Formulary for the preparation and mode of employing several new remedies : namely, morphine, iodine, quinine ... / with an introduction, and copious notes, by the late Charles Thomas Haden ; translated from the French of the third edition of Magendie's "Formulaire."

  • François Magendie
Date:
1824
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Credit: Formulary for the preparation and mode of employing several new remedies : namely, morphine, iodine, quinine ... / with an introduction, and copious notes, by the late Charles Thomas Haden ; translated from the French of the third edition of Magendie's "Formulaire.". Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    regarding the strength of the prussic acid of Scheele, prepared according to the Codex, and the process of M. Robiquet, the majority of physicians represent it as much weaker than ray medicinal prussic acid, and sometimes order it in the proportion of more than a gros (gr. 59.97 troy) in a potion of four ounces (3. oz. 7 dr. 30 gr. troy) to be taken by spoonfuls. The pharmaciens of Paris are in general so much accustomed to see the prussic acid of Scheele enter in a large dose into medical prescriptions, that, in order to avoid accidents, they prepare this acid by diluting the prussic acid of Gay-Lussac with forty parts of water. This perfectly arbitrary quantity of water, permits them, at least, to fulfil, without danger, the orders which they receive, when, from the high dose of the acid, they observe that it is not my medicinal acid which the physician could have meant in his prescription.
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