ever Mixture_.--Mix a drachm of powdered nitre, 2 drachms of
carbonate of potash, 2 teaspoonfuls of antimonial wine, and a
tablespoonful of sweet spirits of nitre, in half a pint of water.

2590. 3. _Myrrh and Aloes Pills_.--Ten grains made into two pills are
the dose for a full-grown person.

2591. 4. _Compound Iron Pills_.--Dose for a full-grown person: 10 grains
made into two pills.

2592. _Pills_.--1. Mix 5 grains of calomel and the same quantity of
antimonial powder with a little bread-crumb, and make into two pills.
Dose for a full-grown person: two pills.--2. Mix 5 grains of blue pill
and the same quantity of compound extract of colocynth together, and
make into two pills, the dose for a full-grown person.

2593. _Powders_.--Mix a grain of calomel and 4 grains of powdered jalap
together.

2594. In all cases, the dose of medicines given is to be regulated by
the age of the patient.

2595. _Abernethy's Plan for making a Bread-and-Water Poultice_.--First
scald out a basin; then having put in some boiling water, throw in
coarsely-crumbled bread, and cover it with a plate. When the bread has
soaked up as much water as it will imbibe, drain off the remaining
water, and there will be left a light pulp. Spread it a third of an inch
thick on folded linen, and apply it when of the temperature of a warm
bath. To preserve it moist, occasionally drop warm water on it.

2596. _Linseed-Meal Poultice_.--"Scald your basin, by pouring a little
hot water into it; then put a small quantity of finely-ground
linseed-meal into the basin, pour a little hot water on it, and stir it
round briskly until you have well incorporated them; add a little more
meal and a little more water; then stir it again. Do not let any lumps
remain in the basin, but stir the poultice well, and do not be sparing
of your trouble. What you do next, is to take as much of it out of the
basin as you may require, lay it on a piece of soft linen, and let it be
about a quarter of an inch thick."--_Abernethy_.

2597. _Mustard Poultice_.--Mix equal parts of dry mustard and
linseed-meal in warm vinegar. When the poultice is wanted weak, warm
water may be used for the vinegar; and when it is required very strong,
mustard alone, without any linseed-meal, is to be mixed with warm
vinegar.

2598. _An ordinary Blister_.--Spread a little blister compound on a
piece of common adhesive plaster with the right thumb. It should be put
on just thickly enough to conceal t