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

2-1/2 ounces

Mix. Use with Cutler's Inhaler. The above amount would cost about 40 cents.

SEVEN SUTHERLAND SISTERS' HAIR GROWER.

    Stearns' Bay Rum 7 fluid ounces
    Dist. Extract of Witch-Hazel 9 fluid ounces
    Sodium Chloride 1 dram
    Hydrochloric Acid (5 per cent) 1 drop
    Magnesia sufficient

Mix the bay rum and distilled extract of witch-hazel, and shake with a little magnesia; filter, and in the filtrate dissolve the salt and add the hydrochloric acid. The agitation with magnesia causes the preparation to assume a yellow color; but by rendering it very slightly acid, with one drop of five per-cent hydrochloric acid, this color all disappears. The above amount would cost about 50 cents.

SKINNER'S DANDRUFF MIXTURE.

    Hydrate of Chloral 1 dram
    Glycerin 4 drams
    Bay Rum 16 drams

The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

ST. JACOB'S OIL.

    Gum Camphor 1 ounce
    Chloral Hydrate 1 ounce
    Chloroform 1 ounce
    Sulp. Ether 1 ounce
    Laudanum 1/2 ounce
    Oil Origanum 1/2 ounce
    Oil Sassafras 1/2 ounce
    Alcohol enough to make 1 gallon

Mix. The above amount, eight pints, would cost about $2.25 or 30 cents per pint.

SYRUP OF FIGS.

    Senna Leaves 7 ounces
    Coriander Seed 3 ounces
    Figs 12 ounces
    Tamarind 9 ounces
    Cassia Pulp 9 ounces
    Prunes 6 ounces
    Glycyrrhizae 3/4 ounce
    Essence Peppermint 3/4 ounce
    Syrup Simple, to make 1/2 gallon

The formula omits directions; but probably a water extract should be made of the drugs, so as to measure about four pints, and in this dissolve eight pounds of sugar to make the syrup. The above amount, four pints, would cost about $1.00.

[486 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]

THOMAS'S ELECTRIC OIL.
    Gum Camphor 1 dram
    Oil Wintergreen 1 dram
    Oil Origanum 1 dram
    Chloroform 2 drams
    Tincture Opium 2 drams
    Oil Sassafras 2 drams
    Oil Hemlock 2 drams
    Oil Turpentine 2 drams
    Balsam fir 2 drams
    Tincture Guaiacum 2 drams
    Tincture Catechu 2 drams
    Alcohol, to make 1 pint
    Alkanet sufficient to color

Mix. The above amount would cost about 40 cents.

KELLY'S TONIC.

    Tincture Nux Vomica 2 drams
    Dilute Nitro-hydrochloric Acid 3 drams
    Compound Tincture Cinchona 1-1/2 ounces
    Compound Tincture Gentian 3 ounces

Mix. Dose: Two drams in water three times a day.

The above amount would cost about 35 cents.

VAN BUSKIRK'S FRAGRANT SOZODONT.

The following formula may be regarded as making an article identical with the original in all essential features:

    Alcohol 1 fluidounce
    Water 1-1/4 fluidounces
    Soap 120 grains
    Oil of Gaultheria 2 minims
    Red Sanders sufficient

Dissolve the soap in the mixture of alcohol and water; add the color, perfume with oil of wintergreen, add enough water to make the fluid measure three ounces.

The above amount would cost about 15 cents.

The following is suggested as a similar article to the Fragrant Sozodont powder, which accompanies the liquid.

    Infusoria1 Earth 40 grains
    Orris Root 125 grains
    Precipitated Chalk 200 grains
    To make 365 grains

Perfume very tightly with Oil of Cloves. The above amount would cost about 10 cents.

[PATENT MEDICINES 487] WATT'S ANTI-RHEUMATIC PILLS.

    Powdered Aloes 4 drams
    Powdered Gamboge 4 drams
    Powdered Hellebore 2 drams
    Powdered Guaiac 1/2 dram
    Hydrargyrum Chlorid Mite 1/2 dram
    Precip. Sulphide of Antimony 15 grains
    Oil of Cloves 1/2 fluid dram
    Soap 1 dram
    Spirits of Camphor. sufficient

Mix. Make into five-grain pills. The above amount would cost about 50 cents.

WHITE'S COUGH SYRUP.
    Syrup Tolutani 4 drams
    Glycerini 8 drams
    Hive Syrup 12 drams
    Syrup Ipecacuanhae 12 drams
    Tincture Lobelia 12 drams
    Tincture Opii Camphor 12 drams
    Extract Pilocarpi Fluid 4 drams
    Ammonia Chloridi 2 drams

Mix. Dose: Take a teaspoonful three times during the day, and every hour or two before going to bed. The above amount would cost about 60 cents.

EDWARD'S ALTERATIVE AND TONIC BITTERS.

    Fluid Extract of Hops 2 ounces
    Fluid Extract of Red Cinchona 2 ounces
    Fluid Extract Sarsaparilla 6 drams
    Fluid Extract Golden Seal 6 drams
    Fluid Extract of Podophyllum 4 drams
    Oil of Wintergreen 6 drams
    Oil Sassafras 3 drams
    Oil of Peppermint 2 drams
    Oil of Lemon 2 drams
    Sugar 12 ounces
    Alcohol 1 quart
    Water enough to make 6 quarts

The above amount would cost about $1.75.

HARTER'S WILD CHERRY BITTERS.

    Wild Cherry Bark 1 ounce
    Yellow Cinchona Bark 1 dram
    Orange Peel 2 drams
    Cardamon Seed 1 dram
    Wild Ginger 1/2 dram
    Alcohol Dilute 12 ounces
    Honey 2 ounces
    Syrup 2 ounces

Percolate the drugs in moderately fine powder, with the dilute alcohol and when six pints are obtained add the honey and syrup.

The above amount would cost about 40 cents.

[488 MOTHERS' REMEDIES] HAMBURG BREAST TEA.

    Marshmallow Flowers 2 ounces
    Glycrrhiza Root 6 drams
    Iris Florentina 2 drams
    Coltsfoot 1 ounce
    Mullein Flowers 1/2 ounce
    Anise Seed 1/2 ounce

Mix. The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND.

    Celery Seed 2 ounces
    Red Cinchona Officinalis 1 ounce
    Orange Peel 1/4 ounce
    Coriander Seed 1/4 ounce
    Lemon Peel 1/4 ounce
    Hydrochloric Acid 15 min.
    Alcohol 5 fluid ounces
    Glycerin 3 fluid ounces
    Water 4 fluid ounces
    Syrup 4 fluid ounces

Grind the solids to No 40 power, mix the acid and the water, add the glycerin and alcohol, and in the menstruum so prepared macerate the powder for twenty-four hours; then percolate, adding enough alcohol and water in the proportion given to make twelve fluid ounces. Finally add the syrup, and, if necessary, filter. The above amount would cost about 60 cents.

RADWAY'S PILLS.

    Aloes 4 parts
    Jalap 2 parts
    Zingiber 2 parts
    Myrrh 2 parts

Make into a mass with mucilage and divide into two grain pills, of