Thesaurus medicaminum. A new collection of medical prescriptions, distributed into twelve classes, and accompanied with pharmaceutical and practical remarks, exhibiting a view of the present state of the materia medica and practice of physic in this and other countries / By a member of the London College of Physicians [i.e. R. Pearson].

  • Richard Pearson
Date:
1804
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Credit: Thesaurus medicaminum. A new collection of medical prescriptions, distributed into twelve classes, and accompanied with pharmaceutical and practical remarks, exhibiting a view of the present state of the materia medica and practice of physic in this and other countries / By a member of the London College of Physicians [i.e. R. Pearson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    exhibited often occasion; and lastly, because it re- quires neither dilution with it mor regimen, nor restriction after it. ‘The only objection to it, is its -disagreeable taste, which it 1s, said cannot be im- proved without destroying its-virtues. Infusion of Ipecacuanha. R. Rad. Ipecacuanh. contus. 3iss. Cryst. Tart. (Supertartrit. Potassar, Ph. Ed. ) %3- Aq. ferventis 3iijss. Macera per horam, dein cola et adde Syr. Simpl. 3ss. Dose, a table spoonful every half Wael till it operates. In dysenteric cases. With the substitution of 3ss of common syrup in place of the same quantity of gS of squill this is from ¢ Nicouat. This preparation has also been given with great advantage in bilious fevers, in. icteric cases, in humoral asthmas, dropsical affections, &c. . Haller recommends a decoction of ipecacuanha, consisting of the same ingredients, with the addi- tion of the peel of the Curassao or Seville orange. Syrup of Ipecacuanha. R. Rad. Ipecac. contus. 3]. Cort. Cinnam. contus. Oss. Aq. ferventis 3v. Macera per horam, in vase operto.. Liquori colato adde Sacchari pur. quantum satis sit, ut fiat Syrupus. Dose, from a-dessert to a table spoonful, for children and young persons. , With the omission of one or two superfluous | ingredients, this is from | HARTMAN.
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