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753. Squills

Squills is diuretic and expectorant when given in small doses; and emetic and purgative when given in large doses. It is _used internally_ in dropsy, in combination with calomel and opium; in asthma, with ammoniacum; in catarrh, in the form of oxymel. _Dose_, of the _dried bulb powdered_, from one to two grains every six hours; of the _compound pill_, from ten to fifteen grains; of the _tincture_, from ten minims to half a drachm; of the _oxymel_, from a half to two drachms; of the _vinegar_, from twenty minims to two drachms. [TO-MORROW, LEAVES HIS TITLE FOR A GRAVE.]