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This page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional.
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Cure for Whooping Cough
mel, tin powder, castor oil, oil of turpentine, Pure carbonate of potassa, 1 scruple; coch- cowhage, pinkroot, male-fern, and gamboge. ineal, 1 grain; dissolve in 6 ounces of water A good plan for removing worms from chilsweetened with sugar. Dose for a child four dren, is to give 3 to 5 grains of calomel in years old, 1 tea-spoonful 3 times a day, to be sugar, over-night, and a dose of castor oil the taken before meals. This is an excellent next morning. The motions should be obremedy. served, and if worms be found, the same treatment may be followed once a week, until they are wholly removed.