Tincture of opium

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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-329602.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• opium: distilled mint water, two ounces : tincture of opium, twenty drops : sirup of rue, two drams.* powder of rhubarb, twenty grains

Method as extracted

1. Macerate according to the source passage: If there is violent cholic pains attended with convulsion^ take distilled mint water, two ounces : tincture of opium, twenty drops : sirup of rue, two drams.* powder of rhubarb, twenty grains : give a tea spoonful every four hours until the symptoms abate: or take sirup of rhubarb, half an ounce: sirup of poppy, half an ounce: give one or two tea spoonfuls every three hours : to in- fants more than six months old, the dose may be increased to three tea spoonfuls every three hours: the child’s belly may be rubbed with a warm cloth before a fire, or rub on the belly a few drops of brandy or oil of chamomile. After the child is weaned its food maybe pearl barley boiled in water until it becomes thick like sirup, strain off, and to a boatful of that liquor add a boatful of new milk, give without sugar in small quanti- ties and often, until the child will take milk alone or milk pottage. For chafing in infants mo- thers and nurses should wash the child all over its body every morning in cold water : or take ful- ler’s earth, four ounces : pour on it four quarts of U 2 220 Diseases of Infants. coid water : let it stand a few hours to settle, and wash the child with it, leaving a little of the earth in the creases of the neck, under the arms, the groins, and behind the ears ; if the parts are chafed, a little hair powder may be applied, and if much so, a few drops of Goulard’s extract of lead may be dropped into half a pint of cold water until it turns milky, and wash the sore parts until it is healed ; some nurses use white lead, called cerus, which is dangerous on account of its drying poison- ous quality.

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