953. Are remedies used to stimulate chronic sore throats, or a relaxed state of the swallow or uvula.

954. Acidulated

Mix one part of white vinegar with three parts of honey of roses, and twenty-four of barley-water. Use, in chronic inflammations of the throat, malignant sore throat, etc.

955. Astringent

Take two drachms of roses and mix with eight ounces of boiling water, infuse for one hour, strain, and add one drachm of alum, and one ounce of honey of roses. Use, in severe sore throat, relaxed uvula, etc.

956. For Salivation

Mix from one to four drachms of bruised gall-nuts, with a pint of boiling water, and infuse for two hours, then strain and sweeten.

957. Tonic And Stimulant

Mix six ounces of decoction of bark with two ounces of tincture of myrrh, and half a drachm of diluted sulphuric acid Use, in scorbutic affections.

958. Alum

Dissolve one drachm of alum in fifteen ounces of water, then add half an ounce of treacle and one drachm of diluted sulphuric acid. Use, astringent.

959. Myrrh

Add six drachms of tincture of myrrh to seven ounces of infusion of linseed, and then add two drachms of diluted sulphuric acid. Use, as a detergent.

939. For Slight Inflammation Of The Throat

Add one drachm of sulphuric ether to half an ounce of syrup of marsh-mallows, an *. six ounces of barley-water. This may be used frequently.