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Mrs (Wheeler's Worm Confec)
Wheeler's Worm Confec- pulverize 2 pounds bayberry bark, 1 pound tion. Triturate to a fine powder, 1 drachm hemlock bark, 1 pound ginger, 2 ounces cay- .
Triturate to a fine powder, 1 drachm hemlock bark, 1 pound ginger, 2 ounces caymild chloride of mercury and 10 drachms enne pepper, and 2 ounces cloves. Mix them sugar; add 25 ounces sugar and 6 drachms santonin; mix all together and make into 360 tablets. Each tablet will therefore contain grain of calomel and 1 grain santonin. together. This is an excellent remedy for weak stomach, dyspepsia, &c. Put teaspoonful of the mixture with a tea-spoonful of sugar into a cup of boiling water. After standing for a few moments, drink the contents. (Some omit the hemlock bark.)