Purity, activity, beauty : medicinal fluid extracts / manufactured by John Wyeth & Brother ; with doses, remedial attributes, and formulae for extemporaneous preparations.

  • John Wyeth & Brother
Date:
1892
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Credit: Purity, activity, beauty : medicinal fluid extracts / manufactured by John Wyeth & Brother ; with doses, remedial attributes, and formulae for extemporaneous preparations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    PREPARATIONS. Aromatic Syrup. Fluid Extract 2 fluid ounces ( 60. c. c.) Simple Syrup 12 fluid ounces (360. c .c.) Alcohol 2 fluid ounces ( 60. c. c.) M. Dose.—1 to 2 fluid drachms (3.75—7.50 c. c). Aromatic or Spice Plaster. Fluid Extract 4 fluid ounces (120. c. c.) Indian Meal 16 av. ounces (453.60. gms.) Mix thoroughly together, place the mixture in a muslin bag and apply warm over the epigastrium. It is invaluable where a rubefacient effect is to be maintained for any length of time over any part of the body. No. 19. ASAFffiTIDA. The Gum Resin from Ferula Narthex. (For making the Tincture of Asafcetida, U. S. P., 1880.) Natural Order.—Umbelliferae, Orthospermse. Habitat.—Persia, Afghanistan, Western Thibet. Common Name.—Asafcetida. Active Constituents.—Resin (fifty to seventy per cent.), Volatile Oil (Sulphuretted). (Each fluid ounce [30. c. c] representing one-half troy ounce [15.5 c. c] of the drug.) The well-known medicinal properties of this drug as a stimu- lant, antispasmodic, anodyne and expectorant, are often over- looked on account of its odor. It is, however, one of the most reliable and efficient remedies in cases of hysteria, whooping- cough, asthma, and in all nervous disorders of the stomach and bowels. Dose.—10 to 20 minims (0.60—1.25 c. c). PREPARATIONS. Tincture of Asafcetida, U. S. P., 1880. Fluid Extract 6 fluid ounces (180. c. c.) Alcohol 10 fluid ounces (300. c. c.) M. and filter. Dose.—30 to 60 minims (1.90—3.75 c. c). Mixture of Asafcetida, TJ. S. P., 1880. Fluid Extract ' ' 6 fluid drachms (22.5 c c.) Hot Water 10 fluid ounces (300. c.c.) M. and agitate well for fifteen or twenty minutes, then strain. Dose. —l to 2 fluid ounces (30.—60. c. c).