The medical pocket book : containing a short but plain account of the symptoms, causes, and methods of cure, of the diseases incident to the human body; including such as require surgical treatment: together with the virtues and doses of medicinal compositions and simples : extracted from the best authors, and digested into alphabetical order / by Sir John Elliot, M.D.

  • John Elliot
Date:
1803
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Credit: The medical pocket book : containing a short but plain account of the symptoms, causes, and methods of cure, of the diseases incident to the human body; including such as require surgical treatment: together with the virtues and doses of medicinal compositions and simples : extracted from the best authors, and digested into alphabetical order / by Sir John Elliot, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ATTENUANTS. Diluent. Thin watery liquors, whey. Solvent. Mercurials, alkalis, nitre, fal ammoniac,foap, millepedes, burnt fponge,pareira brava, dead- ly nightlhade, broom, black hellebore, horfe- radiih. BALAUST1NES. Tonic, aftringent; 9fs. to 5fs. Alfo in de- coction. BALM. Tonic. BALSAM, Canada. Tonitf, llimulant, diuretic ; gr. x. to xxx. Ix. or more. BALSAM of capivi. Corroborant, diuretic ; gut. x. to xxx. or up- wards. BALSAM of Peru. Gut. iv. to xv. for nervous complaints and head-aches, gonorrhoeas, afthmas, &e. Tinc- ture of, b*j. to 5j. ■ BALSAM of Tolu. Gr. v. to r)]. for coughs, &c. Tincture of. I}- to ?ij. BARK, Peruvian. See Cinchona, BARLEY, decoction of. Emollient, obtunding ; as common drink. Compound. Thefarftfe. BA*
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