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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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Influenza Mixture
Mix½ ounce 5613. Inhalation of Tar for Consumption. Mix together 16 ounces liquid tar and 1 fluid ounce liquor of potassa; boil them for paregoric elixir, 1 ounce syrup of squills, and a few minutes in the open air; then let it sim- 2 drachms antimonial wine, with 6 ounces mer gently in an iron vessel over a spirit or water. A tea-spoonful every 15 minutes until other lamp in the chamber of the patient. relieved.