fterwards No. 46.

643. Thrush.

One of the powders No. 6 every other night; in the intervals a
dessertspoonful of the mixture No. 18 three times a day; white spots
to be dressed with the honey of borax.

644. Tic Doloreux.

Regulate the bowels with No. 3, and take in the intervals of pain, No.
27. Avoid cold, damp, and mental anxiety.

645. Toothache.

Continue the use of No. 3 for a few alternate days. Apply liquor
ammoniae to reduce the pain, and when that is accomplished, fill the
decayed spots with silver succedaneum without delay, or the pain will
return. A drop of creosote, or a few drops of chloroform on cotton,
applied to the tooth, or a few grains of camphor placed in the decayed
opening, or camphor moistened with turpentine, will often afford
instant relief.

646. Typhus Fever.

Sponging the body with cold or tepid water, a well-ventilated
apartment, cold applications to the head and temples. Aperients No.
4, with refrigerants No. 9, tonics No. 13 in the stage of debility.

647. Water on the Brain.

Local bleeding by means of leeches, blisters, aperients No. 5, and
mercurial medicines, No. 15.

648. Whites.

The mixture No. 36, with the injection No. 37. Clothing light but
warm, moderate exercise in the open air, country residence.

649. Worms in the Intestines.

The aperient No. 5, followed by No. 7, afterwards the free use of lime
water and milk in equal parts, a pint daily. Avoid unwholesome food.

650. Prescriptions.

_To be used in the Cases enumerated under the head "Diseases" (page
112)._

651. List of Prescriptions.

The following prescriptions, originally derived from various
prescribers' Pharmacopoeias, embody the favourite remedies employed by
the most eminent physicians:--

1. Take of powdered aloes, nine grains; extract of colocynth,
compound, eighteen grains; calomel, nine grains; tartrate of
antimony, two grains; mucilage, sufficient to make a mass, which is
to be divided into six pills; two to be taken every twenty-four
hours, till they act thoroughly on the bowels: in cases of
inflammation, apoplexy, &c.

2. Powdered rhubarb, Socotrine aloes, and gum mastic, each one
scruple; make into twelve pills: one before and one after dinner.

3. Compound extract of colocynth, extract of jalap, and Castile
soap, of each one scruple; make into twelve pills.