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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    ' 13. Powdered yellow resin 4 dr., nitrate of potash 2 dr., p. ginger 1 dr.; beat up with soap.—Spooner. 14. Nitre 8 oz., oxysulpliuret of antimony 1 oz., sulphur 8 oz,, resin 8 oz., oil of juniper 1 oz., yellow soap 8 oz., treacle to form a mass; dose 1^ oz. 15. White soap 1 oz., extract of juniper berries q. s. for 2 balls. BOURGELAT. Tonic Diuretic Ball. Gentian 1 dr., ginger J dr., sulphate of iron 2 dr , diuretic mass (No. 11) J oz., oil of juniper 10 drops, syrup of squills | oz.; twice a day in dropsy of chest; less frequently in swelled legs.—Clater. Tonic and Diuretic Ball for Pleurisy. Sulphate of copper IJ dr., ginger and gentian 2 dr. each, with Venice turpen- tine.—Spooner. See also Leicester Red Balls. (Miscella- neous Balls.) FEVER BALLS. 1. Emetic tartar ^ dr., camphor ^ dr., nitre 2 dr., com- mon mass 6 dr., or q. s. for 1 ball; to be given once or twice a day.—Morton. 2. Camphor 1 dr., nitre 6 dr., antimonial powder 2 dr., flour and syrup to form a ball.—White. 3. Antimonial powder 2 dr., nitre 3 dr., cream of tartar 2 dr., honey to form a ball; in influenza, twice a day, after a mild laxative.—Blaine. 4. See Balls for Inflammation of Lungs, No. 4.—Clater. BALLS FOR FARCY AND GLANDERS. Mr. Coleman says he has tried the various preparations of arsenic, anti- mony, copper, mercury, zinc, aconite, digitalis, hemlock, henbane, hellebore, nightshade, &c., in glanders, without any specific or curative efiect. Mr Youatt considers it useless to attempt the cure of glandered horses; but that farcy in its early stages and mild form may be successfully treated. Mr. Blaine says, All the mercurials have been used with benefit in farcy; but they must be discontinued as soon as the mouth is affected, or sickness, loss of appetite, &c., produced. 1. Ethiops mineral 2 dr., blue pill 1 dr., prepared anti- mony 3 dr., diuretic mass 4 dr. One every morning. 2. Strong mercurial ointment 2 to 3 dr., guaiacum 3 dr., soap 4 dr., fenugreek 12 dr., treacle to form a mass, for 6 balls. [See Mercurial Alterative Balls, p. 59.] 5