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

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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Goulard's Extract of Lead. Solution of Diacetate of Lead. Cooling and astringent. Used externally only, in lotions, &c., in the same cases as sugar of lead. (See Lead, Acetate of.) For inflamed eyes, 1 dr. or IJ to a pint of water ; for other purposes it is made stronger. Grains of Paradise. A warm stimulant; chiefly used in cattle medicines. Dose, 3 to 6 dr. Gruel. A decoction of oatmeal. Nutritive and demulcent. GuAiACUM [Gum]. Sudorific and expectorant. It has been given to horses, in doses of 4 dr., in chest affections, farcy, , rheumatism, &c. ; and to cattle in doses of 4 or 6 dr. But its utility is doubted. The guaiacum wood is given to the amount of 4 oz., in decoction, repeated 2 or 3 times in 24 hours. Gum Arabic. Emollient and demulcent. Used in inflam- matory aff'ections of the bowels, or of the respiratory or urinary organs. Dose, for horses and cattle, 1 to 4 oz., dissolved in water. For smaller animals, from ^ oz. to 1 oz. It is also used to suspend in water insoluble powders and oils. Gum senega! and gum tragacanth are used for the same purposes. The latter will thicken twenty times as much water as Gum Arabic. [For Gum Ammoniac, Ben- zoin, &c., see Ammoniacum, Benzoin, &c.] Hartshorn, Spirits of. See Ammonia. It is chiefly used in stimulating liniments, and for the bites and stings of venomous reptiles and insects. For salt of hartshorn, see Ammonia, Carbonate of. Hellebore, White. Poisonous to all classes of animals. In small doses, it has been strongly recommended as a nauseant and diaphoretic, in inflammatory diseases; but it requires to be very carefully watched, otherwise a fatal collapse may be induced. The usual dose is 20 gr. every four or six hours till nausea is produced, or the pulse affected. Mr. Youatt says it cannot safely be given in doses of a drachm, but that it is given with advantage in ounce doses in chronic grease. Externally, it is used in ointments and washes for the mange; but even in this Avay its use requires caution. It is also blown into the nostrils as a sternutatory. Hellebore, Black. The root is used as an irritating seton for cattle, and introduced into fistulous sores of the horse.

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