1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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— 2 teaspooufuls every 15 minutes until the

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cough abates.

No. 43. Dr. 3Ionroe's Cough-Drops, Take 4 drachms paregoric, 2 drachms sulphuric ether, 2 drachms tincture of Tolu. Mix. Take a teaspoonful night and morning, or when the cough is troublesome.

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No. 44. A cure for the Dyspepsia, Take 1 ounce pulverized rhubarb. 1 ounce caraway-seed.

1 tablespoonful grated orange-peel.

Put these into a decanter with 1 pint of best brandy, shake it well together, and keep in a warm place. Dose, — 1 tablespoonful in the morning, fast- ing, and at night going to bed. Shake the mixture well before takins: it.

No. 45. A cure for Cough,

Take J pint honey.

3 tablespoonfuls elecampane-root, pulv. 3 tablespoonfuls ginger. 1 pint vinegar.

-t'ut all the above in a jug, and make a paste (f flour or chop-stuff, and shut the jug close up wit- this paste ; and then, when you put your bread in the oven, put this jug in also, and leave it in the oven until you take the bread out; then it is ready