The modern treatment of diseases of the kidney / by Prof. Dujardin-Beaumetz ; translated from the fifth French edition by E.P. Hurd.

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1888
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    If you adopt the English treatment, I advise you to employ the following potion: Citrate of potash, 12 to 15 grammes. Infusion of arenaria rubra, go grammes. Syrup of 5 roots, 30 grammes. [May be replaced in American practice by the following: 3 Pot. citratis, ^ ss. Syr. scillae, § i. Infus. scoparii, | v. M. Sig.—A tablespoonful three or four times a day.] to a drachm; in the dose of 3 ij to 3 iij it is purgative. For a diuretic effect, it should be largely diluted. Potassce carbonas (carbonate of potassa) is obtained from crude pearlash by purification, or from cream of tartar by incineration. It is a coarse, granular, white powder, with nauseous, caustic, alkaline taste, very soluble in water, insolu- ble in alcohol. The dose is from 10 to 30 grains largely diluted. Liquor Potassce.—(For mode of preparation, see U. S. P.) The dose is from 10 to 30 minims very largely diluted in sweetened water or some mucilaginous fluid (infus. aurantii cort. is a good menstruum). Lithia is a white crystalline substance of caustic taste. (For mode of preparation of lithia and its carbonate, see U. S. P.) The carbonate is the salt generally employed. It is a light, white powder, which is but little soluble in water. It may be associated with carbonate or citrate of potassa. The dose of carbonate of lithia is 3 to 6 grains, which may be taken in carbonic acid water. The citrate of lithia is an eligible salt, which is less disagreeable than the carbonate; the dose is from 5 to 10 grains.