Tonic Drenches. Tonics Are More Generally Administered In The Form Of Balls
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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.
Tonic Drenches. Tonics Are More Generally Administered In The Form Of Balls
1. Mild Tonic in later stages of Epidemic Catarrh or Distemper. Gentian 1 dr., powdered ginger 1/2 dr., casca-rilla 1 dr., warm water 1/2 pint, sweet spirit of nitre 1/2 oz. to 1 oz.; to be repeated night and morning unless the pulse is quickened. - Clater.
2. Gentian root 2 oz., smaller centaury 1 oz., wormwood 1/2 oz.; boil in 3 pints of water to a quarter. - Vatel.
3. Clark's Bitter Drench. Quassia chips 2 oz., water 3 pints; boil to 2 pints; for 3 doses.
4. Quassia 1 oz., ginger 2 drs., water 2 pints; boil for 10 minutes; for 2 doses.
5. Metallic Tonic. Sulphate of zinc 1/2 dr., ginger or pimento 1 dr., treacle 1 oz.; mix, and add gradually 12 oz. of warm water. - B. Clark.
6. Egyptian Tonic Drink. In farcy and nasal gleet. Aegyptiacurn 1/2 oz., pimento or ginger 1/2 dr., warm water 12 oz. - Clark.
7. Cantharides Tonic Drench (for the same). Sulphate of zinc 15 grs., cantharides 7 grs., pimento 15 grs., treacle 1 oz., warm water to form a drench.
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