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Mrs Cheales -       

         Receipts for Hooping Cough  ( used with  gt. success in in Braceboro in Autumn of 1831 -)

 3 Scruples    Salt of Tartar
30 Grains      Cochineal
  6 ounces     Cold water sweetened with brown sugar
                     A tea spoonful  3 or 4 times a day at regular intervals 
                     A tea spoonful of  Ipecacuanha wine to be given twice  a week - oftener if the patient be much oppressed -

                     Another remedy

4 grains         Alum
1 ounce         water with a little loaf sugar to be given in three doses

                     This is for a child 18 months old an additional grain for every half year after that age

                     Another remedy for a child of 8 years of age

2 grains          Extract of Henbane

1/2 grain       Ipecacuanha
                     to be taken three times a day 

                   Cough Mixture

Infant under 2 months old    dram Gum Arabic  pounded

                                        dram Sugar
                                        Ounce and half boiling Water 
                                        Oxymel of Squills 1 dram.
                                        A Teaspoonful to be given 3 oz  4 times a day-

Made for little Edmund Mar  26th 1869

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Mrs Cheales - Receipts for Hooping Cough ( used with gt. success in in Braceboro in Autumn of 1831 -) 3 Scruples Salt of Tartar 30 Grains Cochineal 6 ounces Cold water sweetened with brown sugar A tea spoonful 3 or 4 times a day at regular intervals A tea spoonful of Ipecacuanha wine to be given twice a week - oftener if the patient be much oppressed - Another remedy 4 grains Alum 1 ounce water with a little loaf sugar to be given in three doses This is for a child 18 months old an additional grain for every half year after that age Another remedy for a child of 8 years of age 2 grains Extract of Henbane 1/2 grain Ipecacuanha to be taken three times a day Cough Mixture Infant under 2 months old dram Gum Arabic pounded dram Sugar Ounce and half boiling Water Oxymel of Squills 1 dram. A Teaspoonful to be given 3 oz 4 times a day- Made for little Edmund Mar 26th 1869