Blake’s Toothache Essence. From alum, in fine powder, 1 dr.; sweet spirit of nitre, 5 dr.
Boerhaave’s Odontalgic Essence. From opium, 1⁄2 dr.; oil of cloves, 5 dr.; powdered camphor, 5 dr.; rectified spirit, 11⁄2 fl. oz.
Bouchardat’s Tasteless Aperient. From phosphate of soda, 3⁄4 oz., placed in a soda-water bottle, which is then filled up with carbonated water, at the bottling machine. For a dose.
Brand’s Tooth Tincture. From pellitory of Spain (bruised), 1 oz.; camphor, 3⁄4 oz.; opium, 1⁄4 oz.; oil of cloves, 1 dr.; digested for 10 days in rectified spirit, 1⁄2 pint.
Brodum’s Nervous Cordial. Prep. 1. “Originally it consisted simply of an infusion of gentian root in English gin, coloured and flavoured with a little red lavender (compound spirit of lavender.). After a time the doctor added a little bark to the nostrum, and subsequently made other additions.” (‘Anat. of Quackery,’)
2. (Paris.) Tinctures of gentian, calumba, cardamoms, and cinchona, compound spirits of lavender, and steel wine, of each equal parts. “It is tonic, stomachic, and stimulant; but, beyond these, possesses no curative properties.” ‘Anat. of Quackery.’
Chlorodyne. This nostrum, which was first introduced as “a combination of perchloric acid with a new alkaloid,” has become a popular anodyne and sedative. Several preparations are sold under this name, and the claims of the rival makers have occasioned some expensive lawsuits. The name was undoubtedly invented by Dr J. Collis Browne, but Mr Freeman, pharmaceutical chemist, claims to be the inventor of the preparation. Whether Browne’s and Freeman’s ‘chlorodynes’ are essentially the same, we are not able to determine, but we know that there is not the slightest foundation for the statements made by each manufacturer respecting the new vegetable principle contained in his medicine. Chlorodyne, in every one of its forms, is simply a mixture of certain well-known materials, some of which are rather dangerous ingredients for a popular nostrum. According to the analysis of Dr Odgen, Browne’s chlorodyne is composed as follows:—
Chloroform, 6 dr.; chloric ether, 1 dr.; tincture of capsicum, 1⁄2 dr.; oil of peppermint, 2 drops; hydrochlorate of morphine, 8 gr.; Scheele’s hydrocyanic acid, 12 drops; perchloric acid, 20 drops; tincture of Indian hemp, 1 dr.; treacle, 1 dr. ‘Towle’s chlorodyne’ is prepared according to this formula, the ingredients being named on the label.
Clarke’s Conglutinum. See Conglutinum.
Cochrane’s Cough Remedy. Acidulated syrup of poppies.