This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of Health And Medicine", by Henry Hartshorne. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
Essence of peppermint is a pleasant, warm aromatic ; given as good for colic and sick stomach. Dose, ten drops for a grown person ; for an infant, from two drops down to half a drop (that is, add one drop to a desertspoonful of water, and give of this a teaspoonful at once).
 
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