Powder of tragaeanth, one

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Ingredients or materials as extracted

• drachm ; syrup of white poppies, two drachms ; laudanum, forty drops ; water, four ounces
• two good handfuls of Coltsfoot leaves, one ounce of Garlic, and two quarts of water
• Boil down to three pints
• half a cupful occasionally
• Gently simmer in two gallons of water for an hour
• away the curd, and into half a pint of the posset put one ounce of brown sugar candy, to dissolve
• the posset as hot as you can at night, when in bed, and renew it for three or four times
• A dry cough. — Disolve J oz. of gum arabic, J oz. of Spanish juice, and two table-spoonl'uls of treacle, in a little warm water ; add 3 drachms of the syrups of squills, and 2 drachms of syrup of poppies

Method as extracted

1. Take two good handfuls of Coltsfoot leaves, one ounce of Garlic, and two quarts of water.
2. Boil down to three pints.
3. Strain, and to the liquor add eight ounces of sugar, boil gently for ten minutes.
4. Take half a cupful occasionally.
5. Take away the curd, and into half a pint of the posset put one ounce of brown sugar candy, to dissolve.
6. Take the posset as hot as you can at night, when in bed, and renew it for three or four times.
7. Take a teaspoonful when the cough is annoying; drink linseed tea, sweetened with sugar-candy.

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