Some children are the subjects of many diseases of the eye, producing blindness from opacities, &c. I ordered the same to be made into a powder, in which form it can be taken easily in any vehicle, without exciting disagreeable warmth. The formulæ are—
| PIL. CARYOPH. C. | |
| ℞—Ol. Caryoph. | |
| Magnes. Cal. | āā Ʒi. |
| Ol. Cinnamom. | qtt. vi. |
| M. Ft. Pil. xxiv. | |
| PIL. PIMENT. CO. | |
| ℞—Ol. Piment. | |
| Magnes. Cal. | āā Ʒi. |
| Ol. Cinnamom. | qtt. vi. |
| M. Ft. Pil. xxiv. | |
The dose of these pills is one or two thrice a day.
Expedition is required in the making of these pills, otherwise it becomes a solid mass, and unable to be formed into pills.
I have found an alcoholic extract of cloves and pimento, made into pills with magnesia, equally efficacious.
| PULV. CARYOPH. C. | |
| ℞—Ol. Caryoph. | |
| Magnes. Calc. | āā ℥i. |
| Ol. Cinnamom. | Ʒi. |
| M. Ft. Pulv. | |
| PULV. PIMENT. CO. | |
| ℞—Ol. Piment. | |
| Magnes. Calc. | āā ℥i |
| Ol. Cinnamom. | Ʒi |
| M. Ft. Pulv. | |
The dose of these powders is from four to eight grains thrice a day.