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Factitious Balm of Gilead

want of appetite, &c. 5120. Tonic Infusion. Gentian root, Also called Baume de la Mecque. Gum benzoin, 1 pound; resin, 4 pounds; oil lemon, sliced. 1/2 ounce; dried orange peel, bruised, rosemary, caraway, of each 4 ounces; alcohol, coriander seeds, bruised, of each 1 drachm; :

ANODYNES-DIAPHORETICS. boiling water, 12 ounces. Macerate for an hour in a lightly covered vessel, and strain Anodynes. nodynes. Medicines which allay the liquor. This infusion is often most bene- pain; others by inducing sleep; a third class paiň. Some act by actually assuaging ficially employed in general debility, chronic give ease by stupefying the senses, or lessengout, indigestion, and other ailments. The ing the susceptibility to pain. Among the dose is from 1 to 2 ounces taken 3 or 4 times principal anodynes are opium, morphia, cama dav.

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