The medical formulary : comprising standard and approved formulae for the preparations and compounds employed in medical practice / by Henry Besley.

  • Beasley, Henry
Date:
1856
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Credit: The medical formulary : comprising standard and approved formulae for the preparations and compounds employed in medical practice / by Henry Besley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Pilule Atropine. Bouchardat. Atropine gr. j; powdered althaea root, and honey, q. s. to make 50 pills. Dose, to com- mence with 1 to 2 pills. Pilule Belladonna cum Camphora. Dr. Debreyne's Pills for Hysterical Complaints. Camphor Jiij, assafoetida ^iijj ex- tract of belladonna Jj, extract of opium gr. xv, syrup of gum q. s. In 120 pills; 1 pill the first day, 2 the second, and so on till 6 are taken in 24 hours. Pilula Colocynthidis Composita. L. (In the place of Ex- tractum Coloc. Comp.) Extract of colocynth 5j> P- extract of aloes 3VJ> P- scammony ^\j, p. cardamom Jss, soft soap 3iss- Mix the powders, add the rest, and heat altogether into a mass. Dose, gr. iv to xij. Pilule Colocynthidis. E. [Pil. Col. Composite, D.] E. D. Aloes (Socot. or E. Ind.; liepat. D.), .... 8 parts, ^ij Colocynth pulp, in powder, 4 parts, ^j Scammony, in fine powder, . 8 parts. §j Castile soap, in powder, — 3J Sulphate of potash, 1 part. Oil of cloves, . 1 part. fgj Rectified spirit, . q. s. Treacle, — gx Mix, and form a mass. (Divide into 5-grain pills, E.) Pilule Diaphoretics. See Pil. Antimonii Comp., and Pil. Anodynge Mercuriales. Pilule Digitalins Composite. Falken. Digitaline gr. f, squill gr. 75, pure scammony gr. 75. Mix by long trituration, and form a mass with syrup of gum. Divide into 100 pills, and silver them. Give 2 pills, then 4, and afterwards 6 daily, in dropsy, with disordered circulation. Pilula Ferri Superphosphatis. The compound (Ferri Bi- phosphas) made into pills alone or with liquorice powder. Dose, gr- j—ij- Pilules Ferri Sulphureti. Biett. Sulphuret of iron 3ss, althaea powder gr. xv, syrup q. s.; in 20 pills; 1 to 4 daily, in scrofulous eruptions. Pilule Gentians cum Ferro. Guy's H. Extract of gentian 3j, sulphate of iron 9j. Mix, and divide into 20 pills—one 3 times a day.