The druggist's general receipt book ... / by Henry Beasley.

  • Beasley, Henry
Date:
1852
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Credit: The druggist's general receipt book ... / by Henry Beasley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    G Mr. Youatt remarks—“ We have better and safer tonics, and better and safer caustics.” The best antidotes are, hydrated oxide of iron, and calcined magnesia, in very large quantities, or a mixture of lime water and linseed oil. Assafcetida. Stimulant, autispasmodic, and expectorant. It is prescribed in nervous affections and chronic coughs ; also in farcy and worms ; and to increase the appetite and digestion. Uie dose is ^ dr. to 2 dr.; but according to Moiroud, may be carried to 2 oz. for tbe horse, and 2 or 3 oz. for horned cattle. Externally it is applied to indo- lent tumours, &c. Astringents. Medicines which produce a more obvious and decided constriction of tbe muscular fibres than the simple tonics. Balsams. Natural balsams appear to act on the mucous membrane generally; but are chiefly given as diuretics and expectorants. See Balsam of Canada, copaiva, Peru, &c. ’ Balsam of Canada. Diuretic. Dose, ^ oz. to 1 oz. Balsam of Copaiva. As a diuretic to horses,^ oz. to 1 oz.; as an expectorant in chronic coughs, 1 or 2 dr. For dogs, ^ dr. to 1 dr. Balsam, Fryar’s. Comp. Tincture of Benzoin. It is some- times given in ^-oz. doses to horses, in chronic cough, mixed with yelk of egg, gruel, or linseed tea. But more frequently applied to wounds, indolent ulcers, &c. Balsam Lucatelli. Dose, ^ oz. in old coughs. Balsam of Tolu, and of Peru. 2 dr. in old coughs ; but too expensive. Balsam of Sulphur. A stimulating expectorant in old coughs, in doses of ^ oz. or 1 oz. Sometimes used as an outward application. Barbadoes Tar. Stimulant, diuretic, and expectorant. Dose, 1 to 4 dr. or more [2 to 4 ounces—Morton], in old coughs, and chronic chest affections. Externally in skin diseases, wounds, grease, &c. Bark, Peruvian. Tonic, astringent, antiseptic, and anti- periodic. Dose for a horse, 6 or 8 dr. [to 2 or 3 oz. —Moiroud] in. diabetes, general weakness, a tendency
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