5305. Thibault's Balsam

5305. Thibault's Balsam. Myrrh, aloes, and dragon's blood, of each 1 drachm; flowers of Saint John's wort, 1 handful; spirit of wine, h pint; Canada balsam, 1/2 ounce. Digest the flowers in the spirit for 3 days, then express the liquor and dissolve the other ingredients therein. To heal cuts and wounds, and to stop bleeding. Internally diuretic, in doses of 1 to 2 tea-spoonfuls; given in gonorrhoea.

5306. Locatelle's Balsam

5306.      Locatelle's Balsam. Yellow resin, olive oil, and Venice turpentine, of each 1 pound; shavings of red saunders wood, 1 ounce. Boil to the consistence of a thin ointment, and strain.

Or: Yellow wax, 4 ounces; olive oil and Venice turpentine, of each 1 pound; alkanet root, 2 ounces; as last. Used as a pectoral in coughs and colds. Dose, 1/2 to 1 tea-spoonful mixed with the same quantity of conserve of roses.

5307. Bell's Gargle

5307.     Bell's Gargle. Take of pure borax, 2 drachms; yeast and honey, of each 1/2 ounce; boiling water, 7 ounces. Mix.

5308. Mrs. Wheeler's Nursing Syrup

5308. Mrs. Wheeler's Nursing Syrup. Mix together 35 ounces sugar, 4 ounces lime-water, 1/2 ounce aqueous extract of podophyl-lin, 4 ounces fluid extract of poppy, and 1 drachm oil of anise in 2 ounces rectified spirit. The aqueous extract of podophyllin is of the same strength as the ordinary fluid extracts, 16 troy ounces to the pint. The above syrup will be found to contain about 2 drops fluid extract of poppy in each tea-spoonful.

5309. Mrs. Wheeler's Worm Confection

5309.    Mrs. Wheeler's Worm Confection. Triturate to a fine powder, 1 drachm mild chloride of mercury and 10 drachms sugar; add 25 ounces sugar and 6 drachms santonin; mix all together and make into 360 tablets. Each tablet will therefore contain 1/6 grain of calomel and 1 grain santonin.

5310. Brodie's Decoction of Pareira Brava

5310.    Brodie's Decoction of Pareira Brava. Take 1/2 ounce bruised pareira root, and 3 pints boiling water; boil down gently to 1 pint, and filter. Dose, 1 wine-glassful every 2 hours. An excellent remedy for chronic inflammation of the bladder.

5311. Hufeland's Diuretic Drops

5311.     Hufeland's Diuretic Drops.

Take 1/2 fluid drachm oil of juniper, and 3 fluid drachms each sweet spirits of nitre and tincture of digitalis. Dose, 30 drops every 3 hours.

5312. Stephens' Infusion of Cayenne Pepper and Salt

5312.    Stephens' Infusion of Cayenne Pepper and Salt. Macerate 1/2 ounce powdered cayenne pepper, and 1 drachm chloride of sodium (table salt) for 1 hour in 8 fluid ounces each boiling vinegar and boiling water. Filter. Dose, 1 table-spoonful every 2 hours. This has been administered with great success in malignant scarlet fever; used both internally and as a gargle.