5579. Remedy for Fever and Ague

5579.    Remedy for Fever and Ague. Peruvian bark, 2 ounces; wild-cherrv tree bark, 1 ounce; cinnamon, 1 drachm, all pulverized ; capsicum, 1 tea-spoonful; sulphur, 1 ounce ; port wine, 2 quarts. Let stand a day or two. Always buy the Peruvian bark and pulverize it, as most ready pulverized articles are adulterated. This is the reason why more cures are not performed by it. Dose, a wine-glassful every 2 or 3 hours in the day until broken; then 2 or 3 a day until all is used. This mixture will be found an infallible cure for intermittent fever and fever and ague. It removes the disease when all other means fail, and may be used by those who object to quinine.

5580. Cure for Ague

5580.    Cure for Ague. To 5 tea-spoonfuls water, add 50 drops tincture of gelsemi-num and 10 grains quinine. Shake well before using. Administer 1 tea-spoonful in a wineglass of sugar water every 2 hours. This medicine has a tendency to affect the head and vision, and produce physical prostration. "When these symptoms become developed, cease the doses, and the effects will pass off, leaving the patient completely restored. These directions must be adhered to, as gel-seminum, administered after its effects have become apparent, may be attended with serious consequences. (See No. 5578 (To Dissolve Quinine).) This is an excellent remedy.

5581. Dr. Krieder's Ague Pills

5581.    Dr. Krieder's Ague Pills. Take 20 grains quinine, 10 grains Dover's powder, (see No. 5176 (Dover's Powder)), 10 grains sub-carbonate of iron ; mix with molasses or mucilage of gum-arabic, and divide into 20 pills. Dose, 2 each hour, commencing 5 hours before the chill should set in. Then take one night and morning until all are taken. (See No. 5584 (Ague Mixture).)

5582. Quinine Mixture for Children

5582.    Quinine Mixture for Children. For small children nothing is better than 5 or 6 grains dissolved (see No. 5578 (To Dissolve Quinine)) quinine in a 2-ouuce vial, 1 table-spoonful of white sugar, then fill with water. Dose, 1 table-spoonful as above.

5583. Caution in the Use of Quinine

5583.    Caution in the Use of Quinine. In all cases where quinine is to be administered, first give a cathartic to cleanse the stomach and bowels.

5584. Ague Mixture

5584.  Ague Mixture. Dissolve 20 grains quinine, mix it with 1 pint diluted gin or port-wine, and add 10 grains Dover's powder (see No. 5176 (Dover's Powder)), and 10 grains sub-carbonate of iron. Dose, a wine-glass each hour until the ague is broken, and then 2 or 3 times a day till the whole has been used. This is receipt No. 5581, in a liquid form. It may be used when the pills are objectionable.

5585. Remedy for Cold in the Head

5585.    Remedy for Cold in the Head. Pollion, of Prance, recommends the inhaling, of hartshorn for curing colds in the head. The inhalation by the nose he recommends 7 or 8 times in 5 minutes. Spirits of camphor may be used in the same manner with beneficial results.