A text-book of practical therapeutics : with especial reference to the application of remedial measures to disease and their employment upon a rational basis / by Hobart Amory Hare.

Hare, H. A. (Hobart Amory), 1862-1931.

Date:: 1897

Credit: A text-book of practical therapeutics : with especial reference to the application of remedial measures to disease and their employment upon a rational basis / by Hobart Amory Hare. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$ALLIUM-ALLSPIGE-ALMONDS. ALLIUM. rr 0* i« 1 stimulant to digestion, owing t„ the volatile oil it contains, ^'^'°f„„;e^ secretion. In ties excites the gastnc mucous ^-^^ 'are naSularW affected, a permunt colds, ,vhere the b™f- t\'=^i^7,ra Mortar, is a very garlic poultice made po'8 '''^ \^Xe treatment of children efEcient though disagreeable lemeuy. J- ^ . with erf* ga?lic may be used boded -ff^^^;' .t^^'^^ eniulsion a drink .arm J, ffo oLo if ou^L no! to be given dur- m the dose of 1 or Z drops {V.vo u.x;. 5 ;St^ih: ^Snd^ ^i-r io^:i^^y Txed with enual arts of bran, and a regular poultice or plas er made thereof^ Employed in this form, allium is useful if applied Ter the spine or fee\ in the treatment of the cerebral and sjnnal con- :;Lt%fTnfants; placed over the helly in cases of catarrh, it acts almost as well as a spice poultice, f l/^^:]^;^^^^^^^ also been used, in the dose of 2 to 5 drops (O-l-^-^) « ^dieve ner vous vomiting. The dose of the syrup {Syrupus Alhi, U- tor a chHd I 1 drachm (4.0), but 4 drachms (16.0) may be given to an adult. ALLSPICE. Allspice, or Pwienta {U. S. and B. P.), is the nearly ripe fruit of PimeJa officinalis, a tree of the West Indies It contains an official volatile oHOleum Pimentos, U. S. and B. P.), used for flavoring pur- poses, as a constituent of spice plasters, in diarrhoea mixtures, or as a carminative. It will also .prevent the griping of purgative med ernes. The dose of the oil is 1 to 5 drops (0-06-0-3). i^' P.) is given in the dose of 1 to 2 ounces (32.0-64. U). ALMONDS. Almonds are official in the form of the bitter almonds {Amygdalus Amara, U. S. and B. P.) and the sweet almonds {Amygdalus Bulcis, U. S. and B. P.). Bitter almonds develop hydrocyanic acid m the presence of water, by the reaction between the amygdalin and wat^r in the presence of the emulsin contained in them ; this is not the case with sweet almonds. Sweet almonds, when rubbed up in a mortar with water, form a pleasant-tasting emulsion of an agreeable odor that is very useful as a vehicle for remedies having a disagreeable taste. Almond bread has been proposed as a food for diabetics, owing to its containing virtually no starch; but it is requisite that the oils and saccharine constituents of the almond shall first be removed. (See Foods for the Sick.) _ When half an ounce of swee'. almonds are rubbed up with thirty grains of gum arabic and two drachms of sugar, to which is added gradually a half-pint of distilled water, the mixture being then$