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Spackman's Cholera Mixture

Take 1 ounce gum camphor; 2 ounces gum kino; 1/2 ounce gum catechu; 2 ounces ground cinnamon; 1 ounce ground cloves; 2 drachms African capsicums. Moisten these with brandy and digest for 48 hours. Displace (sce No. 41) 18 ounces then add 20 drachms tincture of opium and 1 ounce chloroform. Dose for an adult, 60 drops after every passage.

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