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The modern practice of the London hospitals. Viz. St. Bartholomew's, St. Thomas's, Guy's, St. George's, the Portuguese, and the Lock, at Hyde-Park-Corner.

Date:
MDCCLXX. [1770]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The modern practice of the London hospitals. Viz. St. Bartholomew's, St. Thomas's, Guy's, St. George's, the Portuguese, and the Lock, at Hyde-Park-Corner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ABUL PR AG BA CRO F Acid eleétuary. Take conferve of rofes, and ttoned raifins, eech three ounces; oi] of vitriol, balf a drachm; and mix into.an electuary with two ounces of the fimple dyrup. | | Peétoral eleétuary. 7 Take conferve of hips, one ounce and an half; {permaceti, three drachms ; prepared cralis eyes, one drachm ; mix into an eleétuary with the fimple jytup. Elecampane eleéluary. Take elecampane, and Spanith liquorice, dif folved in water, and gum ammoniacum difiolved in vinegar, each an equal quantity; and mix into an. electuary, ‘with fyrup of garlick. ‘The quantity of a nutmeg of either of thefe elec. ‘tuaries, may be taken to promote expectoration, three or four times in a day, ; Chalybeate eleCiuary. Take conferve of wormwood, and prepared ftcel,, each two ounces; powder of ginger, half an ounce $. and mix into an electuary with the fimple fyrup.— The dofe is the quantity of a nutmeg twice in a day ; ufing exercife greatly affifts the efficacy of this medicine, in obftruétions and other diforders inci-. dent to women, Guaiacum eleftuary. Take conferve of wormwood, cinnabar of anti- tony, and gum guaiacum, each an equal quantity, and mix into an-electuary with the fimple fyrup.— The dofe is the quantity of anutmeg twice in a day, _ and is furprizingly efficacious in removing rheumatic. diforders. Compound.