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Dalby's Carminative
Take oils of caraway, fennel, and peppermint, each 10 drops; rub them up with 10 ounces white sugar and 5 ounces carbonate or lump magnesia, then add 14 drachms sal-tartar and 2 ounces laudanum. Mix with 3+ pints of water. parts. Make a mass with molasses, and form into pills of 4 grains each.