f water, then add half
an ounce of treacle, and one drachm of diluted sulphuric acid.

_Use_ as an astringent.

525. Myrrh.

Add six drachms of tincture of myrrh to seven ounces of infusion of
linseed, and then add one drachm of diluted sulphuric acid.

_Use_ as a detergent.

526. For Slight Inflammation of the Throat.

Add one drachm of sulphuric ether to half an ounce of syrup of
marsh-mallows, and six ounces of barley water. This may be used
frequently.

527. Lotions.

Lotions are usually applied to the parts required by means of a piece
of linen rag or piline, wetted with them, or by wetting the bandage
itself.

They are for _outward application only_.

528. Emollient.

Use decoction of marsh-mallow or linseed.

529. Elder Flowers.

Add two drachms and a half of elder flowers to one quart of boiling
water, infuse for one hour, and strain.

_Use_ as a discutient.

530. Sedative.

Dissolve one drachm of extract of henbane in twenty-four drachms of
water.

531. Opium.

Mix two drachms of bruised opium with haif a pint of boiling water.

_Use_, when cold, for painful ulcers, bruises, &c.

532. Stimulant.

Dissolve one drachm of caustic potash in one pint of water, and then
gradually pour it upon twenty-four grains of camphor and one drachm of
sugar, previously bruised together in a mortar.

_Use_ for fungoid and flabby ulcers.

533. Ordinary.

Mix one drachm of salt with eight ounces of water.

_Use_ for foul ulcers and flabby wounds.

534. Cold Evaporating.

Add two drachms of Goulard's extract, and the same quantity of
sulphuric ether to a pint of cold water.

_Use_ as lotion for contusions, sprains, inflamed parts, &c.

535. Hydrochlorate of Ammonia.

Dissolve two drachms of sal ammoniac in six ounces of water, then add
an ounce of distilled vinegar and the same quantity of rectified
spirit.

_Use_ as a refrigerant.

536. Yellow Lotion.

Dissolve one grain of corrosive sublimate in an ounce of lime water,
taking care to bruise the crystals of the salt in order to assist its
solution.

_Use_ as a detergent.

_Note_, that corrosive sublimate is a _violent and deadly poison_.

537. Black Wash.

Add half a drachm of calomel to four ounces of lime water, or eight
grains to an ounce of lime water; shake well.

_Use_ as a detergent.

538. Acetate of Lead with