ANTISPASMODIC CLYSTER. Take of Tincture of Assafoetida, 2 drachms. Rectified Oil of Amber, 25 drops. Mix well together. Arrow-root, a dessert or tablespoonful. Dissolve the arrow-root in the broth, in the usual way, and inject the above quantity (gently) lukewarm. This lavement is employed in cases of pint. great debility, or to support life, when the patient, from suppuration, ulceration, or stricture in the gullet or fauces, cannot swallow. Some physicians direct from a quarter to half an ounce of Peruvian Bark (bruised) to be boiled with the meat in making the broth, in cases of extreme debility from age, and when there is prolapsus of the rectum. This is chiefly employed in cases of violent hysterics, or when medicine cannot be administered by the mouth, and also for spasms in the bowels. NUTRIENT CLYSTER. Take of Beef or Mutton Broth, 1 pint. DRAUGHTS.—This is a proper form for administering such potent medicines in which the dose is to be given, and to be augmented with great nicety, as solution of arsenic, prussic acid, croton oil, acetate of morphine, &c. ELECTUARIES. — An electuary is a form of medicine, of the consistency of honey, composed of powders, incorporated As a draught is a with some syrup, or conserve, or honey. single dose of a mixture, so is a bolus a single dose of an electuary. As this form is much disposed to ferment, it should be kept in a cool place. Simple Syrup, sufficient to form an Electuary. A large tea spoonful to be taken three times a day. Dr. Mead recommends an electuary similar to this as a remedy for epilepsy. The following merits a trial: (B) Take of Mistletoe Powder, 1 ounce. Flowers of Zinc, 2 drachms. Syrup of Rhubarb, sufficient to form an Electuary. A large tea spoonful to be taken three times a day, with a wine glassful of Infusion of Valerian Root. (See ANTISPASMODICS, p. 12. and EPILEPSY.) -- ANTITUSSIC LINCTUS. Take of Spermaceti Powder, 2 drachms. Oil of Almonds, 3 drachms. Conserve of Hips, Syrup of White Poppies, 1 ounce. 6 drachms. Ipecacuan Powder, No. 23, 10 grains. Diluted Vitriolic Acid, No. 18, 15 drops. Mix. A tea-spoonful to be taken every two or three hours, or when the cough is troublesome. (See OXYMEL OF COLCHICUM SEEDS and LETTUCE Lozenge. This composition is frequently prescribed for recent cough. GARGLES. A gargle is a liquid form of medicine used for washing the mouth or throat when inflamed, ulcerated, parched, or foul. The quantity of two table-spoonsful is generally taken into the mouth, noved briskly about, and then spit out: or when the patient is not capable of doing this with any advantage, the liquor may be injected by a syringe, or applied by means of a sponge, secured to the end of a piece of whalebone. The use of a gargle should be repeated every hour in cases of ulceration or inflammation. Or, (B) Take of Purified Nitre, No. 53, 1 drachm. Both these Gargles were recommended by Mr. Cline and Mr. Pearson to be frequently used in cases of simple inflammatory sore-throat. DETERGENT GARGLE. This is a valuable Gargle in cases of the MIXTURES.-The difference between this form of medicine and a julep is, that a MIXTURE is composed both of soluble and insoluble substances. As there is no regular measure for the dose of a mixture, many physicians give the preference to a draught, which is a single dose of a mixture. Patients often prefer this liquid form of medicine to either a pill, bolus, or electuary, and in general its operation is more speedy and effectual. ABSORBENT MIXTURE. (A) Take of Magnesia, 2 drachms. Dill Water. Mix. From two to three tea-spoonsful to be given two or three times a day. This is a valuable mixture for neutralising acid matter in the stomach of infants when the bowels are confined. If attended with griping pains, six or eight drops of Laudanum and ten grains of Rhubarb powder may be added. If attended with purging, one drachm of prepared Chalk and a scruple of Salt of Wormwood may be substituted for the Magnesia. In cases of looseness attended with predominating acid and other consequences of indigestion, as flatulence, &c., a dose of Rhubarb powder (3 grains), and Calomel two grains, should precede the use of an absorbent. (See ANTACIDS, p. 6.) ANTIASTHMATIC MIXTURE. (A) Take of Oxymel of Colchicum Seeds, 1 ounce. Compound Spirit of Sulphuric This is a valuable remedy in gouty affections of languid or elderly subjects, especially when gouty pains are flying from one part to another, or when it is desirable to fix it in the feet. Some practitioners add to this composition about two drachms of the Tincture of Colchicum Seeds; but this article, by reducing the vital powers, is more likely to counteract its peculiar invigorating effects than to promote them. The Tincture of Colchicum Root or Seeds acts beneficially only as a sedative aperient, and should only be given once a day, in cases of high inflammatory attacks in the extremities. If it be administered two or three times a day, it is very apt to keep up nausea, and a grumbling flatulent state of the intestines, which reduces the vital powers, and by converting regular, or what may be termed healthy gout, into irregular gout, often endangers life. As a corrective remedy for inflammatory, gout, or gout in an irritative ner. vous habit, the Antacid Mixture is the best, and the Colchicum Seed Wine may be taken with four or five grains of Blue Pill, at bed-time, as a sedative aperient.— (See GOUT.) ANTIHYSTERIC MIXTURE. Take of Tincture of Assafœ Rub the Tincture of Guaiac Gum with the Honey, in a glass mortar, and add the other articles by degrees. Two tablespoonsful to be taken three times a day. A similar composition was often prescribed by Dr. Lettsom, in cases of chronic |