above amount would cost about 25 cents.

[PATENT MEDICINES 475]

ELY'S CREAM BALM.

This is a proprietary article, largely advertised in the Eastern states,
and meets with rapid sales and is used for catarrh. The directions are to
dip the little finger into the balm and insert up the nostrils giving two
or three inhalations. It is as follows:

Thymol 3 grains
Bismuth Carbonatis 15 grains
Oil of Wintergreen 2 minims
Vaselin to make 1 ounce

The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

FOR SORE THROAT.

Listerine 2 ounces
Glycerin 1/2 ounce
Pure Water to make 4 ounces

Mix. Use as a gargle.

This will cure any ordinary case, but do not mistake sore throat for
diphtheria. The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

FELLOW'S HYPOPHOSPHITES.

Glucose 1 lb.
Simple Syrup 1 pint
Hypophosphite Calcium 128 grains
Hypophosphite Potassium 48 grains
Ferri Sulp 48 grains
Sulphate Manganese 32 grains
Sulphate Quinine 14 grains
Sulphate Strychnine 2 grains
Water sufficient

Dissolve the calcium and potassium hypophosphites in two fluid ounces of
warm water. Add to one ounce of water, three fluid ounces of the syrup and
dissolve in the mixture, by the aid of heat, the remainder of the salts.
Mix the solutions and set by a few hours, covered, to deposit the sulphate
of calcium which is formed. Filter into bottle containing the remainder of
the syrup, wash the residue with an ounce of boiling water, mix filtrate
and washings with the syrup; dissolve the glucose in the mixture, and add
through the filter enough water to make two pints. The formula would be
improved by substituting for the glucose, a refined extract of malt like
that prepared by Gebe, in Germany. The proportion of the medicinal
ingredients in the syrup it is true is small; I shall not warrant it to
perform miracles of cure. It is simply offered as a substitute for
Fellow's Hypophosphites; whatever therapeutic efficiency that nostrum has,
we may count upon obtaining equally from this syrup.

The above, about four pints, would cost about $1.00.

GENERAL TONIC.

Citrate of Iron and Quinine 2 drams
Simple Syrup 2 ounces
Pure Water 2 ounces

Mix. Dose: Teaspoonful fou