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intestines from injury, restrain copious discharges, allay spasms in
the bowels, or to nourish the body. These clysters, or glysters, are
administered by means of bladders and pipes, or a proper apparatus.

511. Laxative.

Take two ounces of Epsom salts, and dissolve in three quarters of a
pint of gruel, or thin broth, with an ounce of olive oil.

512. Nutritive.

Take twelve ounces of strong beef tea, and thicken with hartshorn
shavings or arrowroot.

513. Turpentine.

Take half an ounce of oil of turpentine, the yolk of one egg, and half
a pint of gruel. Mix the turpentine and egg, and then add the gruel.

_Use_ as an anthelmintic.

514. Common.

Dissolve one ounce of salt in twelve ounces of gruel.

515. Castor Oil.

Mix two ounces of castor oil with one drachm of starch, then rub them
together, and add fourteen ounces of thin gruel.

_Use_ as a purgative.

516. Opium.

Rub three grains of opium with two ounces of starch, then add two
ounces of warm water.

_Use_ as an anodyne in colic, spasms, &c.

517. Oil.

Mix four ounces of olive oil with half an ounce of mucilage and half a
pint of warm water.

_Use_ as a demulcent.

518. Asafoetida.

Mix one drachm of the tincture of asafoetida in a pint of barley
water.

_Use_ as an anthelmintic, or in convulsions from teething.

519. Gargles.

These are remedies used to stimulate chronic sore throats, or a
relaxed state of the swallow, or uvula.

520. Acidulated.

Mix one part of white vinegar with three parts of honey of roses, and
twenty-four of barley water.

_Use_ in chronic inflammation of the throat, malignant sore
throat, &c.

521. Astringent.

Take two drachms of roses and mix with eight ounces of boiling water,
infuse for one hour, strain, and add one drachm of alum and one ounce
of honey of roses.

_Use_ for severe sore throat, relaxed uvula, &c.

[VIOLENT PASSIONS LEAD TO GREAT DEPRESSIONS.]

522. For Salivation.

Mix from one to four drachms of bruised gall-nuts with a pint of
boiling water, and infuse for two hours, then strain and sweeten.

523. Tonic and Stimulant.

Mix six ounces of decoction of bark with two ounces of tincture of
myrrh, and half a drachm of diluted sulphuric acid.

_Use_ in scorbutic affections.

524. Alum.

Dissolve one drachm of alum in fifteen ounces o