446.  Diuretic mixture

Take of peppermint water 5 oz., wine 6 drachms, sweet spirits of nitre 1/2 oz.; mix.  Two tablespoonsful to be taken three times a-day in obstruction of urinary passages.

447.  Sweating mixture

Take of acetated liquor of ammonia 3 oz., ipecacuanha 10 gr., tincture of oil of peppermint 15 drops, distilled water 5 oz.; mix.  Three tablespoonsful to be taken every two hours, until it produces the desired effects.

448.  For cramp in the stomach

Take of ether 2 drms, white sugar 1-1/2 drms., tinc. of opium 60 drops, cinnamon water 2 oz.; mix.  Give a teaspoonful every hour in cramp of the stomach.

449.  For hooping cough

Take of tinc. of assafoetida 1 drm, ipecacuanha 10 gr., tinc. of opium 10 drops, distilled water 2 ozs.; mix.  Give to a child two years old a teaspoonful every four hours, increasing ten drops for every additional year.

450.  For winter cough, &c.

Take of powered extract of liquorice 2 drms, gum acacia 2 drms, hot water 4 oz.; mix.  Let all dissolve, and add tinc. of opium 40 drops, spirits of nitric ether 1 drm., wine of antimony 2 drms.  Dose, one tablespoonful in catarrh and common winter cough.

451.  Tonic mixture

Take of calomba 2 ozs., tinc. of muriate of iron 1-1/2 oz., sulphate of quinine 20 grs., brandy 6 ozs., water 1-1/2 pint, bruise the calumba and pour the water on it boiling hot, cover tightly for two hours, then strain, bottle, and add all the other ingredients, when the quinine is dissolved it is ready for use.  This forms an excellent tonic in cases of debility.  Dose, one tablespoonful three times a-day half an hour before meals.

452.  Anti-periodic mixture

Take of sulphate of quinine 20 grs., sulphuric acid 1 drop, white sugar 1 drm., cinnamon water 2-1/2 oz.; put the quinine, acid and water into a vial together, when dissolved add the sugar.  Dose, a teaspoonful every hour, between the paroxysms of intermittent fevers, fever and ague, &c.

453.  Emmenagogue mixture

Take of tinc. of aloes 1/2 oz., tinc. of chloride of iron 1/2 drm., tinc. of valerian 1/2 oz.; mix.  Take a teaspoonful in chamomile tea two or three times a-day in cases of amenorrhoea.

454.  Anti-gout mixture

Take of ammoniated tinc. of guaiac 6 drms., camphor water 6 ozs., tinc. of rhubarb 1/2 oz., and honey 1/2 oz.; mix, by rubbing the honey and the guaiac up in a glass mortar, and then add the other articles by degrees.  Give two tablespoonsful every four or six hours, and rub with the anti-rheumatic liniment.

455.  Anti-gonorrhoeal mixture

Take of copaibe 1/2 oz., spirts of nitric ether 1/2 oz., powdered acacia 1 drm., powered white sugar 1 drm., compound spts. of lavender 2 drms., tinc. of opium 1 drm., distilled water 4 oz.; mix.  Dose, a tablespoonful three times a-day.  Shake before using.