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 from the published writings or unpublished records of Drs.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 from the published writings or unpublished records of Drs.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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    Squibb's Laxative Pills. 5 Resinae podophylli gr. 56 Extr. bellad. alcoh gr. 18 [or, Extr. hyoscyam. ale gr. 144] Pulv. capsici gr. 144 Pulv. sacch. lactis gr. 144 Pulv. acaciae gr. 36 Glycerinae m. 40 Syrupi q. s. Mix. Divide into 144 pills. Dry them by exposure to the ordinary temperature, until just hard enough to retain their form. Then put them into a well-stop- pered bottle. Vegetable Cathartic Pills. I> Extr. colocynth. co gr. 36 Resin, podophylli gr. 9 Resin, leptandrae gr. 3 Pulv. jalapae gr. 6 Pulv. aloes soc gr. 12 Extr. hyoscyam gr. 6 Olei menthae pip gtt. 5 Mix. Divide into twenty-four pills Liquid Pepsin. 5 Pepsini gr. 64 Aquae fl. 3 2-J- Acidi hydrochlorici fl. ^ Glycerinae fl. 5 i| Mix and filter.