196 / 330
196
600
MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
RECEIPTS.
No.
433.
Restorative
Balls
after
Jaundice.
Take
of
gentian
and
carawaj-seeds,
in
powder,
•each
8
ounces,
powdered
ginger,
and
precipitated
sulphur
of
antimony,
each
6
drachms,
Castile
soap,
1^
ounces,
and
honey
sufficient
to
form
into 6
balls.
One
of
these
balls
should
be
given
every
other
day
for
some
time.
No.
434.
Pectoral
Balls
for
Broken
Wind,
Take
of
Barbadoes
tar,
Venice
turpentine,
and
Castile
soap,
each
2
ounces,
squills
in
powder,
1
ounce
;
then
add
nitre
2
ounces,
anise-seed
and
caraway-seeds,
fresh
powdered,
each
1
ounce
;
beat
them
into
a
mass
with
honey
and
liquorice-powder,
and
divide
into
10
balls.
No.
435.
Alterative
Balls
for
Surfeit^
Mange^
^"C.
Take
of
precipitated
sulphur
of
antimony
and
gentian-root,
and
Socotrine
aloes,
each
1
ounce,
in
fine
powder,
nitre
2
ounces,
calomel
and
can-
tharides,
in
powder,
each
2
drachms.
Mix,
and
make
them
into
a
mass
of
balls
with
honey
or
molasses.
Each
ball
to
weigh
1^
ounces.
This
ball
will
be
found
very
useful
in
many
dis-
eases,
such
as
surfeit,
hide-bound,
mange,
grease
or
swelled
legs,
lameness
of
the
joints,
molten
grease,
Inflammation
of
the
eyes,
and,
indeed,
in
all
linger-
ing
and
obstinate
diseases.
One
ball
may
be
given
every
other
morning
for
2
or
3
weeks.