The practical housewife : $b A complete encyclopædia of domestic economy and family medical guidePhilp, Robert Kemp
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The practical housewife : $b A complete encyclopædia of domestic economy and family medical guide
Philp, Robert Kemp
Formulas, recipes, etc.; Home economics; Medicine, Popular
When the bowel complaint is attended with pain or griping in
the stomach, 1 drachm of the TINCTURE OF ASSAFŒTIDA, and 40
drops of LAUDANUM are to be further added to the mixture, which
is still to be taken in the same quantity, and, if necessary,
repeated as frequently.
2. _Bowel Complaint, the result of Improper or Undigested Food._
Prepared Chalk 1 ounce.
Carbonate of Magnesia 2 drachms.
Carbonate of Soda 1 drachm.
Carbonate of Ammonia 2 scruples.
Camphor Water 8 ounces.
Mix well in a mortar, and add
Tincture of Kino 2 drachms.
Mix and take two table-spoonfuls directly, and one every hour
afterwards.
3. _Bowel Complaint from Exposure to Cold or Wet._
Infusion of Red Roses 8 ounces.
Epsom Salts ½ ounce.
Dissolve, and add
Diluted Sulphuric Acid 30 drops.
Mix, and take two table-spoonfuls every three hours, and one of
the following pills every four hours. Should the skin be dry
and hot, give ten grains of Dover’s powder, at bed-time, in a
little gruel.
Compound Rhubarb Pill,
Extract of Henbane,
of each one scruple. Mix, and divide into eight pills.
4. _Bowel Complaint, attended with Cramps and Spasms._
Apply hot mustard poultices, made with equal parts of mustard
and flour, over the bowels, and to the inside of each thigh,
and give the following mixture and pills every hour till relief
is afforded.
Prepared Chalk 1 ounce.
Aromatic Powder 2 drachms.
Carbonate of Ammonia 1 drachm.
Mint Water 8 ounces.
Mix well, and add
Tincture of Kino 3 drachms.
Sulphuric Ether 1 drachm.
Mix; two table-spoonfuls with one pill every hour.
Camphor 6 grains.
Powdered Opium 4 grains.
Calomel 9 grains.
Extract of Hemlock, enough to make into a mass,
which is to be divided into six pills.
5. _For the Bowel Complaints of Young Children_, the most
efficacious and convenient remedy is the tincture of kino,
given in doses of 20 to 60 drops, in a little sugar and water,
and repeated every hour or two till the relaxation is stopped.
When the bowels are disordered from teething, it is best to
give an alterative powder every four hours, for two or three
times, such as the following for an infant of nine months,
increasing the strength according to the age.
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