Remarks on the efficacy of matico, as a styptic and astringent. With additional cases, mode of exhibition, &c / [Thomas Jeffreys].

  • Jeffreys, Thomas, 1774?-1852.
Date:
1844
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Credit: Remarks on the efficacy of matico, as a styptic and astringent. With additional cases, mode of exhibition, &c / [Thomas Jeffreys]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pressed without substituting some other evacuation, of which none but medical men can properly judge. FORMS IN USE. To leech-bites, and bleeding from cuts or other recent wounds, the inner side of the leaf should be pressed upon the bleeding part for a few minutes, when it will be found to possess not only an adhesive but also a healing quality, not easily separated by washing the hands or other ordinary means. The Powder of the Herb, used as snuff, has been found a very convenient form in bleeding from the nose. The genuine Leaf is of a yellow-green, as though it was prepared from the riper leaf. The purely green leaf is not so powerful as the yellow-green. THE INFUSION. Take of Matico-leaves, one ounce. Boiling Water, one pint. Macerate for two hours, or until cold. Dose, two table-spoonfuls for an adult, twice or thrice a day; or if the case is a severe one, or the symptoms urgent, every one, two, or three hours. THE DECOCTION. Take of Matico-leaves, one ounce or more, Water, one pint. Boil for ten or fifteen minutes, and strain. Dose, the same as the Infusion. The Decoction has been found very useful as an injection in cases of mucous discharges, and cavities occasioned by an abscess,* where more mechanical means are inconvenient. * [Bee Mr. Bainbrigge’s Case, p. 29.]