divide into 15, 20, or 25 balls.
6. In inflammation of the bowels. After bleeding and a warm bath, give the castor oil mixture (see Purgatives, No. 8). - Clater.
7. Bilious inflammation (with offensive, often black vomiting and purging): Calomel 10 grs., opium 4 grs.: in 4 or 8 pills - one 3 times a day; afterwards the astringent remedies for diarrhoea. - Spooner.
1. After warm bath, and friction, give tincture of opium 20 drops, ether 20 drops, castor oil 1/2 oz. to 1 oz. - Elaine.
2. Calomel 2 to 4 grs., opium 1/4 gr., oil of peppermint 1 drop, aloes 1 dr.; form a ball with butter or lard: repeat it every 4 hours till the bowels are well opened; and use the Embrocation No. 3. - Clater.
3. After warm bath, etc, give 40 drops of laudanum, and a teaspoonful of hartshorn, in warm beer; and rub with the Embrocation No. 1. - Mater.
 
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