1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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quarts of blood. The belly should be well rubbed with the mustard or other stimulating enibrocation. If no relief is obtained in 2 hours, repeat the draught and embrocation, and should even this fail, give him a pint of castor-oil, with IJ ounces laudanum. If castor-oil cannot be had, IJ pints linseed oil may h*i used.

No. 388. Draught for Gripes.

No. 1. Take balsam copaiva 1 ounce, oil of juniper 1 drachm, spirits of nitrous ether J ounce, mint-water 1 pint. Mix for 1 dose.

No. 389.

Diabetes.

This disorder, which consists in an involuntary discharge of the urine, which is pale and thin, fre- quently proves fatal. To cure it, take a quart of blood from the neck, and give the following ball:- • No. 390. Ball for Diabetes. Take 4 ounces Peruvian bark, 1 drachm ginger; *f costive after it, give a pint of castor-oil. Repeat, if necessary.

No. 391. Eyes.

Inflammation of the eyes is often cured by scari- fying with a lancet the inside of the upper and lower