Note 630 — PHARMACOLOGIA. (continued 6)

Godfrey’s Cordial. The following receipt for this nostrum was obtained from a wholesale druggist, who makes and sells many hundred dozen bottles in the course of a year. There are however several other formulæ for its preparation, but they are not essentially different. Infuse ℥ix of Sassafras, and of the seeds of Carraway, Coriander, and Anise, of each ℥j, in six pints of water, simmer the mixture until it is reduced to four pints; then add ℔vj of Treacle, and boil the whole for a few minutes; when it is cold, add f℥iij of the tincture of Opium. The extensive and indiscriminate use of this nostrum in the nursery, is a subject of national opprobrium, and is so considered by foreign writers. See Fodéré, Medicine Legale, vol. iv. p. 22.