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Example sentences for "four drachms"

  • Irritant, astringent, and sedative; two to four drachms.

  • Narcotic and irritant; in small doses, sedative and stimulant; one to four drachms.

  • Stimulant, and tonic; two to four drachms.

  • A more active injection will be, from half a drachm to four drachms of turpentine, beaten up with the yolks of so many eggs as there are drachms of the oil, and mixed with the quantity of water just named.

  • Mix from one to four drachms of bruised gall-nuts with a pint of boiling water, and infuse for two hours, then strain and sweeten.

  • Dissolve one drachm of extract of henbane in twenty-four drachms of water.

  • Solution of muriate of tin, two drachms; water, four drachms.

  • When he used mercurial "swabbing" he employed from one to four drachms of unguent, hydrargyri to the ounce of lard.

  • Melt and well mix, and when perfectly cold, stir in essence of lemon, four drachms; essence of bergamot, one drachm.

  • Melt three drachms of spermaceti, four drachms of white wax, and one ounce of almond oil; stir in three drachms of powdered camphor.

  • To four drachms of lunar caustic, in four ounces of water, add 60 drops of nutgalls, made strong by being pulverized and steeped in soft water.

  • Ipecacuanha wine, four drachms; flowers of sulphur, two drachms; tincture of cardamoms, one ounce.

  • Recipe: Take Castile soap, in the form of pills, or electuary, of from one to four drachms dissolved in a quarter of a pint of soft water, when going to bed.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    before the; four acts; four bays; four cities; four leaves; four lines; four men; four millions; four minutes; four onions; four pound; four rows; four square; four stories; four wheels; four years; fourteen guns; fourteenth century; fourth brother; fourth century; fourth dimension; fourth inches; fourth voyage; highly esteemed; honour bright; stack arms