The book of prescriptions : containing 3000 prescriptions, collected from the practice of the most eminent physicians and surgeons, English and foriegn, comprising also, a compendious history of the materia medica, lists of the doses of all officinal or established preparations, and an index of diseases and remedies / by Henry Beasley.

  • Beasley, Henry
Date:
1859
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Credit: The book of prescriptions : containing 3000 prescriptions, collected from the practice of the most eminent physicians and surgeons, English and foriegn, comprising also, a compendious history of the materia medica, lists of the doses of all officinal or established preparations, and an index of diseases and remedies / by Henry Beasley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    741 R Barii Chloridi, gss. Aquie destillatffi, gj. Misce. Give daily, to a child of 8 years, from 5 to 20 drops ; to older children from 10 to 30 drops; increasing the dose to 50 or 60. [Wendt says from 5 to 15 drops every three hours.] In Scrofula. — Hufeland. 742 B Barii Chloridi, Ferri Potassio-tartr., ana 3ss. Aquae Cinnamomi, gj. Solve, et adde Syrupi Aurantii, gj. To a child of 2 or 3 years, give 8 or 10 drops every 3 hours, in gruel; to tiiose of 4 to 6 years, give 12 to 15 drops; and to older children 20 drops, at the same intervals. In Scrofulous Affections, Glandular Obstructions, fyc. Dr. Ure. 743 Ijt Barii Chloridi, Extract! Conii, ana gss. Solve in Aquae destillatffi, gss.; adde Yini Autim. Potassio-tart,, 3iss. Misce. Give 15 drops, gradually increased to 30, every 3 hours, shaking the bottle. In Chronic Enlargement of the Testicle, eye.—Dr. Wylie. 744 K Barii Chloridi, 3ss. Tinct. Ferri Sesquichlor. f 3ij. Syrupi Aurantii, f gij. Aquae destillatffi, f gviij. M. Give from half an ounce to an ounce, three times a day. In Scrofula, with languid Circulation, and Debility. Mr. Balman. 745 K Barii Chloridi, 3ss. Tinct. Cinclionfe, gss. Misce Ten to fifteen drops morning and night, shaking the bottle. In Scrofulous Photophobia.—Ammon. 746 K Barii Chloridi, gr. j. Morphiffi Muriat. gr. iij. Cont. Rosie, q. s. Fiant pilulffi xij. Sumat unam ter die. In Chronic Diarrhoea and Dysentery.—Dr. A. Walsh. 747 K Barii Iodidi, granum Cinnamomi pulveris, Sacchari albi, ana 3iv. Misce, et div. in partes viij. lequales. One to be taken three times a day. In Scrofulous Diseases.—Radius.