infusion
, from one to two ounces.
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772. Lemons
Lemons are used to form a refrigerant beverage, which is given to quench thirst in febrile and inflammatory diseases,
Lemon
juice
given with carbonate of potash (half an ounce of the juice to twenty grains of the salt), and taken while effervescing, allays vomiting; a tablespoonful, taken occasionally, allays hysterical palpitations of the heart, it is useful in scurvy caused by eating too much salt food, but requires to be taken with sugar.
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