Enquire Within Upon Everything Part 60

507. Camphorated.

Take half an ounce of camphor and dissolve it in two ounces of olive oil.

_Use_ as a stimulating and soothing application for stubborn b.r.e.a.s.t.s, glandular enlargements, dropsy of the belly, and rheumatic pains.

508. Soap Liniment with Spanish Flies.

Take three ounces and a half of soap liniment, and half an ounce of tincture of Spanish flies, mix and shake well.

_Use_ as stimulant to chronic bruises, sprains, rheumatic pains, and indolent swellings.

509. Turpentine.

Take two ounces and a half of resin cerate, and melt it by standing the vessel in hot water, then add one ounce and a half of oil of turpentine, and mix.

_Use_ as stimulant to ulcers, burns, scalds, &c.

510. Enemas.

These are a peculiar kind of medicines, administered by injecting them into the r.e.c.t.u.m or outlet of the body. The intention is either to empty the bowels, kill worms, protect the lining membrane of the intestines from injury, restrain copious discharges, allay spasms in the bowels, or to nourish the body. These clysters, or glysters, are administered by means of bladders and pipes, or a proper apparatus.

511. Laxative.

Take two ounces of Epsom salts, and dissolve in three quarters of a pint of gruel, or thin broth, with an ounce of olive oil.

512. Nutritive.

Take twelve ounces of strong beef tea, and thicken with hartshorn shavings or arrowroot.

513. Turpentine.

Take half an ounce of oil of turpentine, the yolk of one egg, and half a pint of gruel. Mix the turpentine and egg, and then add the gruel.

_Use_ as an anthelmintic.

514. Common.

Dissolve one ounce of salt in twelve ounces of gruel.

515. Castor Oil.

Mix two ounces of castor oil with one drachm of starch, then rub them together, and add fourteen ounces of thin gruel.

_Use_ as a purgative.

516. Opium.

Rub three grains of opium with two ounces of starch, then add two ounces of warm water.

_Use_ as an anodyne in colic, spasms, &c.

517. Oil.

Mix four ounces of olive oil with half an ounce of mucilage and half a pint of warm water.

_Use_ as a demulcent.

518. Asafoetida.

Mix one drachm of the tincture of asafoetida in a pint of barley water.

_Use_ as an anthelmintic, or in convulsions from teething.

519. Gargles.

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

520. Acidulated.

Mix one part of white vinegar with three parts of honey of roses, and twenty-four of barley water.

_Use_ in chronic inflammation of the throat, malignant sore throat, &c.

521. 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_ for severe sore throat, relaxed uvula, &c.

[VIOLENT Pa.s.sIONS LEAD TO GREAT DEPRESSIONS.]

522. For Salivation.