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Cajeput Liniment
Mix to- Mix toounce camphor, and 1 ounce oil of cajeput. 4891.
Cantharides Liniment for Chilblains. Mix together 2 ounces soap lini- Apply at intervals during the day. ment and 1 ounce tincture of Spanish flies.
Take of oil of mustard, 1 fluid drachm; ether- 4892. Compound Mustard Liniment. eal extract of mezereon, 40 grains; camphor, hol, 4 fluid ounces; dissolve the extract of. 120 grains ; castor-oil, 5 fluid drachms ; alcomezereon and camphor in the alcohol, and add the oil of mustard and castor-oil. 3 or 4 times a day. This is Sir Astley Cooper's 4893. Nerve and Bone Liniment. prescription, and a very efficacious remedy for chilblains.
Take 1 ounce spirits of turpentine, pint