Tincture of Virginia snake

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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-72942.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Virginia snake: powder of burnt hartshorn prepared, two ounces: of cochineal, ten grains : of tormentil 46 Of the Nervous Fever. root, two drams

Method as extracted

1. Macerate according to the source passage: Take powder of burnt hartshorn prepared, two ounces: of cochineal, ten grains : of tormentil 46 Of the Nervous Fever. root, two drams : boil in tliree pints of spring: water till it comes to two pints: strain and add barley water, four ounces : simple cinnamon wa- ter, four ounces r sweeten with loaf sugar, and take two or three table spoonfuls frequently. A composing Dccociion, Take of Virginia snake root bruised, three drams : boil in half a pint of spring water : strain off, and add one dram of sal-volatile, and forty drops of tincture of opium; or half an ounce of sirup of white poppy r dose, two table spoonfuls- every four hours.

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