Ingredients
- five grains of sulphate of iron
- ten grains of magnesia
- eleven drachms of peppermint water
- one drachm of spirits of nutmeg
Directions
HIS recipe comes into notoriety through the efforts of John Vine Hall, who had fallen into such habitual drunk- [t^2T^^ eness that his most earnest efforts to reclaim himself '(M^ proved unavailing. He sought the advice of an eminent Iv) physician who gave him a prescription which he followed for I several months, and at the end of that time had lost all de- sire for liquor. The recipe is as follows: Five grains of sulphate of iron, ten grains of magnesia, eleven drachms of peppermint water and one drachm of spirits of nutmeg; to be taken twice a day. This prep- aration acts as a stimulant and tonic and partially supplies the place of the accustomed liquor, and prevents that absolute phys- ical and moral prostration that follows a sudden breaking off from the use of stimulating drinks.