Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic Arts: Constituting a Complete ... by Colin MacKenzie

Author:Colin MacKenzie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kay
Published: 1853-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Take of the calomel, (as abinv) seven ounces, A*Mu of j.dap, .?J iMMuids, sugar, 9 pounds, muci-1^1 >;\' t^f ti*a};acM:.th, as much as may be found sufG-»u'Ul lo form iht; .ni^ss, which must be cut out into ir^> pilK or Kuenges; thus, leaving in each, half « tf rain of llie i^anacea. The dose of these brown p\\U is iWuu one to six, according to age and iirength. The yellow lozenge is lo be taken at uij^hl, the hi<own on the following morning. Cold is to he a\oidcd during the course.

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Gentian wine.

Take gt»nlian nx.l and drietl leraon-peel, fresh, of

KH'h 1 ouiire, 'J drachms of long pepper, and *2

^ints of moun .ain wine: infuse without heat for a

tti'ek, and strain out the wine for use. In com-

Idaiuts of the stomach, arising from weakness or udigt-»liv)n, a glass of this wine may be taken an luiur bofoiv dtituer and supper. Chiififbeate teitie.

Take 'i oz. (tf fdings of iron, cinnamon and niaoe, each *2 drachms, and 2 pints of Uhenish wine. Iul\i»e for tnree or four weeks, frequently shaking the bottle, then (tass the wine through a flh*^r. This wine is a remetly fur obstruction of llic uunti's. The dose is half a wine glass taken Iwico or tSrioi-! a day. Ijsbon wine, if sharpened w iih h:df an oz. of civam of tartar, is also beneficial. i*owrt/u/ tonic.

Tuko of decoction of bark, 6 oz. compound

tiuiiuiv of U:trk, I o». bark, in (lowder, I drachm,

c^dclucd nu^nehia, I do. Form a mixture. Two

latiK>«apo.>n.did ar^' to be given three times a day.

/■'•//• UvlHiit^ of tht •lomach.

Take of vhuuomile Ihiwers, lemon peel, orange do. iuvU -^ drui'hms, boiling water 1 pint. Let thciu u-(u:ou fvkr four hours, and strain. To the kUaiuLil luiuor Hd\l syrup ol'ginger, 6 dr. The dose ij u M iui -^l.i»»ful, iu'lho utorning early, and repeat-au hour lutorc duuior, tv>r habits debilitated by dt inking, ui iiMtur.d weakness \>i the stomach.

The ^lilU made aoiHU'diiig to the following recipe, bavc h(.en iuiy pi\-iK»ribcHl as a dinner pill ^th wio-iVMhi Tukv ul lUubmb vos>K puwdere<l, 1)dnohmiy

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Turkey myrrh, 1 do. •ncotrine aloea, | do. tt^ntft of chamomile flowers, 2} do. etsentiiu oil of d(K 16 drops. Mix well together, and divide into 80

In lis. Two or three to be taken abc^t an hoar b(^ ore dinner.

Tonic thrauffht in comcb of ffreat debiUtjf.

Take of the deeoction of bark, 12 drachms, lino* tiire of bark, 1 ditto, ^nip of Tolu, ^ ditto, dilntet vitriolic acid, 8 drops. Make into a draught, lo be taken three tiroes a day.

J>* BtutUe*» preocription for tntS/j^ettion.

Dissolve three drachms of sulphate of magnesia in half a pint of the infusion of roses (made s^ cording to the London Pharmaeopceia), and thea add hfdf an ounce of the tincture of cascaiilla. Three table-spoonsful to be taken twice a day; i. & between the hours of breakfast and dinner, and ia the evening.

Abernethy^o preocripdon for iniUgettion.

Take of caforoel (or sub-muriate of mercury]^ precipitated sulphuret of antimony, each 1 seruijle, i>owder of eum

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