Electuary for the Dysentery.
Take of the Japonic confection, two ounces; Locatelli's basam, one ounce; rhubarb in powder, half an ounce; syrup of marshmallows, enough to make an electuary.
It is often dangerous in dysenteries to give opiates and astringents, without interposing purgatives. The purgative is here joined with these ingredients, which renders this a very safe and useful medicine for the purposes expressed in the title.
About the bulk of a nutmeg should be taken twice or thrice a-day, as the symptoms and constitution may require.
William Buchan
Domestic Medicine 2nd edition 1785