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In addition, 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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Solutions
Bitter Almond Water
Rub 16 minims oil of bitter almonds with 1 drachm carbonate of magnesia, adding 2 pints water gradually. Filter through paper. (U. S. Ph.)…
Camphor Water (Take ounce of camphor)
Take 1/4 ounce of camphor and enclose it with a glass marble in a muslin bag; put this into a wide-mouthed
Cinnamon Water
Treat 1/2 bottle, such a one as is used for preserved fluid drachm oil of cinnamon in the same manner as in the last receipt. Or, by…
Fennel Water
Treat 1/2 fluid water will become saturated with the camphor, drachm oil of fennel in the same way as last and may be poured off as…
Peppermint Water
Same as last, using 1/2 fluid drachm oil of peppermint, or 18 troy ounces peppermint. (U. S. Ph.)
Spearmint Water
Same as last, from oil of spearmint. anti-spasmodic in hysteric and nervous affections.
Barley Water
Wash away with cold water all extraneous matter from 2 ounces pearl barley; then boil for a short time in 1/2 pint water, throw this away…
Distilled Water
Take 10 gallons of spring water; distill it, rejecting the first quart that comes over, and preserving the next 8 gallons of the remainder.
Lime Water
Take of lime, 2 ounces; distilled water, 2 quarts. Slack the lime with a little of the water; pour on the remainder of the water and stir…
Lobelia Water
Lobelia leaves phia. Mix 4 drachms acetate of morphia and capsules, or powder, 1 ounce; boiling with 15 drops acetic acid, 1 pint distilled…
Fever Drink
The juice of a phia. Dissolve 1 grain sulphate of morphia lemon; cream of tartar, 1 tea-spoonful; wa- in 1 fluid ounce distilled water…
Saline Mixture
Take fresh lemon juice, 1½ ounces; carbonate of potassa, 1 drachm; white sugar, 3 drachms; pure water, 12 ounces; essence of peppermint, 30…
Tar Water (Take of tar pints water gallon)
Take of tar, 2 pints; water, 1 gallon. Mix, by stirring them with a wooden rod for a quarter of an hour, and, after the tar has subsided…
Tar Water (M Magnes Lahens suggests)
M. Magnes Lahens suggests a method of preparing this water, spoonful, used in the same cases as opium
Compound Solution of Alum
Rub together 1 ounce cach alum and sulphate of zinc; dissolve in 3 pints boiling water. If necessary, filter. This is detergent and…
Goulard's Water or Lotion
eructations, heartburn, &c., it may be taken Mix 1½ fluid drachms diacetate of lead with 2 with great benefit. It neutralizes the acid…
Solution of Nitrate of Baryta
Dissolve 4 grains nitrate of baryta in 80 grains water. This is used in the same manner as chloride of barium (see No. 4774) for testing…
Solution of Nitrate of Silver
pered), and kept in a cool and dark place. Dissolve 1 drachm crystals of nitrate of silver Nothing metallic should be allowed to come in 1…
Solution of Chloride of Potash
This solution is also known as Javelle's Bleaching Liquid; Eau de Javelle, &c. This is best part sublimed carbonate of ammonia in 3 made by…
Solution of Chloride of Soda (Solubility of santonin)
solubility of santonin in water impairs its Also variously called Solution of Chlorinated utility as a vermifuge. Water, cold or warm…
Solution of Chloride of Soda (However a useful and effective)
however, a useful and effective solution may be obtained. Put 20 grains bicarbonate of soda and 3 ounces distilled water into a flask; keep…
Solution of Indigo
Place a it clear. No heat should be used. This artistone-ware vessel containing 8 parts oil of cle is miscible with water, with which it…
Aceto-Carbolic Solution
Acet- which he has followed during two years, as ic acid (pyroligneous) 8°, 20 parts; pure being both simple and effectual: Take of…
Solution of Tartrate of Soda
Take of carbonate of soda, 14 pounds; tartaric acid, 14 pounds; crushed sugar, 2 pounds's LOTIONS. hot water, 2 gallons. Dissolve the soda…
Solution of Citrate of Potassa
acid; after effervescence has ceased, gradually introduce 1½ fluid ounces distilled water; add to this slowly, and with constant stirring…
Solution of Citrate of Iron
Dilute 1 pint of solution of tersulphate of iron with 2 pints distilled water; precipitate with water of ammonia in slight excess…
Solution of Citrate of Bismuth
Put 2 ounces pure sub-nitrate of bismuth into troy ounces citric acid in coarse powder, and stir until the precipitate is nearly dissolved…
Lotion of Muriatic Acid
Mix hydrochloric acid (specific gravity 1.16), 1 fluid ounce, with water, 19 fluid ounces. unbroken chilblains. Diluted with an equal bulk…
Lotion of Nitric Acid
Mix together 2 drachms dilute nitric acid and 1 pint water. This lotion is stimulating and cleansing. It is very useful when applied to…
Anodyne Lotion
Crude opium, 4830. Lotion of Chloride of Lime. 2 drachms; warm water, 1 pint. Rub the Take of chloride of lime (best, fresh), 1/2 ounce…
Astringent Lotion
Sulphate the filtrate in a stoppered bottle. of zinc, 2 drachms; water, 1 pint; camphorated spirit of wine, 2 drachms; mixed together. This…
Lotion of Chloride of Soda
As the last, but substituting chloride of soda for chloride of lime. Or: Take of chloride of lime, 1/2 ounce avoirdupois; water, 3/4…
Compound Alum Lotion
A detergent and astringent lotion for old ulcers, chilblains, excoriations, &c., and, largely diluted, as an eye-wash and injection…
Camphorated Lotion
Diluted As the last, but substituting 3 drachms dry solution of diacetate of lead, 8 fluid ounces; carbonate of potassa for the carbonate…
Lotion of Acetate of Lead
Dissolve sugar of lead, 1/4 ounce avoirdupois, in distilled or soft water, 1 Imperial pint. Sometimes a little vinegar is added, a like…
Preventive Lotions
These are washes intended to prevent infection from personal contact with those laboring under contagious diseases. Most of the nostrums of…
Lotion of Muriate of Ammonia
Dissolve sal-ammoniac in coarse powder, 1 to 4 drachms (avoirdupois), in water, 1 Imperial pint. A useful wash in itch, old ulcers, tender…
Lotion of Prussic Acid
Mix medicinal prussic acid, 1/2 fluid drachm, with rectified spirit, 1 fluid ounce, and distilled water, 2 fluid ounces; cover the bottle…
Sulphuretted Lotion
Dissolve sulphuret of potassium, 1 drachm avoirdupois, in distilled water, 1 pint Imperial. Used to render the skin soft, white, and…
Carbolic Acid Lotion
Dissolve 5 grains carbolic acid in crystals, in 1 ounce water. As a lotion for foul ulcers, carbuncles, scabies, and lepra.
Carbolic Acid Lotion for Burns
Mix 1 drachm liquid carbolic acid with 3 ounces linseed oil and 3 ounces lime-water. 4837. Lotion of Arnica for Bruises, Sprains, Burns…
Strong Lotion of Hydrochlorate fected
Renew the application occasionally, of Ammonia. Dissolve sal-ammoniac, 1 to and the pain will soon be removed. 2 avoirdupois ounces, in…