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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    386 Liq. Ammonite, Jss. Petrolei Barbad. Jiss. Fiat lini mentum. As a Counter-irritant in Diseased Joints.—Dr. Kirkland. [For other Ammoniacal Liniments, see tinder Camphora, Ol. Terebinthin^e, &c.] 387 9 Eiquor. Ammonite, 3iv. Lactis Vaccini, Jiv. Fiat injectio. f 3j. to be injected daily. In Amenorrhoea.—Lavagna. AMMONITE ACETAS. AMMONITE CITRAS. AMMO- NITE TARTRAS. Acetate, Citrate, and Tartrate of Am- monia. These neutral Salts of Ammonia are all regarded as diapho- retic, and in some eases diuretic. They are used in febrile diseases, and generally to promote diaphoresis, as in dropsy, rheumatism, &c. The acetate (as well as the carbonate and pure ammonia) has also been recommended to remove the effects of intoxicat- ing liquors. The acetate is only employed in the form of Liquor Ammo- nice Acetatis, commonly termed Mindererus’ Spirit. The citrate is very commonly given in the extemporaneous and effervescing form of sesquicarbonate of ammonia and lemon juice. The doses are : Liq. Ammonia: Acetatis, 3 to 12 drachms. Ammonia Cilras, 1 to 3 scruples. Liq. Ammonia, Citratis, L.; 21 to 4 drachms. Tartrutis; the same. Externally, Liq. Ammon. Acet. is cooling and discutient, and is used in lotions to bruises and inflammations, and as a col- lyrium in chronic ophthalmia. 388 9 Biquoris Ammonue Acetatis, f Jij. Mistunc Camphoric, f gvj. Misce: so mat f ^ij. sextis horis. As a Diaphoretic in Low Fevers.—Dr. Ainslie.