Mother's Remedies by Thomas Jefferson Ritter (positive books to read txt) 📕

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    Salicylic Acid 1 dram
    Muriate Ammonia 1 dram
    Acetic Acid 1/2 dram
    Lanoline 1 dram
    White Wax 1 dram
    Lard to make 1 ounce

Mix. Excellent remedy. The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS.

For headache, torpid liver, constipation, and the complexion take one pill every night. As a purgative take four to eight. Weight of twelve pills about seven and one-half grains of which probably two to two and one-half grains is sugar coating. They contain Podophyllin and aloes made into a pill and coated with sugar. On the above we deduce the following formula as closely resembling the original:

    Podoph (resin) 1-1/2 grains
    Aloes (Socotrine) 3-1/2 grains
    Mucilage of Acacia sufficient

Mix; divide into twelve pills and coat with sugar.

The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

FOR DIARRHEA, FLUX AND DYSENTERY.

To one teaspoonful of Epsom Salts add eight drops of laudanum in one-fourth glass of water. An excellent medicine. The above amount would cost about 5 cents.

[PATENT MEDICINES 473] CASTORIA.

    Senna 4 drams
    Manna 1 ounce
    Rochelle Salts 1 ounce
    Fennel Seed 1-1/2 drams
    Sugar 8 ounces
    Oil of Wintergreen sufficient
    Boiling Water, enough to make 8 fluid ounces or a half-pint.

Pour the water over the ingredients, then cover and macerate until cool, after which strain, add the 8 ounces of sugar and dissolve by agitation; add enough oil of wintergreen for suitable flavoring.

The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

DYSPEPSIA TONIC.

    Tincture Gentian Compound 2 ounces
    Tincture Rhubarb 2 ounces
    Tincture Ginger 1/2 ounce
    Essence Peppermint 2 drams
    Sodium Bicarbonate 1/2 ounce
    Water to make 8 ounces

Mix. Dose: Teaspoonful after meals.

For acute cases of indigestion where the stomach and bowels are full and distended, or sour stomach and spitting up of food, this will relieve at once; and with continued use relieve entirely. The above amount would cost about 50 cents.

MADAME RUPERT'S FACE BLEACH.

Analysis assigns the following composition to this cosmetic:

    Corrosive Sublimate 1 grain
    Tincture of Benzoin 7 grains
    Water 10 ounces

Mix. The above amount would cost about 15 cents.

TO REMOVE BLOTCHES AND PIMPLES FROM THE FACE.

    Acidi Carbolici 20 drops
    Powdered Borax 1 dram
    Listerine 1 ounce
    Alcohol 1 ounce
    Aqua Rose to make 8 ounces
    Mix.

For young ladies, this will prove more beneficial than any face preparation on the market. It is very refreshing and will remove black heads, tan and blemishes, leaving the skin clear and smooth. The above amount would cost about 50 cents.

CHAMBERLAIN'S COLIC, CHOLERA, AND DIARRHEA REMEDY.

    Tincture Capsici 2-1/2 ounces
    Tincture Camphor 2 ounces
    Tincture Guaicum 1-1/2 ounces

Mix. The above amount would cost about 50 cents.

[474 MOTHERS' REMEDIES] FEMALE REGULATOR.

    Carbonate Iron 1 ounce
    Tincture Gentian Compound 2 ounces
    Powdered Rhubarb 1/2 ounce
    Powdered Cinchona 1 ounce

Mix. Add to one pint Sherry Wine. Dose: Teaspoonful three to four times a day.

We warrant this to be one of the best tonics that can be procured for general female weaknesses.

The above amount exclusive of pint of sherry wine, would cost about 50 cents.

CUTICURA OINTMENT.

The much advertised "Cuticura Ointment" has been found to consist .of a base of petroleum jelly, colored green, perfumed with oil of bergamot and containing two per cent of carbolic acid. Four ounces would cost about 25 cents.

FLUX.

    Prepared Chalk 2 drams
    Tincture Catechu 1/2 ounce
    Tincture Opii 1/2 ounce
    Aqua Cinnamon to make 8 ounces

Mix. Dose: One-half to one teaspoonful every three hours. For adults, only. The above amount would cost about 40 cents.

CUTICURA RESOLVENT.

This preparation is said to be:

    Aloes, Socot 1 dram
    Rhubarb Powdered 1 dram
    Potas. Iodidi 36 grains
    Spirits Frumenti 1 pint

Macerate over night and filter.

The above amount exclusive of whisky would cost about 15 cents.

FOR FEVER.

    Quinia Sulp 50 grains
    Capsicum 6 grains

It will make twenty-five capsules. Mix. Dose: One every three hours.

This has been used for years. You should keep the bowels open to remove the cause. The 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 four times a day.

This tonic is good to build up the system and to make rich, new blood. People who feel tired and do not rest well at night cannot use a better remedy.

The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

[476 MOTHERS' REMEDIES] GENUINE WHITE OIL LINIMENT.

    Carbonate of Ammonium 19 drams
    Camphor 20 drams
    Oil of Turpentine 21 drams
    Oil of Origanum 20 drams
    Castile Soap 19 drams
    Water to make 1-1/2 pints

Mix. The above amount would cost about 60 cent.

HEADACHE.

    Acetanilid 160 grains
    Citrate Caffein 1 dram
    Sodae Bicarbonatis 15 grains
    Tartaric Acid 5 grains
    Simple Elixir to make 4 ounces

Mix. Dose: One-half to one teaspoonful half hour apart for two doses.

Two doses of this remedy will generally relieve any headache. Be careful of this. It is good but all these are sometimes dangerous. The above amount would cost about 35 cents.

GOOD SAMARITAN LINIMENT.

    Oil of Sassafras 2 drams
    Oil of Hemlock 2 drams
    Spirits of Turpentine 2 drams
    Tincture of Capsicum 2 drams
    Tincture of Myrrh 1 ounce
    Laundanum 2 drams
    Oil of Origanum 2 drams
    Oil of Wintergreen 1 dram
    Gum Camphor 1/2 troy ounce
    Chloroform 3 drams
    Alcohol, to make 1 pint

Mix. The above amount, about twenty ounces, would cost about 90 cents.

HEARTBURN.

Tincture Nucis Vomicae 1 ounce

Dose: Take five drops three times a day before meals. This is good.

The above amount would cost about 15