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Another (Mix together drachm)
Mix together 1 drachm of powdered alum with 1 pint of decoction of oak-bark. Inject as above.
Tonic and Astringent Pills.
Take of gum kino, and extract of Peruvian bark, each, 1 drachm; grated nutmeg, 1 scruple; powdered alum, drachm; syrup, in sufficiency to form a mass, which is to be divided into 36 pills.
Three of these are to be taken at eleven, forenoon, and five in the afternoon; being taken two hours before dinner, three hours afterwards washed down by a glassful of good port wine. Recourse may, at the same time, be had to tincture of Peruvian bark, to preparations of steel, and mineral waters.