Volume 1

Domestic medicine : or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners / by William Buchan.

  • Buchan William, 1729-1805.
Date:
1791
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Credit: Domestic medicine : or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners / by William Buchan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    It difTolves likewife thofe parts of animal fubftances in which their peculiar fmells and talles^ refide. Hence the tindures prepared with redfified fpirits form an ufefu] and elegant clafs of medicines, pofTefling many of the moft ef-' fential virtues of fimples, without being clogged with their inert or ufelefs parts. Water, however, being the proper mcnffruiim of the gummy, faline, and faccharine parts of medicinal fubftances, it will be necelTary, in the preparation of feveral tind^ures, to make ufe of a weak fpirir, or a compofition of redtified fpirit and water. Aromatic TinEhire. Infufe two ounces of Jamaica pepper in two pints of brandy, without heat, for a few days; then ftrain off the tindfure. This firnple timSlure will fufficiently anfwer all the inten- tions of the more coftly preparations of this kind. It is rather too hot to be taken by itfelf; but is very proper for mixing with fuch medicines as might otherwife prove too cold for the ftomach. Compound Hinldure of the Bark, Take of Peruvian bark, two ounces ; Seville orange-peel and cinnamon, of each half an ounce. Let the bark he powdered, and the other ingredients bruifed ; then infufe the whole in a pint and a half of brandy, for five or fix days, in a clofc veflel ; afterwards ftrain off the tindlure. I'his linefure is not only beneh»ciai in intermitting fevers,- but alfo in the flow, nervous, and putrid kinds, efpecially towards their decline. The dofe is from one drachm to three or four, every fifth or fixth hour. It may be given in any fuitable liquor, and occafionally fharpened with a few drops of the fpirit of vitriol. Volatile Foetid FiiiEiure, Infufe two ounces of afafoetlda in one pint of volatile aromatic fpirit, for eight days, in a ck>fe bottle, frequently fhaking it; then ffrain the tindlure. This medicine is beneficial in hyfteric diforders, efpecially when attended with lownefs of fpirits, and faintings. A tea-fpoonful of it may be taken in a glafs of wine, or a cup of penny-royal tea. Yy 4 Volatik