A new collection of medical prescriptions, distributed into twelve classes ... with ... remarks, exhibiting a view of the present state of the materia medica ... / By a member of the London College of Physicians [i.e. R. Pearson].

Date:
1791
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Credit: A new collection of medical prescriptions, distributed into twelve classes ... with ... remarks, exhibiting a view of the present state of the materia medica ... / By a member of the London College of Physicians [i.e. R. Pearson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ufeful ] though we think iMmight be improv- ed, by throwing out either the manna or the fugar (either of them in an increafed propor- tion being capable of anfwering the intention of both) and by adding a few grains more to the quantity of jalap, the refinous part of which feems to be extracted by the procels of emulfion. Infufion of Hedge Hyffop. Take of Hedge hylTop, one dram. Boiling milk, a pint: Digeft on a chafing difh for an hour, and lira In off. Two table fpoonfuls to be taken every hour, or every two hours. For grown up youths that are troubled with worms. Hartmann. For dropfical patients, the herb may be infufed in the proportion of two drams to half a pint and with fuch intention, beer may be employed inftead of milk. This is an active medicine, being liable to vomit as well as purge ; for which reafon it will be prudent to ufe it only in fmall dofes. Ber- gius (whofe practice in certain cafes is to give ten grains of it in powder, with half as much gentian, every two hours till it operates) thinks
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