The physician's vade-mecum : containing the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of diseases : accompanied by a select collection of formulae, and a glossary of terms / by Robert Hooper, M.D. ... ; from the London copy.

  • Robert Hooper
Date:
1809
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Credit: The physician's vade-mecum : containing the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of diseases : accompanied by a select collection of formulae, and a glossary of terms / by Robert Hooper, M.D. ... ; from the London copy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PULVIS EMETICUS COMMUNIS. R. Pulveris ipecacuanhas gr.xv. Ansimomi tartaiisati gr.j. Misce utfiant pulvis. Mix into a powder. HAVSTUS EMETICUS COMMUNIS. R. Pulveris ipecacuanha; gr.xv. Arttimonii tartaiisati gr.j. Aq. Mentha; sativae dr.X'). Syr. croci dr.], M. pro haustu. Mix for a draught. R. Mistura; camphors */r.xiij. Tinctura; opii gutt. l. Syrupi simplicis dr.). M. F. haustus. Make a draught. R. ./Etheris vitriolici dr.). The patient i9 to take this undiluted : it deprives him of his breath for a short time, and excites great distress. %. By nutritive diet : regular exercise, if the state of the patient render its use practicable; and one of the following tonics : i. Cinchona officinalis :—The Peruvian bark. This heroic medicine is to be given in substance, and in large doses; if the interval be long, its exhibition should be delayed till within six or eight hours of the time of the accession of the cold fit; should there be any inflammatory diatheses, this ought first to be reduced during the hot 3tage of the preceding paroxysms, by saline diaphoretics; where there is great de- bility, the bark may be joined with wine and aromatics; if it occasion purging, with opiates and astringents j if costive ■ ness, with rhubarb.