Dr. J. L. Horr says in Boston Medical and Surgical Journal:  “Having without solicitation on my part, become possessed of the knowledge of the ‘secret remedies’ employed by the late Doctor Lombard, the ’famous cancer doctor’ of Maine, I feel it my privilege, as a member of a scientific profession that has only for its object the advancement of knowledge and the relief of suffering to make a simple statement of the remedies and methods which were employed in the so-called ‘treatment of cancer.’  The remedy employed, if the cancer was small, was the inspissated juice of leaves of the phytolacca decandra (garget) which was applied in the form of a plaster until sloughing took place.  The after treatment was some dressing like simple cerate.  If the tumor had attained considerable size, Dr. Lombard first used a paste composed of chloride of zinc and pulverized sanguinaria until an eschar was produced and then the same plaster as before was applied until the mass sloughed away.  The knowledge of these remedies was given to me by Dr. Lombard himself, while I was attending him during his last illness and a few days before his death.”

Corns.

Salicylic Acid      1 dram
Muriate Ammonia     1 dram
Acetic Acid       1/2 dram
Lanoline            1 dram
White Wax           1 dram
Lard to make        1 ounce

Mix.  Excellent remedy.  The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

CARTER’S LITTLE LIVER PILLS.

For headache, torpid liver, constipation, and the complexion take one pill every night.  As a purgative take four to eight.  Weight of twelve pills about seven and one-half grains of which probably two to two and one-half grains is sugar coating.  They contain Podophyllin and aloes made into a pill and coated with sugar.  On the above we deduce the following formula as closely resembling the original: 

Podoph (resin)          1-1/2 grains
Aloes (Socotrine)       3-1/2 grains
Mucilage of Acacia      sufficient

Mix; divide into twelve pills and coat with sugar.

The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

FOR DIARRHEA, FLUX AND DYSENTERY.

To one teaspoonful of Epsom Salts add eight drops of laudanum in one-fourth glass of water.  An excellent medicine.  The above amount would cost about 5 cents.

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Castoria.

    Senna 4 drams
    Manna 1 ounce
    Rochelle Salts 1 ounce
    Fennel Seed 1-1/2 drams
    Sugar 8 ounces
    Oil of Wintergreen sufficient
    Boiling Water, enough to make 8 fluid ounces or a half-pint.

Pour the water over the ingredients, then cover and macerate until cool, after which strain, add the 8 ounces of sugar and dissolve by agitation; add enough oil of wintergreen for suitable flavoring.