Formulae medicamentorum concinnatae. Elegant medical prescriptions for various disorders / Translated from the latin of ... Dr. Hugh Smith. To which is prefixed, a sketch of his life.

  • Hugh Smith
Date:
1791
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Credit: Formulae medicamentorum concinnatae. Elegant medical prescriptions for various disorders / Translated from the latin of ... Dr. Hugh Smith. To which is prefixed, a sketch of his life. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( ” ) Make thefe into a bolus with Simple Syrup; to be taken morning and evening. Take Conferve of Orange-Peel, half a drachm; Steel Filings, one fcruple; Zedoary, and Aromatic Species,—each fix grains; Syrup of Orange-Peel, fufficient to make thefe into a bolus. To be taken night and morning. Take Conferve of Sea-Worm wood one ounce; Martial Flowers, half an ounce; Compound Powder of Arum, two drachms. Make thefe into an eledtuary with Syrup of Orange- Peel, taking the quantity of a nutmeg night and morn- ing. Take Salt of Steel, one ounce; calcine it in an iron veflel, with a flow fire, until it becomes red; and while it is warm pour on it a pint of Spirits of Wine: let it digefl: three or four days, then ilrain for xiie. The dofe, three drachms to half an ounce twice a day. Take from thirty drops to two drachms of Satur- nine Tincture three or four times a day. [This is a medicine of great efficacy^ but too powerful to be laihly ventured on.]. No. 10. Roman Vitriol, half a fcruple; Compound Powder of Amber, three drachms. Mix them. From half a fcruple to a full fcruple to be taken three or four times a day. Take
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