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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    Bromine. Poisonous. 5 gr. killed a dog. Its medical use is not well ascertained, but appears analogous to that of iodine. Broom. The Spanish broom, and particularly the seeds, are supposed to produce inflammation of the bladder in sheep and cattle. BucKBEAN. A bitter tonic and purgative. The powdered plant has been given to sheep for rot, in 1 dr. doses.—[Dr. Paris.] Buckwheat. Slightly laxative, but chiefly used to fatten poultry. Buckthorn. Purgative; principally administered to dogs. Dose of the juice, 2 or 3 dr.; but it is Usually given in the form of Syrup. See Syrup of Buckthorn. The berries are more active, but seldom employed. Burdock. Diuretic and sudorific. Used, but rarely, in rheu- matism and skin diseases. Burgundy Pitch. • Similar to resin in its properties. It is chiefly used outwardly in charges, &c. Butter of Antimony. Chloride of Antiynony. See Anti- mony, Muriate of. Cabbage Tree Bark. Vermifuge. Dose for a horse, 2 to 4 dr. But rarely used. Calamine, or Lapis Calaminaris. Slightly astringent, drying and healing. Sprinkled on excoriations and sores ; and used in ointments, lotions, eye-waters, &c. The greater part of what is sold is factitious, and only calculated to do harm. Calamus Aromaticus. Sweet flag. A warm stomachic. Dose, from 1 oz. to 2 or 3 oz. in infusion. Calomel. Alterative, vermifuge, sialogogue, purgative; it also increases the action of diuretics and diaphoretics. In doses of 1 or 2 dr. [20 to 60 grains, Youatt], combined with or followed by aloes, it is given to horses for worms ; or from 10 to 20 gr. as an alterative, in skin diseases, grease, farcy, constitutional affections, &c. If too often repeated, it salivates. It does not agree with cattle (see Mercury), but is sometimes given, in doses of from 10 to 20 gr., in inflammation of the liver, and jaundice. Some writers mention much larger doses. On dogs it acts as