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Aloes and Myrrh Pills
Mix 1 ounce aloes, ½ ounce myrrh, and ¼ ounce saffron, with sufficient syrup to make a mass.
This is sufficient for 240 pills. 4903. Assafœtida Pills. Mix into a mass with water ounce assafoetida and ounce soap. Make into 120 pill. meal. A good remedy for indigestion, with costiveness.