On consumption, coughs, colds, asthma, and other diseases of the chest : their remedial and avertive treatment; addressed in popular language to non-medical readers, with copious observations on the diet and regimen necessary for invalids ; also an appendix, containing upwards of two hundred formulæ of the latest and most approved remedies, many valuable domestic recipes, and full directions for the practice of inhalation / by R. J. Culverwell.

  • Robert James Culverwell
Date:
1834
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Credit: On consumption, coughs, colds, asthma, and other diseases of the chest : their remedial and avertive treatment; addressed in popular language to non-medical readers, with copious observations on the diet and regimen necessary for invalids ; also an appendix, containing upwards of two hundred formulæ of the latest and most approved remedies, many valuable domestic recipes, and full directions for the practice of inhalation / by R. J. Culverwell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    No. 175. Tincture of Gentianine. Take of Alcohol 1 ounce. Gentianine.... 5 grains. Mix. Dose a tea spoonful twice a day in water, or any other liquid. No. 176. Mix. Syrup of Gentianine. Take of Gentianine ]6 grains. Simple Syrup 1 pint. 1 h'S 'S °'le of the best fitters that can he employed ifiedicinally. Quinine Is the alkaline principle of Peruvian bark, and owes ,ts discovery to our indefatigable neighbours he French chemists. It is of a whitish colour, inso- , l r Water’ and intensely bitter, but soluble in alco ol and acids. There are several salts of quinine, “ 16.SUlphate 13 generally employed, from one to ve grams constituting a dose. It may be adminis- eiticr in pills or mixtures, as prescribed in the formulas of this Appendix. The syrup and wine are subjoined below. No. 177. Syrup of Qubune. Take of Sulphate of Quinine.. $ drachm. Simple Syrup | pint- Mix. Dose—half an ounce.
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