Digestive Pills
July 9th, 2024
Rhubarb, two ounces; ipecacuanha, half an ounce; cayenne pepper, quarter of an ounce; soap, half an ounce; ginger, quarter of an ounce; gamboge, half an ounce. Mix, and divide into four grain pills.
Source: Our Knowledge Box, ed. G. Blackie
Cathartic Pills
July 15th, 2022
One-half oz. extract Colacinth, in powder, three drms. Jolop in powder, three drms. Calomel, two scru. Gamboge in powder. Mix these together and with water form into mass and roll into 180 pills. Dose, one pill as a mild laxative, two in vigorous operations. Use in all bilious diseases when purges are necessary.
Source: One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed, C. A. Bogardus