Note 518 — PHARMACOLOGIA. (continued 4)

Matthew’s Pills,—Starkey’s Pills. Of the Roots of Black Hellebore, Liquorice, and Turmeric, equal parts, purified Opium, Castille Soap, and Syrup of Saffron, the same quantity, made into pills with Oil of Turpentine.

Bacher’s Tonic Pills. These are composed of equal parts of the Extract of Hellebore, and Myrrh ℥j, with ʒiij of powdered Carduus Benedictus: which are made into a mass, and divided into pills, each weighing one grain; from two to six of which may be given three times every day, according to the effects they produce.