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Powell's Cough Balsam
Mix together 2 drachms syrup of tolu, 1 ounce paregoric elixir, and 2 ounces liquorice juice. 5443.
Steer's Opodeldoc. I. Rectified spirit, 1 quart; castile soap, 5 ounces; cam- , 1 quart ; castile soap, 5 ounces; camphor, 2½ ounces; oil of rosemary, 2½ drachms; oil of origanum, 5 drachms; weaker ammonia, 4 ounces ; digest till dissolved, and pour while warm into wide -mouthed bottles.
II. Rectified spirits, 8 pints; white soap, 20 ounces camphor, 8 ounces; water of amounces; camphor, 8 ounces; water of ammonia, 4 ounces ; oil of rosemary, 1 ounce; oil of horsemint, 1 ounce; dissolve the soap mary, made by infusing 2 pounds of the fresh officinal liquor ammonia; of spirit of rose tops of rosemary in 8 pints alcohol for 24 hours, and distilling 7 pints; and of spirit of camphor, composed of 4 ounces camphor dissolved in 2 pints alcohol. strengths; the milder lotion consists of 4 The lotion is prepared of two different drachms of the ammonia, 3 drachms of the phor spirit. spirit of rosemary, and 1 drachm of the camthe ammonia, 2 of the spirit of rosemary, and The stronger lotion contains 5 drachms of 1 of the camphor. The milder is generally in the spirit by a gentle heat, and add the sufficient to produce full vesication in from 3 other ingredients. Bottle whilst warm. except in apoplexy, and to produce cauterizato 10 minutes. The stronger is seldom used