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This page recommends preparations containing opium, laudanum, morphine, or similar narcotics — in some cases for children. These substances are dangerously addictive, easily fatal in overdose, and strictly controlled by law today.
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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Mathieu's Vermifuge
Tin fil- Carbonate of lead, 4 drachms; sulphate of ings, 1 ounce; fern root, ounce; worm-seed, morphia, 15 grains; stramonium ointment, 1 ounce; resinous extract of jalap, 1 drachm; ounce; olive oil, sufficient to make into an sulphate of potassa, 1 drachm; honey to form ointment. an electuary. A tea-spoonful every 3 hours 5255. Ditchett's Remedy for Files. for 2 days; then substitute the following: Spermaceti ointment, 8 ounces ; powdered jalap, 2 scruples; sulphate of potassa, 2 scru- galls, 1 ounce; powdered opium, 1 drachm; ples; scammony, 1 scruple; gamboge, 10 solution of diacetate of lead, 1½ ounces. Mix grains; made into an electuary with honey, well. and given in the same dose.