Researches respecting the natural history, chemical analysis, and medicinal virtues, of the spur, or ergot of rye, when administered as a remedy in certain states of the uterus / by Adam Neale.
- Adam Neale
- Date:
- 1828
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Credit: Researches respecting the natural history, chemical analysis, and medicinal virtues, of the spur, or ergot of rye, when administered as a remedy in certain states of the uterus / by Adam Neale. 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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![susceptibility of the patient in regard to the remedy. The quantity may be greater or less in proportion to the age^ nervous habit^ debility^ or strength^ &c. of the female in child-bed. It must be proportioned also to the particular sensibility of the stomach and uterus; according to the courage or timidity of the female; the duration of the labour; and the interval which may have elapsed since the rupture of the membranes. Regard also must be had to the size of the child^ &c. Lastly, it is a maxim laid down by the best authors^ that the spurred rye ought to be given with more reserve to women bearing their j^r^^ children than to others. The dose then should be from ten grains (which is the largest prescribed by Stearns) to ninety grains^ and even more^ during one parturition; and it may be g-iven in a small wine-oj-lassful of any fluid most agreeable to the patient^ such as barley water_, capiilaire and water,, cinnamon or orange water^ &c.; and it may even be given in je]ly or marmalade ; but as the powder is not of a disagreeable flavour^ it is needless to give it in pills or boluses, as its immediate action might be delayed thereby, and valuable time lost. As we must for the most part be ignorant to what extent exactly this substance may act upon the person to whom we are giving it; and as there might arise much inconvenience in hurrying a labour too much^ we ought never to exceed twenty grains for the first dose; and even this w&](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21068938_0054.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
