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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    eczema), and whenever an alterative is required. Dr. Ringer pre- scribes it in obstinate constipation, which sometimes occurs during the early months of infant life, with hard motions of a clay colour. In such cases he directs one or two drops of a tincture to be given twice or thrice a day. Podophyllin Glycecols are prepared for this same purpose. These may be given with great safety at any period of infant life. The formula; numbered io, 53, 60, 119, 128 and 129 are all active and efficient preparations. Glycecol Potassae Cliloratis. |k Potassae Chloratis, 3].; Pulv. Althaeae xxxvj.; Glycerinae, 5j.; Glycecolloidae, 5yj. M. ft. glycecol. xij. Antiseptic. Useful locally in thrush and aphthous ulcerations of the mouth and fauces, and as a general tonic to the mucous membrane. Often repeated produce constitutional effects. Useful in typhus and scarlet fevers. Glycecol Potassae Nitratis. Potassae Nitratis, gr. xxxvj.; Glycerinae,f3ij.; Glycecolloidae, 5vj. M. ft. glycecol. xij. Glycecol Pruni Virg, Pulv. Cort. Pruni Virg. gr. xxiv.; Glycerin®, f 5ij.; Gly- cecolloidae, 3yj. M. ft. glycecol. xij. The glycecol developes hydrocyanic acid when introduced into the mouth, acting as a sedative. Glycecol Pulvis Cretse Aroraaticee. R Pulv. Cretae Aromat., 3j.; Glycerinae, f5j.; Glycecolloidae, 5yj. M. ft. glycecol. xij. Glycecol Pulvis Kino Comp.=|gr. Opium. Jl Pulv. Kino. Co., 3ss.; Glycerinae, f5jss.; Glycecolloidae, 5yj. M. ft. glycecol. xij. Glycecol Pulvis Opii Comp. = ^gr. Opium. 1}, Pulv. Opii Co., 5ss.; Glycerinae, f 5jss.; Glycecolloidae, 5yj. M. ft. glycecol. xij. A very valuable and convenient remedy for diarrhoea and summer cholera.