compound squill pill, twenty-four grains ; compound povvder of ipecacuanha, fifteen grains

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Source: On the diseases of females, a treatise illustrating their symptoms, causes, varieties, and treatment, including the diseases and management of pregnancy and lying-in women. Designed as a companion to the author's "Modern domestic medicine." Containing also an appendix on the proper principles of the treatment of epilepsy, an account of the symptoms and treatment of diseases of the heart and a medical glossary by Graham, Thomas John, 1795?-1876. n 85029309 (1837), paragraph-1969.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• compound squill pill, twenty-four grains ; compound povvder of ipecacuanha, fifteen grains ; aromatic confection, a sufficient quantity to make the mass, which is to be divided into ten pills
• He gave the patient a powerfully drastic pur- gative in two ounces of brandy, with the immediate effect of producing twenty alvine evacuations
• of tartrate of potash, one ounce and a half ; sulphate of potash, half an ounce; powder of squills, two drachms; tartar emetic, two grains

Method as extracted

1. Take of tartrate of potash, one ounce and a half ; sulphate of potash, half an ounce; powder of squills, two drachms; tartar emetic, two grains.
2. Mix them well together, and take a tea-spoonful or more four or five times daily, in water.

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