CHALK MIXTURE.

Take of prepared chalk, 1 oz.

refined sugar, ½ an oz.

mucilage of gum arabic, 2 oz.

Rub them together and then add by degrees,

water, 2 pints,

spirituous cinnamon-water, 2 ounces.

This is a very elegant form of exhibiting chalk, and is a

useful remedy in diseases arising from or accompanied with

_acidity in the stomach_, &c. It is frequently employed in

_diarrhœa_ proceeding from that cause.