Volume 2

A manual of family medicine and hygiene for India / by William Moore.

  • Moore, W. J. (William James), Sir, 1828-1896
Date:
1903
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A manual of family medicine and hygiene for India / by William Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    purified by filtering and boiling (vide Chapter VI., Water, or Index) should always be used, and the measures, knives &c. should be kept perfectly clean. DOSES OF MEDICINES Unless expressly stated to the contrary, the doses mentioned in the account of diseases, and in the collection of prescriptions (vide Appendix), are those adapted for an ordinary strong adult. For younger and less robust patients, and for children, a smaller dose is necessary. Delicate women usually require a less powerful agent than stronger women, or than those of the other sex. The following table shows the approximate doses of medi- cines for different ages. For solids the scales and weights must be used, according to apothecaries’ weight (vide p. 8). For fluids the measures must be used (vide p. 3), and minims must be substituted for grains, according to apothecaries’ BEE tice or talc ven-aiuchiant [vn Ate sousloe 1 month 24 grains 3 grains 1 grain 6 months 2 scruples 5 grains 12 grain 1 year 1 drachm 8 grains 24 grains 2 years 1; drachm 9 grains 8 grains Sige 2 13 drachm 12 grains 4 grains 5 9 2 drachms 15 grains 5 grains hate 8 drachms 20 grains 7 grains IO ia; % ounce + drachm 4 scruple ar 5 drachms 40 grains 14 grains ED ys 6 drachms 45 grains 16 grains OD gs 7 drachms aa 50 grains 18 grains at <4 1 ounce 1 drachm 1 scruple
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