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

82. FOR FLATULENT DYSPEPSIA.

℞	Salacylate of bismuth	2 parts.
	Calcined magnesia	3 parts.
	Oil of anise	1 part. M.

Of this powder a small teaspoonful may be taken before a meal.

ANTISEPTICS.

83. LAVENDER AND CAMPHOR.

℞	Spirits of camphor	min. xx.
	Spirits of lavender	f. ʒ j.
	Gum trugacanth mucilage	f. ʒ vij.

Make a draught. To be taken every six or eight hours by a nervous attendant in a sick room.

84. SOLUTION OF CHLORINATED SODA.

℞	Liquoris chlorinatæ	ʒ j.
	Tinct. opii	min. xv.
	Camphonæ aquæ	f. ℥ xij. M.

A table spoonful three times a day relieves the fetor, and is otherwise useful in low cases of fever, gangrene of the lungs, &c.