Squills is diuretic and expectorant when given in small doses; and
emetic and purgative when given in large doses.
It is _used internally_ in dropsy, in combination with calomel and
opium; in asthma, with ammoniacum; in catarrh, in the form of oxymel.
_Dose_, of the _dried bulb powdered_, from one to two grains every six
hours; of the _compound pill_, from ten to fifteen grains; of the
_tincture_, from ten minims to half a drachm; of the _oxymel_, from a
half to two drachms; of the _vinegar_, from twenty minims to two
drachms.
[TO-MORROW, LEAVES HIS TITLE FOR A GRAVE.]