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Prescription For Cholera

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
August
Year
1873
Copyright
Public Domain
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lhe iollowing prescription was adoptod bv the College of Physicians in Philadelphia in 1806: Laudanum, tvro ounccs ; spirits of camphor, tvvo ounces; tinoture of capsiouni, one-half ounce ; tincture of ginger, one o unce ; essence of peppermint, two ounces; Huffmau's anodyne, two ounoes. tf the anodyne canuot be readily obtain d, snbatitute sulphurio ether - half thi. quautity. Mix thoroughly, and shake well every time it is ueed. Oive or take from t'u t-. twenty-flve drops, acoordinj to age, oondition and violenoe of attack :t oviTy twanty minuten until relief is obtahied. In a desperate i;;;-u tuke a poonful at once. Take it in an equa] qaantity of water, and lie on the buuk qiiintly, or in un easy sittiu'i posture, with the back supported, t i 11 it has f uil opportunity to work. Carry a suiall vial in the pocket, with a few liaups oi' white sugaf upou which to drop it, to be osed in euddèn emorgenoiea

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Old News
Michigan Argus