GROCERS’ DRUGS.
Reading edition
Cough Syrup. AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE.
Morphine 8 grains
Tartar Emetic 4 ”
Fluid Extract Ipecac 90 minims
Tincture Sanguinaria 1 oz.
Water 6 ”
Syrup, enough to make 1 quart
Heat the water, add the morphine and tartar emetic. Stir until dissolved, add syrup cold, shake well, then add the ipecac and tincture sanguinaria. Put in bottles to suit.
Dose.—Adults, 1 teaspoonful three times a day. Children in proportion to age.
Florida Water.
Oil Bergamot 4 ozs.
” Lemon 6 ”
” Lavender 1 ”
” Cloves 6 drachms
Alcohol 3½ gallons
Water 3 quarts.
Dissolve the oils in the alcohol, let stand twenty-four hours, then add the water. Filter. No color.
Florida Water No. 2.
Oil Bergamot 8 ozs.
Neroli 4 ”
Oil Lavender 3 ”
” Cloves 1½ ”
” Cinnamon ¼ ”
Tincture of Iris ½ pint
Tincture Peruvian Balsam ¼ ”
Alcohol 4 gallons
Water 3 quarts.
Proceed as above.
Arnica Jelly. FOR CHAPPED HANDS AND LIPS.
Starch ½ oz.
Glycerine 4 ozs.
Water 1 oz.
Arnica ½ ”
Oil Rose a few drops sufficient to scent.
Mix the starch, glycerine and water together, heat to 240 degrees. When nearly cold add the arnica and rose oil. Color with red aniline.
Artificial Bay Rum.
Oil Bay Leaves 3 drachms
Oil Cloves 5 minims
Powdered Mace 5 grains
Alcohol 1 pint
Water 3 pints.
Grind the oils in magnesia with a little alcohol added. Then mix the whole, and filter.
Hand Grenades.
Common Salt 20 parts
Sal Ammoniac 9 ”
Water 72 ”
Mix them well together. Put into thin bottles, cork tightly, and seal by dipping the cork and neck of the bottle into heated sealing wax to prevent evaporation.
Hand Grenade No. 2.
Water 1 gallon
Sal Ammoniac 5 ozs.
Corn Remedy.
Salicylic Acid ¾ drachm
Extract of Indian Hemp 8 grains
Collodium ¾ oz.
Mix well together.
Directions.—Apply once a day, with a small hair pencil. After a few days the corn can be lifted out. Attach a small hair pencil to the cork of the vial before it is put into the bottle. By having a large cork, it will act as the handle for the pencil, which is always submerged in the liquid. Vials of size ⅛ to ¼ oz. is large enough to pack it in. Retails usually at about 25c. each.
Sozodont—Said to be.
Castile Soap 5 ozs.
Glycerine 5 ”
Alcohol 30”
Water 20”
Oil Peppermint enough to flavor.
” Cloves ” ”
” Cinnamon ” ”
” Anise ” ”
Mix the soap, glycerine and water together over slow fire until dissolved. Put the oils in the alcohol. Mix the whole together after the first part has cooled some.
Rat Poison.
Rough on Rats—Said to be. Colored Arsenic.
Wax for Bottle Corks.
Resin 4 ozs.
Lard 2 ”
Yellow Wax 2 ”
Melt and strain. Dip the corks and neck of the bottle into it while hot, then let stand until cool.