Medulla medicinae universae, or, A new compendious dispensatory / compiled ... for the use of the military hospital abroad ... ; by the King's physicians and surgeons ... ; to which is added, an English translation ... ; by John Theobald, M.D.
- Date:
- MDCCLVI [1756]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Medulla medicinae universae, or, A new compendious dispensatory / compiled ... for the use of the military hospital abroad ... ; by the King's physicians and surgeons ... ; to which is added, an English translation ... ; by John Theobald, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[45 ] ELixcrTARIUM ad Prortuvium Arvr, | five DIARRHOEAM. An ELrzcTrARY for a DIARRHOEA, Or LooszNwrss. Take Three Ounces of Diafcordium ; an Ounce of Rhubarb in Powder; and, with a Sufficient Quantity of Syrup of White Poppies, Make an Eleétary. As there is ever, in All Loofeneffes, a Sharp, or Slimy, Matter Sticking to and Irritating the Coats of the Inteftines, and Determining them to Thofe Exceffive and in This Compofition is Serviceable in a - Double Capacity; both as it Carries off This Hoftile Matter from the Bowels, and at the fame time Braces the Relaxed Fibres, and Reftores them to their For- mer Healthy State. The Diafcordium has its Share in Accomplifhing a Cure, partly from its Aftringency, partly from its Opiate Quality, by rendering the Vef- fels Infenfible of the Pungency of the Morbific Particles. The Dofe of This Ele&ary is Two Scruples, to be Taken in Some of the Chalk-Julep, and to be | Repeated](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33008164_0056.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
