Organic materia medica : including the standard remedies of the leading pharmacopoeas as well as those articles of the newer materia medica ... and of the preparations made therefrom by Parke, Davis & Co.

  • Parke-Davis
Date:
1888
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Credit: Organic materia medica : including the standard remedies of the leading pharmacopoeas as well as those articles of the newer materia medica ... and of the preparations made therefrom by Parke, Davis & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SYPHILIS (A virulent and specific venereal affection, dependent upon a distinct morbid poison; contagious).—Bamboo Brier, Berberis aquifolium, Burdock, Carnauba, Caroba, Cascara amarga. Iodides, Manaca, Mercurials, Mountain Laurel, Poke-root, Pulsatilla, Stillingia, Syrup Trifolium Comp. {.see page 150), White Indian hemp, Yellow Dock, Yellow Parilla, Yerba buena, TETANUS (Characterizedby the permanent contraction of some or all of the muscles without alteration or relaxation^.—Aconite, Belladonna, Calabar bean, Chloral, Curare, Gelsemium, Henbane, Hoang-nan, Indian Cannabis, Potassium bromide, Strychnine. TIC DOULOUREUX (Neuralgia of the branches of the fifth pair of nerves).— Aconite, Black Cohosh, Gelsemium, Phosphorus, Pink-root, Tonga (also see neuralgia). TONSILITIS (Inflammation of the tonsils).—Aconite, Gargles of alum, tannin or capsicum, Guaiac, Silver nitrate (.locally), Compressed tablets of Ammonium chloride or Potassium chlorate. TYMPANITES (Inflammation of the lining membrane of the tympanum).— Asafetida. Capsicum, Fish-berries, Ginger, Opium, Turpentine. TYP .OID FEVERi—Acetanilidorantipyrin for reducing hyperpyrexia, Ameri- can Hellebore, Arnica, Belladonna, Boneset, Cinchona, Digitalis, Ergot, Golden- seal (for excessive sweating*, Ipecac, Nitro-hydrochloric acid, Potassium bromide, Serpentaria, Turpentine, Wild Indigo. Scalded-milk diet. ULCER Si—Systemic remedies; Arsenic. Belladonna, Golden-seal, Syrup Trifolium Comp. (see page 150.) Local remedies; Chlorinated solution. Poke-root, Potassium chlorate, Witch-Hazel (distilled extract), Zinc sulphate, Zinc chloride (a very strong caustic). URAEMIA (A condition of the blood in which it contains urea)—Colchicum, Digi- talis, Hydragogue and saline cathartics, Manaca, Diaphoresis, Transfusion. URTICARIA (Hives; distinguished by those elevations of the cuticle called wheals).— Acetic or Nitric aciLlargely diluted as a lotion, Benzoin Compound Tincture externally, Sodium salicylate, Strychnine. UVULA RELAXED.—Bistort, Cranesbill, etc. diluted as gargles. Lozenges; Alum and Kino, Kose-leaf and Tannin. Amputation of part. VARICOSIS (Varicose or enlarged and tortuous condition of a vein or veins.)— Bandaging, Ergot, Witch Hazel (distilled extract). VARIOLA (Small-pox).—Systemic remedies; Belladonna, Black Cohosh, Quinine. Ectrotic measures; Tincture of Iodine, Mercurial ointment, Collodion, Silver nitrate solution (20 grains to the fluidounce). VERTIGO (An affection in which all objects appear to be turning round, and the individual affected finds difficulty in maintaining an erect posture).—Bromides, Cod-liver oil, Digitalis, Fish-berries, Skunk Cabbage, Strychnine with iron. VOMITING'—Aconite, Adrue, Arsenic, Capsicum, Cerium oxalate, Golden-seal, Hydrocyanic acid, Quinine, Stavesacre. OBSTETRIC CALENDAR. NINE CALENDAR MONTHS. TEN LUNAR MONTHS. FROM. TO DAYS. TO DAYS. January 1 February 1 March 1 April 1 May , 1 June 1 July 1 August 1 September 1 October 1 November 1 December 1 September 30 October 31 November 30 December 31 January .. 31 February 28 March 31 April 30 May 31 June 80 July 3t August 31 273 273 275 275 276 273 274 273 273 273 273 274 October 7 November 7 December 5 January 5 February. 4 March 7 April 6 May 7 June 7 July 7 August 7 September C 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 The above cal^ndnr r^ny be road as follows: a patient has ceased to menstruate on the 1st of July ; her confinement may be expected at soonest, about the 31st of March, [the end of nine calendar months] or, at latest, on the 6th of April [the end of ten lunar months]. Another has ceased to menstruate on the 20th of January, her confinement may be expected on the 30th of September, plus 20 days, [the end of nme calendar months], at soonest; or on the 7th or October, plus 20 days, [the end of ten lunar months], at lai.est.