Mother's Remedies

Chapter 130

The above amount would cost about $3.50 or 45 cents per pint.

WHOOPING COUGH.

Extract Belladonna 1 grain Powdered Alum 1/2 dram Mucilage Acacia 1 ounce Syrup Scillae 1/2 ounce Syrup Simple to make 4 ounces

Mix. Dose: Ten drops to use for whooping cough. It has been in use for years and some of our best doctors employ it in their practice. The above amount would cost about 30 cents.

BRODIE"S LINIMENT FOR ASTHMA.

Oil of Queen"s Root 4 drams Oil of Cajeput 2 drams Oil of Lobelia 1 dram Alcohol 1 ounce

Mix. Bathe the chest and throat three times a day. The above amount would cost about 35 cents.

JOHNSON"S LINIMENT.

Chloroform 4 drams Sulph. Ether 4 drams Oil Spearmint 2-1/2 drams Oil of Wintergreen 2-1/2 drams Tincture Myrrh 1 ounce Tincture Capsic.u.m 1 ounce Tincture Arnica 1 ounce Water of Ammonia 2 ounces Alcohol enough to make 32 ounces

Mix. The above amount would cost about $1.10.

SAGE"S CATARRH REMEDY.

Powdered Hydrastis Canadensis 1 ounce Powdered Borax 10 grains Sodium Chloride 10 grains Ferro-cyanuret of Iron sufficient to color

Mix. The above is the formula of Dr. Sage, and sold by him to Dr. Pierce, of New York, for $500.00. The above amount would cost about 35 cents.

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SAUL"S CATARRH REMEDY.

Tincture of Benzoin Compound 1 ounce Tincture of Tolu 1 ounce Chloroform 1/2 dram Sulphuric Ether 1/2 dram Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia 4 drams Oil of Tar 1/2 dram Rectified Spirits 2-1/2 ounces

Mix. Use with Cutler"s Inhaler. The above amount would cost about 40 cents.

SEVEN SUTHERLAND SISTERS" HAIR GROWER.

Stearns" Bay Rum 7 fluid ounces Dist. Extract of Witch-Hazel 9 fluid ounces Sodium Chloride 1 dram Hydrochloric Acid (5 per cent) 1 drop Magnesia sufficient

Mix the bay rum and distilled extract of witch-hazel, and shake with a little magnesia; filter, and in the filtrate dissolve the salt and add the hydrochloric acid. The agitation with magnesia causes the preparation to a.s.sume a yellow color; but by rendering it very slightly acid, with one drop of five per-cent hydrochloric acid, this color all disappears. The above amount would cost about 50 cents.

SKINNER"S DANDRUFF MIXTURE.

Hydrate of Chloral 1 dram Glycerin 4 drams Bay Rum 16 drams

The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

ST. JACOB"S OIL.

Gum Camphor 1 ounce Chloral Hydrate 1 ounce Chloroform 1 ounce Sulp. Ether 1 ounce Laudanum 1/2 ounce Oil Origanum 1/2 ounce Oil Sa.s.safras 1/2 ounce Alcohol enough to make 1 gallon

Mix. The above amount, eight pints, would cost about $2.25 or 30 cents per pint.

SYRUP OF FIGS.

Senna Leaves 7 ounces Coriander Seed 3 ounces Figs 12 ounces Tamarind 9 ounces Ca.s.sia Pulp 9 ounces Prunes 6 ounces Glycyrrhizae 3/4 ounce Essence Peppermint 3/4 ounce Syrup Simple, to make 1/2 gallon

The formula omits directions; but probably a water extract should be made of the drugs, so as to measure about four pints, and in this dissolve eight pounds of sugar to make the syrup. The above amount, four pints, would cost about $1.00.

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THOMAS"S ELECTRIC OIL.

Gum Camphor 1 dram Oil Wintergreen 1 dram Oil Origanum 1 dram Chloroform 2 drams Tincture Opium 2 drams Oil Sa.s.safras 2 drams Oil Hemlock 2 drams Oil Turpentine 2 drams Balsam fir 2 drams Tincture Guaiac.u.m 2 drams Tincture Catechu 2 drams Alcohol, to make 1 pint Alkanet sufficient to color

Mix. The above amount would cost about 40 cents.

KELLY"S TONIC.

Tincture Nux Vomica 2 drams Dilute Nitro-hydrochloric Acid 3 drams Compound Tincture Cinchona 1-1/2 ounces Compound Tincture Gentian 3 ounces

Mix. Dose: Two drams in water three times a day.

The above amount would cost about 35 cents.

VAN BUSKIRK"S FRAGRANT SOZODONT.

The following formula may be regarded as making an article identical with the original in all essential features:

Alcohol 1 fluidounce Water 1-1/4 fluidounces Soap 120 grains Oil of Gaultheria 2 minims Red Sanders sufficient

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