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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.
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Regimen, etc (Diet ought to be nutritive)
The diet ought to be nutritive and generous, with a moderate use of wine. Exercise ought also to be daily used, and particularly on horseback. The mind should likewise be kept amused by associating with agreeable company.
Chalybeate Pills.
Mix together extract of bark and sulphate of iron (green vitriol), each 1 scruple; sub-carbonate of soda 15 grains; powdered myrrh 30 grains.
Add syrup of ginger to form the whole into a mass, which divide into thirty-four pills. After the stomach has been cleansed by a gentle emetic, two of these are taken two or three times a day, taking care to wash them down with nearly a wineglassful of the following Tonic Draught.
Mix together compound tincture of Peruvian bark and compound tincture of cardamoms, each 1 ounce; compound infusion of gentian 1 pint.
Chalybeate Draught.
Pour fifteen drops of tincture of muriate of iron