(seq. 540)

533

heat or fermentation; — The best time to give it, is in
the evening just before going to bed. Dose for an adult
is a table spoonfull full from 12. 6. Years old three tea
spoons full — from 6. To 3. two tea spoons full, from 3 to 1.
a teaspoonfull — This medicine was first prescribed
by an aged and respectable Physician of Philadelphia
with great success — and was singularly successfull
at the Lazaretto when the Dysentary lately appeard
among the troops stationed there — Operation =
is first to purge, a day or two — and restore the bowels
to their Natural State
"August 18th 1815 Trenton True American"

* The senna is seldom used alone but maybe advantageously
combined with the crystals of Tartar.

Rx
Sulp. Tart. Potass. }
Fol. Senna } aa Ʒiv [4 drams each]

add one pint of warm water
let it simmer over a gentle fire, then
sweeten it with a little brown sugar and give half a tea
spoonfull every half hour untill it operates.