Mother, Nurse and Infant / A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies.

by S. P. Sackett

S. Dose. 20 drops for a child, in sweetened water.

63. FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM AND DYSENTERY.

℞	Sal tart. vel carb. sod	gr. xxx.
	Gum Arabic.
	Sacch. Alb	aa. ʒ j.
	Tinct. theb	gtt x.
	Aq. Font	℥ iij.

Translation.

Take	salt of tartar or soda	20 grains.
	Gum Arabic and loaf sugar	each 1 drachm.
	Tincture of opium (laudanum)	10 drops.
	Water	3 ounces.

To the above a drop of oil of cinnamon may be added and it may be given in doses of one teaspoonful in lime water and milk, when cholera morbus is followed by diarrhœa and dysentery.

64. FOR CROUP, &C.

℞	Tr. phytolac dec	gtt. vj.
	Tr. aconit	gtt. iij.
	Aqua.	℥ iv. M.

Translation.

Take	Tinct. of poke root	6 drops.
	Tinct. of aconite	3 drops.
	Water	4 ounces. Mix.