The writer of a letter to the editor of the “Times,” signed “W.” in
August, 1827, communicates the following prescription, as particularly
useful in diarrhœa, accompanied by inflammation of the bowels:--
Take of confection of catechu 2 drachms; simple cinnamon water 4 ounces;
and syrup of white poppies 1 ounce. Mix them together, and give one or
two table-spoonfuls twice or thrice a day as required. To children under
ten years of age give a single dessert-spoon, and under two years a
tea-spoonful, two or three times, as above stated.
This mixture is very agreeable, and far preferable to the spirituous and
narcotic preparations usually administered. In the course of a few hours
it abates the disorder, and in almost every instance infallibly cures
the patient. During the fruit season it is especially valuable.
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~Epitaph~