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peonía— peony.

of each,half an ounce.

one dram,three ounces,sixteen drops

Prepared Hartshorn,

Aloe Wood,

Root of Peony,

Lemon Peel,

Sugar,

Oil of Cinnamon.Make a powder.

They are called completa if there is su-per-added

Ambergris, half a scruple.

Musk, five grains.

This powder was formerly in reputeagainst head-ach, vertigo, apoplexy, andepilepsy. — Dose, from half a dram to twoscruples.

ANTI-CATARRHAL POWDER.

Pulvis contra Tussim Infantum. (Palat.)

R. Root of Peony, half an ounce.

---------- Florentine Iris, six drams.

---------- Serpentaria, two drams.

Saffron, one dram.

Sugar Candy, one ounce.

Make a powder.

ANTI-EPILEPTIC POWDER.

Pulvis epilepticus seu Pctoniœ compositvs seude Gutteta seu ad Guttetam seu cephalicus.(Bruns. ; Hisp. ; Palat. ; Wirtem. ;Cadet de Gassicourt; Fee ; Henri ;

PlERQUIN ; SpIELMANN]

R.

Root of Peony,Sub-carbonate of

Ammonia,Prepared Hartshorn,Root of Fraxinella,Miseltoe,Prepared Amber,

of each, one part.

of each,two parts.

four parts.

Pulverize. (Cadet de Gassicourt ;Fee ; Henri)

This is the Poudre de la princesse de Ca-rignan. — Dose, eighteen grains, to a childof one year old ; thirty-six, to one of twoyears ; forty-eight, to one of three years ;and one dram, to one of four and above.It is prescribed in convulsive disorders.

R.

Root of Peony,-------— Fraxinella,

Miseltoe,

Seeds of Orache,———■ Peony, "1

Elk's Hoof, J

Prepared Human Skull,

Gold Leaves,

- Red Coral, "1

- h, I

- Hyacinth,

of each,half an ounce.

two drams.

of each,half an ounce.

one ounce.

of each,half an ounce,fifty.

Triturate together. (Wirtem.)

Dose, from half a scruple to half a dram.

R. Root of Peony, one ounce and a half.

■ Contrayerva,

Miseltoe,Rasped Ivory,

---------- Hartshorn,

---------- Elk's Hoof,

Prepared Human Skull,

---------- Red Coral,

Hyacinth,

of each,

six drams.

of each,y one dramand a half.

Occidental Bezoar,Make a fine powder. (Hisp.)R. Miseltoe, ~]

Root of Fraxinella,

---------- Peony,

Seeds of Peony, JOrache,---------- J,/

of each,

one ounce.

of each,

half an ounce.

Prepared Red Coral,Elk's Hoof, one ounce.

Make afine powder. (Spielmann)

R. Miseltoe, "I f .

Root of Valerian, l , ' ot each >Magnesia, J ^lf an ounce.

Seeds of Peonv, c ,

jr . or each,

•--------- Knotgrass, > , '

Prepared Red Cora!, J tmdrams '

Make a powder. (Pierquin)

These four formula» give the powderwhich is more particularly designated Pulvisad Guttetam.

R. Root of Peony, three ounces.

Miseltoe,

Rasped Ivory,

---------- Elk's Hoof,

---------- Hartshorn,

Burnt Ivory,

Red Coral,

White Coral,

Prepared Pearls,

Gold Leaves,Make a powder.mann)

Bruns, prescribes three ounces of peony,six drams each, of miseltoe, of hartshorn,of magnesia, of calcined ivory, of each ofthe two corals, and of mother of pearl, andten gold leaves.

This formula gives the Pulvis epilepticusMarchionis, Pulvis Marchionis. — Dose,from ten grains to half a dram.

of each,

six drams.

twenty.(Wirtem. ; Spiel-

Prepared Amber,

.----------- Mother of Pearl,

Emerald,

of each,half anounce,of each,two scruples.

Aloe Wood,Root of Peony,

Sea Unicorn, \ of each,

Miseltoe, /one dram and a half.Sugar Candy, two ounces.

Mix. (Wirtem.)

This is the Pulvis cephalicus albus. — Dose,from half a dram to two scruples.