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der the mixture agreeable. This is sharpened with vegetable or mineralacids, or impregnated with other medicines suitable to the intention.

Camphorated Julep.—Take of camphor, one drachm; rectified spiritof wine, ten drops; double refined sugar, half an ounce; boiling distilledwater, one pint. Rub the camphor first with the spirit of wine, thenwith the sugar ; lastly, add the water by degrees, and strain the liquor.■—In hysterical and other complaints where camphor is proper, the julepmay be taken in the dose of a spoonful or two as often as the stomachwill bear it.

Cordial Julep__Take of simple cinnamon-water, four ounces; Jamaica

pepper-water, two ounces; volatile aromatic spirit, and compound spiritof lavender, of each two drachms; syrup of orange-peel, an ounce. Mixthem.—This is given in the dose of two spoonfuls three or four times a-day, in disorders accompanied with great weakness and depression ofspirits.

Expectorating Julep.—Take of the milk of gum ammoniac, six ounces;syrup of squills, two ounces. Mix them.—In coughs, asthmas, and ob-structions of the breast, two table-spoonfuls of this julep may be takenevery three or four hours.

Musk Julep.—Rub half a drachm of musk well together with half anounce of sugar, and add to it, gradually, of simple cinnamon and pep-permint-water, each two ounces; of the volatile aromatic spirit, twodrachms.—In the low state of nervous fevers, hiccuping, convulsions,and other spasmodic affections, two table-spoonfuls of this julep may betaken every two or three hours.

Saline Julep.—Dissolve two drachms of salt of tartar in three ouncesof fresh lemon-juice, strained: when the effervescence is over, add, ofmint-water, and common water, each two ounces, of simple syrup, oneounce.—This removes sickness at the stomach, relieves vomiting, pro-motes perspiration, and may be of some service in fevers, especially ofthe inflammatory kind.

Vomiting Julep.—Dissolve four grains of tartarised antimony in eightounces of water, and add to it half an ounce of the syrup of clove July-flowers.—In the beginning of fevers, where there is no topical inflam-mation, this julep may be given in the dose of one table-spoonful everyquarter of an hour till it operates. Antimonial vomits serve not only toevacuate the contents of the stomach, but likewise to promote the dif-ferent excretions. Hence they are found in fevers to have nearly thesame effects as Dr. James's Powder.

MILK.

Milk of Gum Ammoniac.—Take of gum ammoniac two drachms, ofdistilled water half a pint. Rub the gum resin in a mortar with the wa-ter, gradually poured on, till it be dissolved and become an emulsion ;then strain the liquor.

Ammoniacum Milk.—(Or as it was formerly called, Emulsion of GumAmmoniac) is used for attenuating tough viscid phlegm, and promotingexpectoration. In obstinate coughs, two ounces of the syrup of poppiesmay be added to it. The dose is two table-spoonfuls three or four timesa-day.

Goat's Milk is sometimes used with the most happy success in h.ysterio