Take of white pond lily, root ............... 4 oz.

green peppermint plant .............. 8 oz.

bayberry (Myrica) ......................... 4 oz.

Boil in one and a half gallons of water down to one gallon, strain and add-Gum myrrh (Commiphora) ........................ 1 oz.

Cayenne ............................................... 1/4 oz.

Rhubarb (Rheum) .................................... 4 oz.

Saleratus (sodium bicarbonate)..................... 1/2 oz.

Loaf sugar ............................................ 1 lb.

Fourth proof brandy ............................. 1 pt.

Dose

Half a wine-glass once in two hours. This syrup is an invaluable remedy for diarrhœa, dysentery, cholera morbus, and the summer complaints of children.