. Physical atlas, or, Practical family doctor book, containing 300 modern and up-to-date recipes for treating both general and special diseases. 4 otince Twenty grains, minims or drops i scruple Three scruples i drachm Eight drachms i ounce Sixteen ounces i pint or pound The letter M. at the end of a recipestands for mix. Sig.—signa.* Mark, or write. Aword added at the end of recipes to showwhat directions are to be copied by thedruggist for the guidance of the patient. O. S. Ad, reads, add quantity sufficientto make. R.—Reci-pe.* Take Proportionate Doses for Children. When teaspoonful doses a
. Physical atlas, or, Practical family doctor book, containing 300 modern and up-to-date recipes for treating both general and special diseases. 4 otince Twenty grains, minims or drops i scruple Three scruples i drachm Eight drachms i ounce Sixteen ounces i pint or pound The letter M. at the end of a recipestands for mix. Sig.—signa.* Mark, or write. Aword added at the end of recipes to showwhat directions are to be copied by thedruggist for the guidance of the patient. O. S. Ad, reads, add quantity sufficientto make. R.—Reci-pe.* Take Proportionate Doses for Children. When teaspoonful doses are prescribed foradults, the proportionate dose for childrenis as follows: Age 6 months 3 to 5 drops I year 5 to 7 2 years g 3 II 4 13 5 15 6 18 7 21 o 24 9 27 10 30 II 33 12 36 13 39 14 42 15 44 16 47 • 17 50 18 52 19 55 20 58 21 60 In either adults or children, females usu-ally require smaller doses than males. When giving a child medicine from abottle that was prepared for adults, alwaysdilute with water, and add sugar to sweeten. --/ •^. This engraving represents the differentforms of headache. No. i, nen-oiis headache;2, torpid liver; 28, a lack of acid in the stom-ach, and 45, a lack of alkali in the stomach. Thus it is seen that each form of headacheis produced b}- a different cause; hence, re-quires different treatment. So it is with allother forms of disease. With few exceptions, each ailment causesone or more isolated symptoms; that is, eachdisease causes a pain or an ache at somepoint on the body where they are not pro-duced by other ailments. It is these s^-mp-toms only, that makes it possible to placebefore the public a practical system byAvhich diseases are diagnosed, and, at thesame time, can be properly treated. RECIPES. —No. 136- Constipation.—Baron, M. D. I^ Ext. Aloes 18 grains Quinine Sulph 12 grains Pil. Hydrarg 6 grains Ext. Rhei 17 grains M. For 12 pills. Sig.—One at noon and bed-time. —No. 137— Habitual Constipation.—Cutter. For habit
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