A formulary of selected remedies with therapeutic annotations : adapted to the requirements of general practice, hospitals, dispensaries, parish infirmaries, lunatic asylums, and other public institutions, with index of diseases and remedies, diet tables, etc. / by E.A. Kirby.

  • Kirby, Edmund Adolphus, active 1867.
Date:
1874
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Credit: A formulary of selected remedies with therapeutic annotations : adapted to the requirements of general practice, hospitals, dispensaries, parish infirmaries, lunatic asylums, and other public institutions, with index of diseases and remedies, diet tables, etc. / by E.A. Kirby. 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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    (22.) Cal., Colchici, et Aloes. J5, Hydr. Subchlor, Ext. Colchici. Acet., Ext. Aloes. Barb., Pulv. Ipecac., aa. gr. j. M. ft. pil. , See Gout Pills, F. 116 and 187. To relieve portal congestion; a useful purgative in general plethora, dropsy, and in other conditions relieved by purgation, particularly in gouty constitutions. Dose— One every four hours until the bowels are well relieved. (23-) Colcliici et Pil. Hydrarg. {I Ext. Colchici Acet., gr. j. ; Ext Aconiti Ale., gr. T‘3 ; Pil. Hydrarg., gr. iij. M. ft. pil. For gout and rheumatism, with deficient action of the liver. The efficacy of this pill is increased when followed by a dose of Friedrichshalle water. Dose—One or two at bedtime. Arsenici. ' ]Jo Acid. Arseniosi, gr. v. ; Pulv. Acacise, gr. xxx.; P. Cinnam. Co., gr. xxx. ; Ext. Jalapse, gr. cxx. M. ft. mass, et divid. in pilulse 100. In psoriasis and chronic eczema. Extensively used in India in the treatment of lepra and other scaly diseases of the skin. May be substituted in most cases for Fowler’s Solution. Dose—One three times a day. In common use in the Skin Hospital. See also No. 121 and 127. (2S-) Argent. Nit. et Hyoscyami. ]}, Argent. Nit., gr. £ ; Ext. Hyoscyami, gr. iij. M. ft. pil. Nitrate of Silver has been found most useful in the treatment of many obstinate forms of dyspepsia, by lessening the sensibdity of the nerves of the stomach. It has also been extensively employed in diseases of the nervous system. Also in obstinate and chronic forms of diarrhoea, and in the diarrhoea of typhoid. Dose—One pill twice or three times a day. May be continued for three or four weeks. If continued for a long period it is said to discolour the skin. This never occurs in less than three months, and it is not often desirable to give it more than half that time without interruption. See Nitrate of Silver with Opium, F. 37.