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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    Mistura Magnes. Sulph. c. Rosa. (Mist Rosa Aptriens.) ip Magnes. Sulph., 5vj. ; Acid. Sulph. Arom., 5j-; Tr. Zingib., mxxiij.; Glycerinae, -nixxij. ; Infusi Rosa;, ad gvj. This combination is an improvement on the “Red Mixture” of the hospitals. It is an elegant and convenient mode of administer- ing a bulky and nauseous medicine. As a refrigerant cathartic, Sulphate of Magnesia is perhaps more generally employed than any other of its class. It operates mildly yet effectually, both by augmenting the secretions and by increasing peristaltic action; and there are but few cases in which it is indicated that this mixture may not be given with benefit. Generally, it is useful in all febrile, congestive, and inflammatory affections. Particularly it is beneficial in haemorrhage during and after abortion, haemoptysis, menorrhagia, and epistaxis. Gallic Acid (gr. x. doses) may be added in severe cases. Mistura Acidi Sulph. Aromatica. ip Acid. Sulph. Arom., 5j. ; Tr. Aurantii, 5ij.; Tr. Cardam. Co., jij. ; Sp. Chloroformi, 5jss. ; Aquae, ad gvj. A good diarrhoea mixture. Mistura Acidi Nitrohydrochlorici. If Acid. Nitrohydrochlorici Dil., 5jss- ; Syrupi, 3iij.; Sp. Myristicae, 5j. ; Infusi Quassise, ad gvj. Mistura Acidi Phosphorici c. Ferro. ip Acid. Phosph. Dil., 5ij.; Tr. Ferri Perchlor., 5jss.; Sp. Chloroformi, 5ij. ; Infusi Quassia;, ad 5 vj. A favourite remedy of the late Dr. Plodglcin. Mistura Acidi Nitrohydrochlorici c. Ferro et Strychnia. (Mist. Tonici.) ]P Tr. Ferri Perchlor., jij. ; Acid. Phosph. Dil., 3jss.; Acid. Nitrohydrochlor. Dil., 5j.; Liq. Strychnia;, B.P., 5SS. ; Sp. Chloroformi, 3j. ; Glycerinae, 5j.; Infusi Quassia;, ad gvj. I prescribed this tonic at the City Dispensary extensively, and found it invaluable in debility and nervous depression.