A Hand-book of uterine therapeutics, and of diseases of women / by Edward John Tilt.
- Edward John Tilt
- Date:
- 1869
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A Hand-book of uterine therapeutics, and of diseases of women / by Edward John Tilt. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![This is very suitable in many cases, the number of pills varying according to the case. I have given two, three times a day in one instance, for many weeks. Tonic and Laxative. 58. Sulphate of quinia .... gr. -J-. Compound rhubarb pill . . . gr. 2. Extract of henbane . . . . gr. 1. Two of these pills to be taken at night, or one may be taken as a dinner-pill. Although this pill has only a slight purgative action, it often brings away stools that scald the passage as if mercury had been taken. Hcemostatic. 59. .Gallic acid gr. 2. Extract of matico gr. 1. Watery extract of opium gr. ss. To be taken every three or four hours. Antisyphilitic. 60. Proto-iodide of mercury . . . gr. 1. Extract of henbane . . . . gr. 2. The pill to be taken morning and night. MISCELLANEOUS. Caustic Tincture of Iodine. 61. Iodine gr. 60. Iodide of potassium gr. 30. Rectified spirit of wine . . to § 1. The painful parts of the back and abdomen may be painted with one coat of this tincture, once a week or oftener. The formu- la may be made more effectual in cases of neuralgia, by the addi- tion of 30 grains of acetate of morphia. COOLING POWDEE. 62. Powdered starch . . . . § 5. Powdered camphor . . . . § 1. Powdered acetate of lead . . § ss. Essential oil of bitter almonds . tt], 20. It is useful to dust the pudendum with this powder two or three times a day, when there is great irritation.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21081141_0356.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
