Elixir, Squire’s

Prep. 1. (Original Formula.) Aurum musivum, 3 oz.; opium, 2 oz.; camphor, 1 oz.; cochineal, 1 ⁄ 2 oz.; sweet fennel, 1 ⁄ 4 oz.; tincture of serpent ary, 1 pint (old me as.); spirit of aniseed, 1 gal. (old me as.); sugar, 1 lb.; di olved in water, 1 pint (old me as.); digest 10 days and filter. 2. Powdered opium, 2 oz.; ginger, red sanders wood, and camphor, of each 1 oz.; oil of aniseed, 1 ⁄ 2 oz.; oil of sweet fennel, 1 ⁄ 2 dr.; tincture of serpent ary, 1 pint; proof spirit, 5 pints; water, 1 quart; as last. Stimulant, anodyne, diaphoretic, and pectoral.— Dose , 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls; in chest affections, nervous headaches, ., in the absence of inflammatory symptoms.