This section is from the "Encyclopedia Of Practical Receipts And Processes" book, by William B. Dick. Also available from Amazon: Dick's encyclopedia of practical receipts and processes.
5437. Milhau's Emulsion of Cod-Liver Oil. Take 1 fluid ounce syrup containing sufficient saccharate of lime to represent 6 grains of the hydrate of lime; 5 fluid ounces water, 9 fluid ounces cod-liver oil, and 6 drops essential oil of almonds. Make into an emulsion.
5438. Bumstead's Opium Injection for Gonorrhoea. An injection, composed of 1 scruple extract of opium, 1 fluid ounce glycerine and 3 fluid ounces water, passed into the urethra after every passage of urine, affords relief in local pain, and diminution of discharge.
5439. Ricord's Gonorrhoea Injection. Take 20 grains each sulphate of zinc and acetate of lead, and 4 fluid ounces rose-water. The bottle to be well shaken before using.
5440. Condy's Fluid. Dissolve 1/2 drachm permanganate of potassa in 1 pint water. This is an excellent lotion for burns, ulcers, and suppurating surfaces, relieving the pain and removing the fetid odor.
5441. Dewees' Tincture of Guaiacum. Digest for a few days 4 ounces powdered gum-guaiac, l1/2 drachms carbonate of soda (or of potassa), and 1 ounce powdered allspice, in 1 pint dilute alcohol. Add 1 or 2 drachms volatile spirit of ammonia to every 4 ounces of the tincture. To be administered in doses of 1 tea-spoonful in a little sweetened milk, or in sherry wine, morning, noon and night, in cases of suppressed menses. This is an excellent and well-tried remedy.
5442. 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; camphor, 21/2 ounces; oil of rosemary, 2i drachms; oil of origanum, 5 drachms; weaker ammo-ma, 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 ammonia, 4 ounces; oil of rosemary, 1 ounce; oil of horsemint, 1 ounce; dissolve the soap in the spirit by a gentle heat, and add the other ingredients. Bottle whilst warm.
5444. Flak's Antacrid Tincture. This alterative has been found a valuable remedy in secondary syphilis and other disorders. Macerate for 7 days 1 ounce powdered guaiac, 1 ounce Canadian balsam, and 2 fluid drachms oil of sassafras, in 8 fluid ounces alcohol. Filter, and add 1 scruple corrosive sublimate. Dose, 20 drops in wine or sweetened water, night and morning.
5445. Hufeland's Pectoral Elixir. Take 3 parts saffron, 4 parts each benzoin, myrrh, gum-ammoniac, aniseseed, and purified liquorice-juice; 8 parts each sneezewort root, Florentine orris-root, and squill-bulbs; macerate for a week in 93 parts rectified spirit, stirring frequently, then filter.
 
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