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Opiates are sometimes necessary to allay the violence of thecough. For this purpose, a little of the syrup of poppies, or five,six, or seven drops of laudanum, according to the age of the patient,may be taten in a cup of hyssop or penny-royal tea, and repeatedoccasionally, or a hemlock has been recommended ; they may becombined in the following form.*

After the accumulated phlegm has been brought away by emet-ics, Dr. Pearson recommends a medicine composed of opium, ipe-cacuanha, and the carbonate of soda ;t in the subjoined proportionsto a child between two and three years old, to be repeated everyfourth hour, for several days, taking care to remove costivenesswhenever it may occur, by submuriate of mercury and rhubarb(one grain of the former to four of the latter.)

The superacetate of lead is said to relieve speedily the exacer-bated symptoms of the disease, without producing- any bad effectson the stomach and bowels.^

Stimulating or anodyne embrocations frequently afford relief;ana may be rubbed along the spine, breast bone, or lower regionof the stomach,^ and opium rubbed over the stomach and chest.

Young children should be laid with their heads and shouldersraised, and should be cautiously watched, that, when the coughcomes on, they may be held up, so as to stand upon their feet,bending a little forward to guard against suifocation.

The feet should be frequently bathed in lukewarm water ; anda Burgundy-pitch plaster kept constantly between the shoulders.But when the disease proves very violent, it will be necessary, in-stead of it, to apply a blistering-plaster, and to keep the part openfor some time with issue-ointment.

When the disease is protracted, and the patient is free from afever, the Peruvian bark, and other bitters and antispasmodics,are the most proper medicines. The bark may either be taken insubstance, or in a decoction or infusion, as is most agreeable. Fora child, ten, fifteen, or twenty grains, according to the age of thepatient, may be given three or- four times a-day. For an adulthalf a drachm or two scruples will be proper. Some give the ex-tract of the bark with cantharides ; but to manage this requires aconsiderable attention. It is more safe to give a few grains ofcastor along with the bark. A child of six or seven years of agemay take seven or eight grains of castor, with fifteen grains ofpowdered bark, for a dose. This may be made into a mixture,with two or three ounces of any simple distilled water, and a littlesyrup, and taken three or four times a-day.

two or three times a-day. For a child of two years, the dose is half a grain ; and thequantity mast be thus increased in proportion to the age of the patient.

* Take Extract of Hemlock, 1 to S grs.Decoction of Bark, 1 oz.Tincture of Opium, 3 drps.Make a draught; to be taken three timesa-day.

t Take Ipecacuanha Wine, 5 drps.

Carbonate of Soda, 2 grs.

Tincture of Opium, 1 gr.

Simple Syrup, 1 dim.

Make a draught; to be taken as above.

X Take Superacetate of lead, 2 to 5 grs.

Rose Water, 2 ounces.

Syrup of Violets, 2 drachms

Make a mixture ; of which let a tea-spoonful be taken every four or five hours.

$ Take Tartarized Antimony, 1 scruple.

Water, 2 ounces.

Tincture of Spanish Flies,

J ounceMake an embrocation.

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