A manual of family medicine and hygiene for India / by Sir William Moore.
- Moore, W. J. (William James), Sir, 1828-1896
- Date:
- 1893
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A manual of family medicine and hygiene for India / by Sir William Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![of a grain for a child. Powdered ipecacuanha enters into Eecipes 12, 13, 17, 24, 58. 9. IPECACUANHA WINE [Vinum Ipecacuanhw).— Ipecacuanha wine resembles sherry in appearance, and has a vinous, slightly bitter taste. Its action is the same as powdered ipecacuanha, viz. emetic in large doses, diaphoretic and expectorant (that is, increasing perspira- tion and expectoration) in small doses. Mixed with an equal quantity of water and converted into spray by an ordinary spray-producer, it is often found useful in chronic, bronchial, and asthmatic affections. Ipecacuanha wine, being a liquid, is better adapted for children than the powder. The dose of ipecacuanha wine as an emetic for an adult is from 6 to 8 drachms in a pint of warm water. For a child six months old, half a drachm in one ounce of water ; at one year old, 1 drachm in two ounces of water, increasing the dose by a quarter of a drachm of tincture, and half an ounce of water, for each year of age; the dose to be repeated every quarter of an hour till vomiting results. To act on the skin, or to promote expectoration, from 10 to 20 minims for an adult. For a child 1 drop at one month old; 2 drops at six months old, increasing the dose by 1 drop for each year of age. Twenty minims of ipecacuanha wine are reputed to contain one grain of ipecacuanha, but the strength of the preparation varies, being often more powerful than the officinal computation. Ipecacuaha wine enters into Eecipes 51, 57, GO. 10. MAGNESIA, CITRATE OF, GRANULAR EFFER- VESCENT [Magnesia Gitras [Oranular]).—Is composed of light, white, rough-looking granules, of agreeable, slightly acid taste. Placed in water it effervesces briskly. One or two dessert-spoonfuls or more, put into a tumbler half full of water, will prove a mild but efficient aperient. For feeble persons, 20 drops of tincture of ginger may he added, A small tea-spoonful taken in a wine-glassful of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28136044_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
