Aloes is a purgative and cathartic in large, and tonic in smaller
doses.
_Dose,_ of _powder,_ from two to ten grains, combined with soap,
bitter extracts, or other purgative medicines, and given in the form
of pills; of the _compound pill,_ from five to twenty grains; of the
_pill of aloes_ and _myrrh_ from five to twenty grains; of the
_tincture_, from four drachms to one ounce; of the _compound
tincture_, from one to four drachms; of the _extract_, from six to ten
grains; of the _compound decoction_, from four drachms to two ounces.
[TO-DAY, HE FLOATS ON HONOUR'S LOFTY WAVE.]