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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    Acorus Calamus. See Calamus. ADANSONIA. Baobab Tree. The bark of the Baobab Tree (Adansonia digitata, Nat. Ord. Bombacece, or Sterculiacece) is tonic and diaphoretic, and has . been recommended as a substitute for Cinchona. It differs from it, however, in having but little taste. The decoction is mucilaginous, and soon spoils. It is taken in the same manner as Cinchona bark, usually in the form of decoction. ADIANTUM. Maidenhair. Adiantum Capillus Veneris, and A. pedatum, European and American Maidenhair, are pectoral, and are used, especially in France, in the form of Syrup (Strop de Capillaire ). Mixed with water, it may be taken as a common drink in catarrhal disorders. jEGLE MARMELOS. Eael, or Bela. The Bael is sometimes termed the Bengal Quince, but belongs to the Nat. Ord. Aurantiacece. A decoction of the root is used in Malabar as a remedy for hypochondriasis, melancholy, and palpitations of the heart; and of the leaves in asthma. In this country the bark of the root, and the unripe fruit and the preserved fruit, have been introduced into medical use, chiefly in irritations of the mucous membrane, and to obviate costiveness arising from debility. 192 ]jt Fruct. immaturi Bela1., gij. Aqure, Oj. Coque lentb ad fgv. et cola. Sit dosis, f5j. ad fji'ss. bis terve die, vel quaque tertia liora. In Dysentery and Diarrhoea.—Mr. Pound. jESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM, Horse Chesnut. The bark of Horse Chesnut has been used as a substitute for Cinchona. From half an ounce to an ounce of the powder may be taken in twenty-four hours. The decoction may be used in the same way as Decoc/um Cinchona. jETHEREA. /Ethers. /Ether. Sulphuric -Ether is a diffusible stimulant, much