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743. Aloes

Aloes is a purgative and cathartic in large, and tonic in smaller doses. _Dose,_ of _powder,_ from two to ten grains, combined with soap, bitter extracts, or other purgative medicines, and given in the form of pills; of the _compound pill,_ from five to twenty grains; of the _pill of aloes_ and _myrrh_ from five to twenty grains; of the _tincture_, from four drachms to one ounce; of the _compound tincture_, from one to four drachms; of the _extract_, from six to ten grains; of the _compound decoction_, from four drachms to two ounces. [TO-DAY, HE FLOATS ON HONOUR'S LOFTY WAVE.]