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Source: The Book of the household [electronic resource] : or, Family dictionary of everything connected with housekeeping and domestic medicine : with the treatment of children, management of the sick room, the sanitary improvements of the dwelling, the duties of servants, and full information on all other subjects relating to personal and domestic comfort by University of Glasgow. Library (1862), narrative-offset-773212.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- senna: Whenever the spasms begin to relax, and the stomach becomes somewhat composed, some mild cathartic should be administered, such as the preceding opening draught, or castor oil alone, or compound tincture of senna, or a solution of some purgative salt ; assisting its operation by a laxative clyster, should the desired effect not be speedily pro- duced, every three or four hours. For a clyster dissolve extract of bitte
Method as extracted
- Macerate according to the source passage: Whenever the spasms begin to relax, and the stomach becomes somewhat composed, some mild cathartic should be administered, such as the preceding opening draught, or castor oil alone, or compound tincture of senna, or a solution of some purgative salt ; assisting its operation by a laxative clyster, should the desired effect not be speedily pro- duced, every three or four hours. For a clyster dissolve extract of bitter apple, i drachm, in infusion of senna, 16 ozs. ; and add Glauber's or Epsom salts, ^ oz. ; castor oil, 1 oz.
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- The Book of the household [electronic resource] : or, Family dictionary of everything connected with housekeeping and domestic medicine : with the treatment of children, management of the sick room, the sanitary improvements of the dwelling, the duties of servants, and full information on all other subjects relating to personal and domestic comfort — The Book of the household [electronic resource] : or, Family dictionary of everything connected with housekeeping and domestic medicine : with the treatment of children, management of the sick room, the sanitary improvements of the dwelling, the duties ofPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-773212.