2173. Col. Birch's Receipt

for rheumatic gout or acute rheumatism. - Half an ounce of nitre (sat-petre), half an ounce of sulphur, half an ounce of flower of mustard, half an ounce of Turkey rhubarb, quarter of an ounce of powdered gum guiacum. Mix. A teaspoonful to be taken every other night for three nights, and omit three nights, in a wine-glassful of cold water, - water which has been well boiled.

2174. Ointment For The Piles Or Haemorrhoids

Take of hogs' lard, four ounces, camphor two drachms, powdered galls, one ounce, laudanum, half an ounce. Mix; make an ointment to be applied every night at bed-time.

2175. Ointment For Sore Nipples

Take of tincture of tolu two drachms, spermaceti ointment half an ounce; powdered gum two drachms. Mix. Make an ointment. The white of an egg mixed with brandy is the best application for sore nipples; the person should at the same time use a nipple shield.

2176. Ointment For Broken Chilblains

Ointment For Broken Chilblains or CHAPPED HANDS, &., - Sweet oil, one pint; Venice turpentine, three ounces; hogs' lard, half a pound; bees' wax, three ounces. Put all into a pipkin over a slow fire, and stir it with a wooden spoon till the bees' wax is all melted, and the ingredients simmer. It is fit for use as soon as cold, but the longer it is kept the better it will be. It must be spread very thin on soft rag, or (for chaps or cracks) rubbed on the hands when you go to bed. A visitor to a large poor district has never known this to fail.

2177. For A Cough

Syrup of poppies, oxymel of squills, simple oxymel, in equal parts, mixed, and a teaspoonful taken when the cough is troublesome. It is best to have it mixed by a chemist. The cost is trifling.