CASTOR OIL

is one of the safest Sada but it requires disguising not to be nauscous. Many ways have been recommended; of these giving castor oil in tea, coffee, soup and yolk of oer we do not advise; as subsequent distaste for those articles may result. We recommend that the oil, the medicine gla and the milk used to dilute tho oil be all wel) warmed, and the gla then wetted round the margin, some warm milk placed in the gla , then the oil and then some more milk; the dose should then be administered without shaking the gla . The sense of taste may be blunted beforehand by a pinch of salt on the tongue; after the dose, eating a raisin cleans the mouth very well. Instead of giving the oil in milk it may be given to adults in hot brandy and water. [s. 341]