oot, and boil in a quart of
water until it comes to a pint.

_Dose_, from two to four ounces, that is to say, from an eighth of a
pint to a quarter of a pint.

_Use_ for sluggish state of the liver.

502. Embrocations and Liniments.

These remedies are used externally as local stimulants, to relieve
deep seated inflammations when other means cannot he employed, as they
are more easily applied locally.

503. Anodyne and Discutient.

Take two drachms of scraped white soap, half a drachm of extract of
henbane, and dissolve them by a gentle heat in six ounces of olive
oil.

_Use_ for glandular enlargements which are painful and stubborn, about
half an ounce to be well rubbed into the part twice a day.

504. Strong Ammoniated.

Add one ounce of strong liquid ammonia to two ounces of olive oil,
shake well together until properly mixed.

_Use_ as a stimulant in rheumatic pains, paralytic numbnesses, chronic
glandular enlargements, lumbago, sciatica, &c.

_Note_ that this embrocation must be used with care, and only employed
in very obstinate cases.

505. Compound Ammoniated.

Add six drachms of oil of turpentine to the strong ammoniated liniment
above.

_Use_ for the diseases mentioned in the preceding paragraph and
chronic affections of the knee and ankle joints.

506. Lime and Oil.

Take equal parts of common linseed oil and lime water and shake well.

_Use_ for burns, scalds, sun peelings, &c.

507. Camphorated.

Take half an ounce of camphor and dissolve it in two ounces of olive
oil.

_Use_ as a stimulating and soothing application for stubborn breasts,
glandular enlargements, dropsy of the belly, and rheumatic pains.

508. Soap Liniment with Spanish Flies.

Take three ounces and a half of soap liniment, and half an ounce of
tincture of Spanish flies, mix and shake well.

_Use_ as stimulant to chronic bruises, sprains, rheumatic pains,
and indolent swellings.

509. Turpentine.

Take two ounces and a half of resin cerate, and melt it by standing
the vessel in hot water, then add one ounce and a half of oil of
turpentine, and mix.

_Use_ as stimulant to ulcers, burns, scalds, &c.

510. Enemas.

These are a peculiar kind of medicines, administered by injecting them
into the rectum or outlet of the body. The intention is either to
empty the bowels, kill worms, protect the lining membrane of th