The directions on the label are as follows:
| Scale of Doses |  | To be modified according to the | |||
| age or debility of the Patient. | |||||
| For over | 21 | years, | a teaspoonful in | water, | at bedtime. |
| ” | 12 | ” | half a teaspoonful | ” | ” |
| ” | 6 | ” | 15 drops | ” | ” |
| ” | 4 | ” | 10 ” | ” | ” |
| ” | 2 | ” | 5 ” | ” | ” |
| Half Doses may be taken three or four times a day. | |||||
| It is not intended for Infants. | |||||
| For serious cases seek medical aid. | |||||
Analysis showed that 100 parts by measure contained 1·07 parts of chloroform and 4·3 parts of alcohol, both by measure, and 67 parts of solids; about 48 parts of the latter consisted of sugar, partly in the form of invert sugar, and the remaining 19 parts consisted principally of the mucilage of decoction of linseed; oil of aniseed was present, and evidence was obtained of small quantities of preparations of tolu and squill. Tho ipecacuanha alkaloids extracted amounted to 0·007 per cent., and the morphine to 0·021 per cent. If the ipecacuanha were present in the form of wine of the official strength, this represents:
| Ipecacuanha wine | 42 | minims. |
| Morphine | ¹/₇ | grain. |
| Chloroform | 5 | minims. |
in each fluid ounce.
OWBRIDGE’S LUNG TONIC.
This is sold by another English provincial company, price, 1s. 1½d., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11s. a bottle; the 2s. 9d. size contained a little over 6½ fluid ounces.
It is stated on the wrapper that this:
Cures Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Influenza, and all Affections of the Chest, Throat, and Lungs.
Also,