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Croup Syrup

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Croup Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix the tolu syrup, ipecac syrup, and hive syrup together.

  2. Take 1 teaspoonful every 3 to 4 hours to keep the cough loose.

  3. For vomiting, take 1 teaspoonful every 10 to 20 minutes.

  4. Administer something to reduce fever.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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