The medical pocket-book : containing a short but plain account of the symptoms, causes, and methods of cure, of the diseases incident to the human body. Including such as require surgical treatment : together with the virtues and doses of medicinal compositions and simples ; extracted from the best authors, and digested into alphabetical order / by John Elliot, M.D.

  • John Elliot
Date:
1791
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Credit: The medical pocket-book : containing a short but plain account of the symptoms, causes, and methods of cure, of the diseases incident to the human body. Including such as require surgical treatment : together with the virtues and doses of medicinal compositions and simples ; extracted from the best authors, and digested into alphabetical order / by John Elliot, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HICCOUGH, or Hiccup. The common hiccup is ufually removed by drinking a draught of any weak, liquid, by hold- ing the breath, and fometimes by /wallowing dry tread. For the hiccup or finguluts, which come on ia the lair ftages of fever, Sec. give julep, e mofch. or mufk in fubftance, in large dofes ; volatile f.dt, caftor or the like ; to which, opium may be difcretionally added. When it is a primary difeafe, ftemutatories and emetics; and e;np. {torn, applied to the fcrob.cordis have been ufeful. HIERA PICRA. Cathartic, deobftruent, ^ff. ad g>j, or more. See Tincl. Sacra. HONEY. Pecloral, detergent. HONEY, Egyplan, Detergent, deftroys fungous flefh. HONEY of Hellebore. Emetic, cathartic gj. ad 5fT. HONEY of Rofes. Detergent, aftringent. HOOPING COUGH, See Cough. HORSE RADISH. Diuretic, deobftruent, ad libitum, or infufed in water, wine, or fpirit, gjfT. ad giij. HYDROCELE,
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