Draught of myrrh

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Source: The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory . by Bullman, E; University of Glasgow. Library (1810), narrative-offset-370931.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• myrrh: pill ruffi, one dram salt of iron, one dram and a half; oil of juniper, twenty drops: sirup of orange peel, enough to make a mass, form into twelve pills ': 247 Of Fainting Fits. dose, two or three once or twice a day : or take compound powder of myrrh, from twenty to thirty grains in any liquid or sirup, once a day

Method as extracted

1. Mix according to the source passage: Take of gum myrrh, one dram : of gum asa~ fcetida, two drams : of socotrine aloes in powder, two drams ; beat in a mortar to a mass with sirup of mugwort, rue, or common sirup, form into middling sized pills : dose, from one fo three pills once a day, wash down with a draught of mother- wort or penn royal tea; or take pill ruffi, one dram salt of iron, one dram and a half; oil of juniper, twenty drops: sirup of orange peel, enough to make a mass, form into twelve pills ': 247 Of Fainting Fits. dose, two or three once or twice a day : or take compound powder of myrrh, from twenty to thirty grains in any liquid or sirup, once a day.

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