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10                 Warm opening Medicines            Mrs. [Ragnardson?]

                                                                      smaller quantity
 3 drachms    powder Rhubarb                      1 drachm
 4 do              Magnesia                                  1 do    1 scruple
 3 ounces      Comp. Spirit of Lavender           1 ounce
 3 ounces      loaf Sugar                                  1 ounce

24 drops         oil of Annis seed                        2 drops
24 grains        Salt of Tartar                              2 grains    1/2 pint water
1 1/2 pint        Water     shake this well together and bottle it  close one tea spoonful to be given every three hours as occasion    

                                    requires  to an infant   -   a grown person to take a large table spoonful at the same periods



                Receipt for Weak Eyes                    Solomons  - 1839
        
                 1 Poppy head
                 1/4 oz of Camomile flowers boiled in 2 quarts of water reduced to one, add 
                 2 tablespoons full of vinegar
                 3 do       of brandy
                 4 do       of rosewater
                 4 do       of elderflower water
                 Bathe the eyes twice a day

                 A Good Cough Medicine
                
                 Syrup of Poppies
                Oxymel of Squills
                 Clarified Honey       Horehound
               of each equal parts  - A Teaspoonful to be taken Night & Morning  in a glass of hot water- This is for a
               grown person

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10 Warm opening Medicines Mrs. [Ragnardson?] smaller quantity 3 drachms powder Rhubarb 1 drachm 4 do Magnesia 1 do 1 scruple 3 ounces Comp. Spirit of Lavender 1 ounce 3 ounces loaf Sugar 1 ounce 24 drops oil of Annis seed 2 drops 24 grains Salt of Tartar 2 grains 1/2 pint water 1 1/2 pint Water shake this well together and bottle it close one tea spoonful to be given every three hours as occasion requires to an infant - a grown person to take a large table spoonful at the same periods Receipt for Weak Eyes Solomons - 1839 1 Poppy head 1/4 oz of Camomile flowers boiled in 2 quarts of water reduced to one, add 2 tablespoons full of vinegar 3 do of brandy 4 do of rosewater 4 do of elderflower water Bathe the eyes twice a day A Good Cough Medicine Syrup of Poppies Oxymel of Squills Clarified Honey Horehound of each equal parts - A Teaspoonful to be taken Night & Morning in a glass of hot water- This is for a grown person