1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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No. 39. To make Blackberry-Syrup^ for Summer Complaint. Take 2 quarts blackberiy -juice. 1 pound loaf sugar.

J ounce nutmeg, grated. J ounce ground cinnamon.

J ounce cloves, ground. J ounce allspice, ground. Boil the above ingredients together; when cold, add 1 pint fourth-proof brandy. Dose. — From 1 tea- spoonful to 1 wineglassful, according to the age of the patient, as often as will be necessary to effect a cure. No. 40. A cure for Cramp in the Stomach. Warm water, sweetened with molasses or brown sugar, taken freely, will in many cases remove cramp in the stomach when opium and other remedies have failed. No. 41. Cough-Drops. Take tincture of bloodroot, syrup of ipecacuanha, syrup of squill, tincture of balsam of Tolu, and pare- goric, of each 1 ounce. Mix. This is used in all severe coughs from colds. It is a valuable mixture. Dose.-* } to 1 drachm, whenever the cough is severe.

No. 42. No. 1 Cough-Mixture, Take J ounce paregoric.

1 ounce syrup of squill. 2 drachms antimonial wine. 6 ounces water.