Womanhood : causes of its premature decline, respectfully illustrated : being a review of the changes and derangements of the female constitution : a safe and faithful guide to mothers during gestation, before and after confinement : with medical advice of the most salutary and important nature to all females : also, sixty vegetable and domestic recipes with directions : in three parts / by A.G. Hall.

  • Hall, A. G.
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1845, ©1843
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Credit: Womanhood : causes of its premature decline, respectfully illustrated : being a review of the changes and derangements of the female constitution : a safe and faithful guide to mothers during gestation, before and after confinement : with medical advice of the most salutary and important nature to all females : also, sixty vegetable and domestic recipes with directions : in three parts / by A.G. Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    LAXATIVE MEDICINE. Castor oil as a laxative, magnesia, salts and sen- na, prepared in fluid, or rhubarb and annis seed steeped in whiskey, well sweetened with molasses, prove to be gentle and harmless laxatives ', prepar- ed and taken habitually in small quantities, just enough to give a pleasant easy motion to the bow- els v/ill almost entirely overcome the difficulty. Recipe No. 1.—Take the extract of the bark of the root of the butternut tree, in the winter, and the bark of the body of the tree in the spring and sum- mer, and the unripe nut in the fall, boil down and extract all its virtues ; strain off—-gradually simmer it down to the consistency of tar ; do not scorch or burn it. Take the bark of the root of slippery elm, dry and pulverize—mix and pill for use.—Take three common sized pills twice a day. This is the best laxative for Piles and costiveness ever known. They strengthen and relieve every part, and the use of them for three weeks will frequently effect a per- manent cure. Recipe No. 2.—Ointment, k oz. oil of tar, h oz. balsam fir to 4 oz. fresh butter, simmer them together, rub and work the parts with ointment on the finger, after washing night and morning. At- tention to these directions, management in diet, keeping the bowels in a gentle laxative state, avoid- ing wetting the feet and other imprudencies, will re- lieve almost all common cases.