Form IV.
Take of alum two drachms, and of decoction of walnut leaves one quart. Dissolve and mix well together. This compound is found serviceable as a vaginal injection in leucorrhœa.
Form V.
Take of powdered galls one drachm, to which add one pint of water. Boil down to three quarters of a pint, and strain. This preparation has been found very useful in chronic diarrhœa and excessive hemorrhage from piles.
Form VI.
Take of soft extract of rhatany seventy-five grains, to which add one drachm of tincture of rhatany, and a half a pint of water. Dissolve the extract in the water, and strain; then add the tincture. This has been successfully prescribed by many physicians for bleeding piles, fissures in the anus, and chronic dysentery.
Anti-Dysenteric Injection.
Take of solution of acetate of lead from two and a half drachms to four drachms, to which add one pint of water.
For children, from one half to two and a half drachms will be sufficient in a proper proportion of water. This is an effectual injection in acute dysentery.