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Jackson's Pectoral Syrup

5274. Bateman's Sulphur Wash.

Macerate 1 drachm sassafras pith and 1 Break 1 ounce sulphur, and pour over it 1 ounce acacia in 1 pint water for 12 hours; quart of boiling water; allow it to infuse for add 21 ounces sugar, dissolve the sugar in it 12 or 14 hours, and apply it to the face 2 without heat, filter, and then add 8 grains or 3 times a day, for a few weeks. This apmuriate of morphia. Dose, 1 tea spoonful plication is equally useful in removing that every 3 hours. roughness of the skin which generally suc-

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