Paregoric Elixir (No. 570)

The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's ... · Kitchiner, William · 1817
Source
The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (9)
for coughs and colds
for children who have the hooping-cough
Instructions (5)
  1. steep all in a pint of brandy or proof spirit
  2. let it stand ten days, occasionally shaking it up
  3. strain
Dosage for Coughs and Colds
  1. A tea-spoonful in half a pint of White wine whey (No. 562), tewahdiddle (No. 467), or gruel (No. 572), taken the last thing at night, is an agreeable and effectual medicine for coughs and colds.
Dosage for Children with Hooping-Cough
  1. It is also excellent for children who have the hooping-cough, in doses of from five to twenty drops in a little water, or on a little bit of sugar.
Original Text
Paregoric Elixir.—(No. 570.) A drachm of purified opium, same of flowers of benjamin, same of oil of aniseed, camphor, two scruples; steep all in a pint of brandy or proof spirit; let it stand ten days, occasionally shaking it up: strain. A tea-spoonful in half a pint of White wine whey (No. 562), tewahdiddle (No. 467), or gruel (No. 572), taken the last thing at night, is an agreeable and effectual medicine for coughs and colds. It is also excellent for children who have the hooping-cough, in doses of from five to twenty drops in a little water, or on a little bit of sugar.
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