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Dewees' Carminative
Take+ 5261. Cholagogue. Quinine, 20 grains; drachm carbonate of magnesia, 1 drachm Peruvian bark, 1 ounce; rhubarb, 1 ounce; loaf sugar, 60 drops tincture of assafætida, 20 sulphuric acid, 15 or 20 drops, or 1 scruple drops tincture of opium, and 1 fluid ounce tartaric acid; brandy, 1 gill, and water to water. Dissolve the sugar in half the water; add this to the tinctures previously mixed in the bottle. Rub the magnesia with the remainder of the water; then mix together the two preparations. Direct the mixture to be shaken before used. make 1 pint. Dose, 2 spoonfuls every 2 hours in absence of fever.. 5262. Malone's Mixture for a Cough or Cold. Take 1 tea-cupful of flaxseed, soak all night. In the morning put in a kettle 2 quarts water, 1 handful of liquorice root (split up), 4 pound good raisins (cut in half). Boil