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 from the published writings or unpublished records of Drs.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 from the published writings or unpublished records of Drs.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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    Diarrhoea Mixture. Harfs Island Hospital, N. Y. ]J Tinct. capsici fl. 1 i Tinct. catechu Tinct. kino Tinct. krameriae aa fl. § 4 Tinct. opii fl. | 3 Spts. menth. pip fl. | 2 Spts. camphorae Aquae aa fl. §4 Mix. Dose: 30-60 minims. Diuretic Mixture. I£ Spiritus juniperi § ss. Potass, acetat 3 jss. Spiritus aetheris nit f j. Decoc. scoparii (br) 3 viij. Dose : two tablespoonfuls three times a day. Hyperemia of the Kidney. In addition to general hygienic measures, Pi of. Montrose Pallen, M.D., advises the use of vaseline in- unctions and sponging the surface with hot water and alcohol. The use of the hot air or Turkish bath, and the most easily digested and highly nutritious food, such as milk and kumyss. An aperient is to be given and a uniform temperature maintained by keeping the patient in bed. Massage is advantageous, stimu- lating the circulation. Should the symptoms of ec- lampsia come on, we must have recourse to chloroform and bleeding.