Infusion of balm

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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-339057.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• balm: The drink, whey, milk and water, toast and water, butter milk : or an infusion of balm, ground ivy, maiden hair, and liysop, may be made in a pint of boiling water, sweeten with honey : or liquorice root sliced, one ounce : boil in two pints of water, pour oft', and add a pint of barley water : give for the common drink. An emetic may be given on the first attack of the disease ; to a child under two years old, one d

Method as extracted

1. Infuse according to the source passage: The drink, whey, milk and water, toast and water, butter milk : or an infusion of balm, ground ivy, maiden hair, and liysop, may be made in a pint of boiling water, sweeten with honey : or liquorice root sliced, one ounce : boil in two pints of water, pour oft', and add a pint of barley water : give for the common drink. An emetic may be given on the first attack of the disease ; to a child under two years old, one dram of ipecacuhana wine, or twenty drops of antimonial wine : above that age the dose may be increased one half, or from five to ten grains of the powder of ipecacuhana may be given in a little cold water : if the child will drink, warm water or thin water gruel, is proper to work it off : the feet may be bathed in warm water, a plaster may be made of compound laudanum and applied on the stomach, or compound plaster of Burgundy pitch may be spread on leather and laid between' the shoulders, and give the following :

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