Important: Safety Warning
This page recommends preparations containing opium, laudanum, morphine, or similar narcotics — in some cases for children. These substances are dangerously addictive, easily fatal in overdose, and strictly controlled by law today.
In addition, this page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional.
This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon.
Useful Domestic Medicines
Useful Domestic Medicines
Dover's Sudorific Powder. Take of ipecacuanha in powder, opium (purified), each 1 part; sulphate of potass, 8 parts. Triturate them…
Medicine (Take of Peruvian bark ounces)
Take of Peruvian bark, 4 ounces; proof spirit, 2 pints. Digest for 10 days and strain. It may be given from a teaspoonful to an ounce, or…
Medicine (Put an ounce of isinglass)
Put an ounce of isinglass and half an ounce of cloves into a quart of water. Boil it down to a pint, strain it upon a pound of loaf sugar…
Salutary Cautions (Purification of Water)
Purification of Water by Charcoal. Nothing has been found so effectual for preserving water sweet at sea, during long voyages, as charring…
Salutary Cautions (As that the door shall open)
as that the door shall open towards the sea. Un-of the greatest exposure and fatigue, as during der cover of this a sufficient number of…