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vomiting does not take place.
2582. _Clyster_.--Two tablespoonfuls of oil of turpentine in a pint of
warm gruel.
2583. _Liniments_.--1. Equal parts of lime-water and linseed-oil well
mixed together. [Lime-water is made thus: Pour 6 pints of boiling water
upon 1/4 lb. of lime; mix well together, and when cool, strain the
liquid from off the lime which has fallen to the bottom, taking care to
get it as clear as possible.] 2. Compound camphor liniment.
2584. _Lotions_.--1. Mix a dessert-spoonful of Goulard's extract and 2
tablespoonfuls of vinegar in a pint of water.--2. Mix 1/2 oz. of
sal-ammoniac, 2 tablespoonfuls of vinegar, and the same quantity of gin
or whisky, in half a pint of water.
2585. _Goulard Lotion_.--1 drachm of sugar of lead, 2 pints of
rain-water, 2 teaspoonfuls of spirits of wine. For inflammation of the
eyes or elsewhere:--The better way of making Goulard Lotion, if for the
eyes, is to add to 6 oz. of distilled water, or water that has been well
boiled, 1 drachm of the extract of lead.
2586. _Opodeldoc_.--This lotion being a valuable application for
sprains, lumbago, weakness of joints, &c., and it being difficult to
procure either pure or freshly made, we give a recipe for its
preparation. Dissolve 1 oz. of camphor in a pint of rectified spirits of
wine; then dissolve 4 oz. of hard white Spanish soap, scraped thin, in 4
oz. of oil of rosemary, and mix them together.
2587. _The Common Black Draught_.--Infusion of senna 10 drachms; Epsom
salts 10 drachms; tincture of senna, compound tincture of cardamums,
compound spirit of lavender, of each 1 drachm. Families who make black
draught in quantity, and wish to preserve it for some time without
spoiling, should add about 2 drachms of spirits of hartshorn to each
pint of the strained mixture, the use of this drug being to prevent its
becoming mouldy or decomposed. A simpler and equally efficacious form of
black draught is made by infusing 1/2 oz. of Alexandrian senna, 3 oz. of
Epsom salts, and 2 drachms of bruised ginger and coriander-seeds, for
several hours in a pint of boiling water, straining the liquor, and
adding either 2 drachms of sal-volatile or spirits of hartshorn to the
whole, and giving 3 tablespoonfuls for a dose to an adult.
2588. _Mixtures_--1. _Aperient_.--Dissolve an ounce of Epsom salts in
half a pint of senna tea: take a quarter of the mixture as a dose, and
repeat it in three or four hours if necessary.
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