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ces with the small-pox, which every human creature isexposed to, if not secured from it by vaccine inocula-tion.

NO. 87.

Tincture of Cantharides.

To prepare—Take half an ounce of cantharides, (orSpanish flies) pulverise them and put them in a bottlewith half a pint of spirits, shake them together a suffi-cient time, then strain out what you want for presentuse, thro' a fine rag, two or three double.

The particular use of this medicine is to remove, infemales, that obstruction usually occasioned by catch-ing cold, frequently so fatal to women, (i. e. obstructedmenses.)

I would advise to have this in readiness; and aftertrying No. 27 or No. 44, to recruit the system if possi-ble and prepare good blood, for 5 or 6 days, then givethis tincture.

Begin by dropping three drops in a little water (saya wine glass full) let her drink it, and repeat the do-ses three times a day, adding one drop more in evei - ypotion, until a stranguary takes place, or the wishedfor fluor; then stop, and attend to the remedy for thestranguary, No. 80.

Then rest from this 4 or 5 days, and in this time giveone of the chalybeates above mentioned ; then give thetincture again, beginning with the number of dropswhich you last gave, three times a day, till one or theother of the before-mentioned succeeds; then stop andproceed as above directed. If the end is not answeredby the second effort, try the third ; but I think, common-ly speaking, you need not rise above 15 or 20 drops ata dose.

This course commonly speaking, gives no disturbance,and will be found a safe and easy process, and verysure to succeed, if such a thing be possible—it beingone of the gentle attempts to be made in the stimulant