Tonics. Medicines that increase the tone of the muscular fibre, and impart vigor to the system. The principal mineral tonics are iron, zinc, copper, silver, arsenic, bismuth, mercury, and the mineral acids. The principal vegetable tonics are cinchona or Peruvian bark, cinchonine, quinine, the vegetable bitters, and some of the aromatics. Of the above, iron, bark, and its preparations, and the aromatic bitters, are those generally employed, and which prove most genial to the constitution.

5118. Stomachic Elixir

5118.    Stomachic Elixir. Pare off the thin yellow rinds of 6 large oranges, and put them in a quart bottle with 1 ounce gentian root, scraped and sliced, and 1/2 drachm cochineal. Pour over these ingredients a pint of brandy; shake the bottle well several times during that and the following day; let it stand 2 days more to settle, and clear it off into bottles for use. Take 1 or 2 tea-spoonfuls morning and afternoon, in a glass of wine or in a cup of tea. This elegant preparation is a most valuable tonic.

5119. Stomachic Elixir

5119.    Stomachic Elixir. Gentian root, 2 ounces ; bitter oranges, sliced, 1 ounce; Virginia snake-root, 1/2 ounce. Bruise, and infuse for 4 days in 1 pint of brandy; then add 1 pint of water. A wine-glassful to bo taken occasionally. Good for flatulency, indigestion, want of appetite, etc..

5120. Tonic Infusion

5120.    Tonic Infusion. Gentian root, sliced, 1/2 ounce; dried orange peel, bruised, coriander seeds, bruised, of each 1 drachm; boiling water, 12 ounces. Macerate for an hour in a lightly covered vessel, and strain the liquor. This infusion is often most beneficially employed in general debility, chronic gout, indigestion, and other ailments. The dose is from 1 to 2 ounces taken 3 or 4 times a day.

5121. Infusion of Calumba

5121.     Infusion of Calumba. Calumba root, 1 drachm; boiling water, 1/2 pint. Macerate for 4 hours and strain, adding afterwards 1/2 ounce of spirit of cinnamon. The dose is

11/2 or 2 ounces. It is an excellent tonic, and is held in high esteem by many eminent physicians, who employ it in the latter stage of diarrhoea, bilious intermittent fever, and puerperal fever. It is also a good preparation for allaying the nausea and vomiting which often accompany pregnancy.

5122. Orange Tonic

5122.    Orange Tonic. Orange peel, 1 ounce; chamomile flowers, 11/4 ounces, and a little ginger. Put in 1 pint of boiling water. Add 1/2 a wine-glassful of brandy. Take a wine-glassful at a time.

5123. Spackman's Tonic and Nervine Mixture

5123.    Spackman's Tonic and Nervine Mixture. Take 1/2 drachm sulphate of quinine, 6 - grains tannin, 1 ounce ginger syrup, 6 drachms fluid extract of valerian, and 2 drachms compound tincture of cardamoms. Dose, a tea-spoonful 4 times a day.

5124. Tonic Aromatic Mixture

5124. Tonic Aromatic Mixture. Digest in a close vessel for 3 days, agitating frequently, 1 ounce powdered pale cinchona bark, 3 drachms powdered calumba root, 2 drachms bruised cloves, and 1/2 ounce iron filings in 16 fluid ounces peppermint water; strain, and add 3 fluid ounces compound tincture of cardamoms, and 3 fluid drachms tincture of orange peel. Dose, 1 or 2 tablespoonfuls or more, 3 or 4 times a day.

5125. Tonic Pills

5125.     Tonic Pills. Extract of gentian, 2  scruples; sulphate of iron, 16 grains; sulphate of quinine, 10 grains. Mix, and form into pills. Take 1 pill three times a day.

5126. Tonic Tincture

5126.    Tonic Tincture. Peruvian bark, bruised, 11/2 ounces; orange peel, bruised, 1 ounce; brandy, or proof spirit, 1 pint. Infuse 10 days; shake the bottle every day. Pour off the liquor, and strain. Take a tea-spoonful in a wine-glassful of water twice a day, when you feel languid.

5127. Decoction of Red or Peruvian Bark

5127.    Decoction of Red or Peruvian Bark. Bruised red bark, 1 ounce; water, 1 pint. Boil for 10 minutes in a covered vessel, and strain the liquor while hot.

5128. Infusion of Red or Peruvian Bark

5128.     Infusion of Red or Peruvian Bark. Red bark, bruised, 1 ounce; boiling water, 1 pint. Macerate for 2 hours in a covered vessel, and strain. This is of great use in convalescence from acute diseases. It contains a considerable amount of the febrifuge and strengthening qualities of the quinine.

5129. Dr

5129.     Dr. Thompson's Bitters. Bal-mony bark, 1 part; poplar bark, 5 parts. Boil in water sufficient to strain 21/2 gallons of water from a pound of the bark, to which add sugar, 31/2 pounds; nerve powder, 21/2 ounces; while hot, strain, and add best Malaga wine, 31/2 gallons; tincture of meadow-fern, 1 quart. A less quantity may bo made by observing the proper proportions. Dose, from half to a wine-glassful twice a day. These bitters are excellent. They are sure to correct the bile, and create an appetite by giving tone to the digestive powers.