Ourselves, our food, and our physic / by Benjamin Ridge.

  • Ridge, Benjamin
Date:
1861
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Ourselves, our food, and our physic / by Benjamin Ridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    43. Take— Ipeoaciianha wine TT\,ixx 30 drops. Water i ounce. Mix. Give a tea-spoonful every tliree hours. 44. Take— I[)ecacuanha wine TlXxxx 30 drops. Simple syrup or sugar :^i 1 drachm. Water y 1 ounce. Jlii. Give two tea-spoonfuls three times a day. Both the above should be administered soon after meals. 45. Take— Ipecjicuanha wine 5*® J drachm. Carbonate of magnesia 1 >* Water 5 2 ounces. Mix. Give a dessert-spoonful frequently. 46. Take— Iirecacuanlia wine 3ss J drachm. Sal-volatile 5®* i »> Carl)onate of magnesia 3* 1 »> Powdered rhubarb 5*® i >’ Simple syrup 3i 1 >> W.ater 5'U 3 ounces. Mix. Give a dessert-spoonful when griping pains arise, attended with slimy green motions, crying, and general disti'ess. This acts as an antacid, and at the same time carries off elements which Imvc been neutralized. 47. Take- Ipecacuanha wine TT\xi 20 drops. Sweet spirits of nitre TTtxx 20 ,, Prepared chalk ^ i ounce. Water 5iss 1 i ounces. Mix, Give a dessert-spoonful after ewvy loose or griping motion, or in diarrlupa. , Should the pain be great, or the diarrhoea frequent, then add— Paregoric elixir 3^ ^ drachm. 48. Take— Powdered rhubarb 3*® i drachm. Sal-volatile 3®® J ” Prepared chalk 3*' drachms. Water 5‘'i 3 ounces. MLx. Give a dessert-spoonful very frequently. These act both as tonics and antacids, and are beneficial
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