5271. Goitre Jelly

5271. Goitre Jelly. Better known, perhaps, under the French name Gclée pour le Goitre. Dissolve 1 ounce white soap in 21/2 ounces of proof spirit by a gentle heat; and add to it, while still warm, a warm solution of 5 drachms iodide of potassium in 21/2 ounces proof spirit. A few drops of any fragrant and essential oil may be added.

5272. Mettauer's Aperient Solution

5272. Mettauer's Aperient Solution. Take of socotrine aloes, 21/2 ounces; super-carbonate of soda, 6 drachms; water, 4 pints; compound spirits of lavender, 2 ounces. After digesting 14 days, the clear liquor may be either decanted or allowed to remain. Age is said to improve both the powers and taste of the solution. The common dose is 1 drachm, which may be increased, if necessary, to an ounce. It is recommended as a valuable remedy in most forms of constipation, taken soon after meals.

5273. Coxe's Hive Syrup

5273.       Coxe's Hive Syrup. Put 1 ounce each squills and Seneca snake-root into 1 pint water; boil down to one-half and strain. Then add 1/2 pound clarified honey containing 12 grains tartrate of antimony. Dose for a child, 10 drops to 1 tea-spoonful, according to age. An excellent remedy for croup.

5274. Bateman's Sulphur Wash

5274.     Bateman's Sulphur Wash. Break 1 ounce sulphur, and pour over it 1 quart of boiling water; allow it to infuse for 12 or 14 hours, and apply it to the face 2 or 3 times a day, for a few weeks. This application is equally useful in removing that roughness of the skin which generally succeeds pimples.

5275. Allcock's Porous Plaster

5275.       Allcock's Porous Plaster. The only difference between this plaster and ordinary adhesive plasters is, that rubber is used in the place of lead plaster. It is a good addition, and very generally recognized by makers of adhesive plasters. Take rubber, 1 pound; pitch, 1/2 pound; thus, 1/2 pound; and capsicum, 30 grains. The plaster, as offered for sale, is spread upon muslin or linen, in which small holes have been punched out, allowing vent for perspiration, and affording increased flexibility. These plasters adhere very firmly, frequently requiring the application of heat (by means of a hot towel or warm flat-iron), for their removal. The skin may bo cleansed after the removal of the plaster, by rubbing with sweet oil, until the remains of the plaster are dissolved; wiping it off, and washing with warm water and soap.

5276. Poor Man's Plaster

5276.      Poor Man's Plaster. Take bees'-wax, 1 ounce; tar, 3 ounces; resin, 3 ounces. To be melted together and spread on paper or muslin.

5277. Universal Plaster

5277.    Universal Plaster. A plaster is officinal in several of the European Pharmacopoeias, under different names, which appears to be identical with Keyser's Universal Plaster, which is sold extensively in this country as a nostrum. The following is the formula of the Prussian Pharmacopoeia: Take of red-lead, in very fine powder, 8 ounces; olive oil, 16 ounces. Boil them in a proper vessel with constant agitation until the whole has assumed a blackish-brown color, then add yellow wax, 4 ounces; and after this has been melted and well mixed, add 2 drachms camphor, previously dissolved in a little olive oil. Pour it out into suitable boxes, or into paper capsules, to be cut into square cakes when cold.