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Mrs (Wheeler's Nursing Syrup)
Wheeler's Nursing Syrup. operate, administer 2 more. Butternut is Mix together 35 ounces sugar, 4 ounces lime- highly recommended as a cathartic in fevers, water, 1/2 ounce aqueous extract of podophyl- dysentery, &c. lin, 4 ounces fluid extract of poppy, and 1 5320. Chapman's Peristaltic Persuadrachm oil of anise in 2 ounces rectified spirit. ders. Take 1 drachm powdered rhubarb, 10 The aqueous extract of podophyllin is of the grains powdered ipecacuanha, and 10 drops same strength as the ordinary fluid extracts, oil of caraway. Make up with sufficient pow- 16 troy ounces to the pint. The above syrup dered acacia into 20 pills. Dose, 2 pills at will be found to contain about 2 drops fluid bed-time, in obstinate constipation. extract of poppy in cach tea-spoonful.