Favorite prescriptions of distinguished practitioners, with notes on treatment : comp. from the published writings or unpublished records of Drs. Fordyce Barker, Roberts Bartholow [etc.] ... / By B. W. Palmer.

  • Palmer, B. W. (Benjamin W.)
Date:
1884
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Credit: Favorite prescriptions of distinguished practitioners, with notes on treatment : comp. from the published writings or unpublished records of Drs. Fordyce Barker, Roberts Bartholow [etc.] ... / By B. W. Palmer. 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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    In Rheumatic Dysmenorrhea. 5 Tinct. cimicifugse 3 iij. Tinct. stramonii 3 ss. Vin. colchici rad 3 ss. M. Sig.—A teaspoonful at each mealtime in water. N. S. Davis, M.D. If the cimieifuga or colchicum causes headache and disturbance of the bowels, lessen the quantity rela- tively to the other constituents of the prescription. The above is recommended by Prof. Davis in that common class of cases, where pain is severe and the flow scanty. Laxatives for Habitual Use in Uterine Disorders. 5 Ext. colcynth. comp gr. ij. Ext. belladonnae gr. -J-. Ext. gentianae gr. j. Ol. carui gtt. ss. Et ft. pil. No. j. M. To be taken at bedtime. The pulvis glycyrrhizae comp. of the Prussian Phar- macopoeia is another good laxative. I have kept pa- tients upon it for months, and always with benefit. The formula for it is as follows: 5 Pulv. glycyrrh. rad ) _ Pulv. sennae ) * Sulphuris sublim ) _.. Pulv. foeniculi f aa 5 1]* Sacchar. purif f jss. M. Sig.—One teaspoonful in half a cupful of water at bedtime. Wm. Goodcll, M.D., Phila.