[For] a Clyster.—A pint and a half of gruel or fat broth, a
tablespoonful of castor oil, one of common salt, and a lump of
butter; mix, to be injected slowly. A third of this quantity is
enough for an infant.
[Chalk] mixture, seven ounces; aromatic and opiate confection, of
each one drachm; tincture of catechu, six drachms: two
tablespoonfuls every two hours.
[Carbonate] of soda, powdered rhubarb, and Castile soap, each one
drachm; make thirty-six pills; three twice a day.
[Lotion].—Common salt, one ounce, distilled water, seven ounces;
spirit of wine, one ounce: mix.
[Dried] sulphate of magnesia, six drachms; heavy carbonate of
magnesia, two drachms; wine of colchicum, two drachms; water, eight
ounces: take two tablespoonfuls every four hours.