The druggist's general receipt book : comprising a copious veterinary formulary, with numerous recipes in patent and proprietary medicines, druggists' nostrums, etc. : perfumery and cosmetics; beverages, dietetic articles, and condiments : trade chemicals, scientific processes, and an appendix of useful tables / by Henry Beasley.

  • Beasley, Henry
Date:
1871
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Credit: The druggist's general receipt book : comprising a copious veterinary formulary, with numerous recipes in patent and proprietary medicines, druggists' nostrums, etc. : perfumery and cosmetics; beverages, dietetic articles, and condiments : trade chemicals, scientific processes, and an appendix of useful tables / by Henry Beasley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    but its operation requires to be carefully watched. It has been given, in doses of 2 gr., gradually increased to 20, in farcy and glanders. Externally, is a caustic, but dangerous and unmanageable. Used in solution to destroy vermin in cattle and sheep; but it is not free from danger. Mr. YouATT remarks— We have better and safer tonics, and better and safer caustics. The best antidotes are, hydrated ^xide of iron, and calcined magnesia, in very large quantities, or a mixture of lime-water and linseed oil. AssAFCETiDA. Stimulant, antispasmodic, and expectorant. It is prescribed in nervous affections and chronic coughs; also in farcy and worms; and to increase the appetite and diges- tion. The dose is ^ dr. to 2 dr.; but, according to Moiroud, may be carried to 2 oz. for the horse, and 2 or 3 oz. for horned cattle. Externally it is applied to indolent tu- mors, &c. Astringents. Medicines which produce a more obvious and decided constriction of the muscular fibres than the simple tonics. Balsams. Natural balsams appear to act on the mucous membrane generally; but are chiefly given as diuretics and expectorants. See Balsam of Canada, Copaiva, Peru, &c. Balsam of Canada. Diuretic. Dose, | oz. to 1 oz. Balsam of Copaiva. As a diuretic to horses, J oz. to 1 oz.; as an expectorant in chronic coughs, 1 or 2 dr. For dogs, J dr. to 1 dr. Balsam, Frtar's. Comp. Tincture of Benzoin. It is some- times given in ^ oz. doses to horses, in chronic cough, mixed with yolk of egg, gruel, or linseed tea. But more frequently applied to wounds, indolent ulcers, &c. Balsam of Lucatelli. Dose, J oz. in old coughs. Balsam of Tolu, and of Peru. 2 dr. in old coughs; but too expensive. Balsam of Sulphur. A stimulating expectorant in old coughs, in doses of J oz. to 1 oz. Sometimes used as an outward application. Barbadoes Tar. Stimulant, diuretic, and expectorant. Dose, 1 to 4 dr. or more [2 to 4 ounces—Morton], in old coughs,