Outlines of a course of lectures on the materia medica : designed for the use of students : delivered in the Medical College of the State of South Carolina / by Henry R. Frost.

  • Henry Rutledge Frost
Date:
1851
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Credit: Outlines of a course of lectures on the materia medica : designed for the use of students : delivered in the Medical College of the State of South Carolina / by Henry R. Frost. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In Dyspepsia. In Hypocondriasis. In these affections, Rhubarb is a very common article used, but gene- rally combined. The following preparations are familiar to most persons afflicted with costiveness, or dyspepsia. 1. The dinner pill, composed of Rhubarb and Carbonate of Soda— it is usually taken an hour before dinner. 2. The Peristaltic persuaders, composed of the following articles : ]£. Powdered Rhubarb, 3i. Powdered Ipecac, grs. x. Oil of Caraway, gtts. x. Simp. Syrup, as much as sufficient—to be made into a mass and divided into xx. pills. Dose—ii. to hi. at bed time. 3. The Stomachic pills—prepared as follows : I£. Powdered Rhubarb. Powdered Ipecac. Castile Soap, each 3i. Honey, as much as is sufficient—make into a mass, and divide into lx. pills—ii., hi. or iv., twice a day. In Dysentery, the administration of a cathartic will be found very beneficial in the commencement of the disease—Calomel and Rhubarb employed for this purpose—The astringent operation of Rhubarb com- ma- into action when the cathartic has ceased. In the advanced stages, the following compound may be used with advantage : ty. Powdered Rhubarb, grs. xxx. Powdered Ipecac, grs. x. Powdered Opium, grs. iv. Honey, as much as is sufficient—make into a mass and divide into xii. pills—a pill to be taken every two or three hours until relief is obtained. Useful in allaying the tenesmus and griping, which are so distressing. In Diarrhoea a similar practice equally beneficial, and for like rea- sons, an astringent operation being exercised. After evacuations from the bowels, the same pills may be employed as in the preceding disease. The operation of Rhubarb is quickened by combination with other cathartics—as neutral salts, or calomel. In the diseases of children, it is much employed, combined with the carbonates of potash and soda. With the alkalies it undergoes a change of color and properties, and becomes very useful in the intesti- nal derangements of children following teething—Useful when the bowels perform their functions feebly, where the passages are of a green color, and the dejections slimy and curdled. Formula— ify. Carbonate of Potash, or Soda, grs. xii. to 9i. Powdered Rhubarb, 3i. to 3ss. Water, fii. to fiii. m. 3 ii. to 3 hi. for a dose, every two hours, according to age, until relief is afforded. Thus administered, it exerts a gentle cathartic operation, neutralises acidity, and exercises a tonic operation.
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