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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Materia Medica on Lettuce Calmative

LETTUCE CALMATIVE
   A non-narcotic soothing syrup for infants. Each fluidrachm rep resents; Wild Lettuce, 5 grs.; Caraway seed, 2 grs.; Catnep, 4 grs.; Lupulin, % gr.; Fennel seed, 3 grs. The uses of such a a preparation as this must be apparent to every physician. It may be made more effective sometimes by add‘ ing to it a little Pepsin (1-10 to )6 grain of pure pepsin to the fluid rachm) or a little Sodium Bromide, and the physician may on special occasions combine with it a little paregoric, but for obvious reas1


References

1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.