fuerit, et augeatur seu minuatur dosis pro ratione effectûs. As much as may be sufficient that thirtysix pills may be made, of which let two be given at bed-time, whenever stools are too solid (i. e. whenever the bowels are too constipated) and let the dose be increased or diminished in proportion to the effect.

277.-Recipe, Pulveris Opii, granum unum

Confectionis Rose, grana qua

tuor

Fiat bolus vespere, si perstet diarrhoea, vel adsint tormina intestinorum, capiendus. Make a bolus, to be taken in the evening, if the diarrhea continue, or if the griping of the bowels be present.

278.-Recipe, Jalapa Radicis Pulveris, unciam

unam

Potassæ Bitartratis, uncias duas Seorsim duo permisce. Dosis à drachma dimidia ad drachmas sex, mane. Mix the two together. The dose is from half a drachm to six drachms, in the morning.

Recipe, Extracti Gentianæ drachmas

quinque

In pilulas sexaginta dividendas. Dosis una vel duæ nocte maneque statim post cibum. To be divided into sixty pills. The dose (is) one or two night and morning, immediately after taking food.

CHAP. VI.-FORMS FOR LINCTUSES.

280.-Recipe, Olei Terebinthinæ, drachmas duas Mellis despumati, unciam

Misce; fiat linctus. Dosis cochleare parvum, nocte et mane, cum haustu cujusvis potûs tenuioris tepefacti. Mix: let a linctus be made. The dose is a tea spoonful night and morning, with a draught of any kind of weak warm drink.

281.-Recipe, Confectionis Sennæ, uncias qua

tuor

Sumat ad nucis juglandis magnitudinem. Let the patient take it to the size of a walnut. 282.-Recipe, Confectionis Rose, uncias duas Tincturæ Opii, drachmam unam

Acidi Sulphurici diluti, drachmam dimidiam

Fiat electuarium, exactè invicem miscendo. Let an electuary be made, by mixing them accurately together.

283.-Recipe, Confectionis Rosæ caninæ, drach

mas duas

Syrupi Aurantii, drachmas sex

Olei Amygdala, drachmam unam

Misce, et fiat linctus, in ollâ fictili mittendus. Mix, and let a linctus be made, to be sent in an earthen pot.

284.-Recipe, Oxymellis Scillæ, drachmas tres Syrupi Papaveris, drachmas sex Pulveris Tragacanthæ compositi, drachmam unam

Misce. Fiat linctus, cujus lambat æger pauxillum subinde. Mix. Let a linctus be made, of which let the patient take (lick) a little now and then. 285.-Recipe, Resinæ Guaiaci, drachmam unam Confectionis Rosæ, unciam unam

Syrupi Aurantii, quantum suf

ficit

ut fiat electuarium, de quo capiat quantitatem nucis moschatæ majoris, bis indies. That an electuary may be made, of which let the patient take the size of a large nutmeg twice a day.

286.-Recipe, Confectionis Rosæ, uncias duas Acidi Sulphurici diluti, drachmam

unam

Misce, et fiat linctus; capiat quantitatem castaneæ bis in die. Mix, and let a linctus be made; let the patient take the size of a chesnut twice a day.

287.-Recipe, Confectionis Sennæ, uncias qua

tuor

Pulveris Potassæ Bitartratis, un

ciam dimidiam

Misce, et fiat electuarium.

Capiat quantitatem nucis avellanæ vel moschatæ subinde, vel ter in die paulò ante prandium. Mix, and let an electuary be made. Let the patient take the size of a filbert nut

or nutmeg, now and then, or three times a day, a little before dinner.

288.-Recipe, Pulveris Cinchonæ, unciam unam

tres

Serpentariæ, drachmas

Syrupi simplicis, quantum suffi

cit

ut fiat electuarium, quod decedente paroxysmate totum capere debet æger, ante accessum febris sequentem. As much as is sufficient that an electuary may be made, the whole of which the patient ought to take when the paroxysm is over, and before the attack of the succeeding one.

289.-Recipe, Confectionis Sennæ, unciam unam. Fiat linctus, sumendus subindè lambendo. Mittatur in narthecio. Let a linctus be made, to be taken occasionally by licking. Let it be sent in a gallipot.

290.-Recipe, Confectionis Rosæ, unciam unam Aluminis Pulveris, drachmam

unam

Misce. Imponatur parvulum assiduo linguæ. ut solutum ibi oblinat et sic lente deglutiatur. Mix. Let a little very frequently be placed on the tongue, that being dissolved there it may diffuse itself (over the tongue), and thus be slowly swallowed.

291.-Recipe, Pulveris Uvæ Ursi, unciam unam Syrupi Aurantii, quantum sufficit ut fiat electuarium, debitæ spissitudinis, cujus mo

Jem nucis moschate. bis in fe, quam feings. As much as may be friet tit a sy may be made, of the proper ti civs. ff rhet d the patient salis gradually the size ya aaïnej twice a day.

292-Recipe, Aceti Colchisi, meias dras

Mellis, units ça tor

Mises, et super leni foco, sæpios agitando, ench leare ligneo, coque ad meilis spissitudinem. H oxymellis, sumat æger cochleare parvulum ter die. Min, and boil over a slow fire, to the thickness 47 honey, frequently stirring with a wooden pocs. of this oxymel let the patient take a tea-spoon”al three times a day.

293.-Recipe, Mentha viridis foliorum recentium, uncias quatuor

Sacchari purificati, uncias duo

decim

Folia mortario lapideo contunde, tum adjecto saccharo, iterum contunde, donec corpus sit unum. Beat the leaves in a stone mortar, then the sugar being added, again beat until they unite into a

horis repeLet a bolus

Fiat bolus, statim sumendus, et tertiis tendus, urgente ægritudine ventriculi. be made, to be taken immediately, to be repeated every third hour, if the sickness be troublesome.