Medicines, their uses and mode of administration : including a complete conspectus of the three British pharmacopoeias, an account of all the new remedies, and an appendix of formulae / by J. Moore Neligan.
- John Neligan
- Date:
- 1849
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Credit: Medicines, their uses and mode of administration : including a complete conspectus of the three British pharmacopoeias, an account of all the new remedies, and an appendix of formulae / by J. Moore Neligan. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ciency, mix.) An excellent habitual purgative. Dose, gr. v. to gr. xv.—Pilulce Aloes cum Myrrha, D. L. E. (Hepatic (Socotrine, L. Socotrine or East India, E.) aloes, (powdered, L.,) §ij. (4 parts, E.;) saffron, §j. [|js., U. S. ;] (1 part, E. ; (myrrh, gi. (2 parts, E.;) syrup (conserve of red roses, E.,) q. s. : beat to a proper mass.) Rufus' Pills. An excellent stimulating cathartic and emmenagogue. Dose, gr. x. to gr. xx.—Pilulce Aloes et Assafatida, E. (Socotrine or East Indian aloes ; assafcetida; and Castile soap, equal parte; conserve of red roses, [water, U. S.] q. s. ; beat to a proper mass.) Cathartic and antispasmodic. Dose, gr. x. to gr. xv.—Pilulce Aloes el Ferri, E. (Sulphate of iron, 3 parts ; barbadoes aloes, 2 parts ; aromatic powder, 6 parts ; conserve of red roses, 8 parts ; pulverise the aloes and sulphate of iron separately, and beat into a proper mass, which is to be divided into five grain piils.) Tonic and cathartic, well adapted for chlorosis. Dose, one to three daily.—Pilulce, ante cibum, P. (Aloes, 6 parts ; extract of cinchona, 3 parts ; canella, 1 part; syrup of wormwood, q. s. ; divide into four grain pills.) One or two before dinner.—Decoctum Aloes composilum, D. L. Decoctum Aloes, E. (Extract of liquorice, §ss. (3vij., L. ;) carbonate of potash, 9ij. (5i., L.) ; hepatic (socotrine, L. or hepatic, E.) aloes, bruised, (powdered, L. ;) myrrh, bruised, (powdered, L. ;) and saffron, of each, 5i- (3iss. L.;) water, by measure Ibj. (Oiss. L. ;) boil together down to fgxij. (Oi. L.) strain and add of the compound tincture of cardamoms, f§iv. (fijviij., L.) A mild cathartic with tonic properties ; Acids, acidulous and most metallic salts are incompatible in prescription with it. Dose, f§ss. to f§ij.— Vinum Aloes. D. L. (Socotrine aloes, rubbed to powder, |iv. (§ij., L. :) canella bark, powdered, §j. (5iv-j L. ;) sherry wine, by measure ibiij. (Oij. L.;) (proof spirit, by measure Ibj. D.) ; macerate for 14 days with frequent agitation and strain.)—E. (Socotrine or East Indian aloes, §iss. ; cardamom seeds, ground ; and ginger, in coarse powder, of each, 5iss. ; sherry, Oij. ; digest for seven days, and strain through linen or calico.—[U. S. Aloes in powder §j. Cardamom bruised, ginger bruised aa, 3j- wine Oj. Macerate for 14 days, with occasional agitation, and filter through paper.] A warm purgative. Dose, fgss. to f§ij.— Tinctura Aloes, [U. S.] D. L. E. (Socotrine (or East Indian, E.) aloes, powdered, §ss. (§i , [U. S.| L. E. ;) extract of liquorice, (dissolved in §viij. of boiling water, D.,) giss. (§iij., L. E.;) proof (rectified, L.. E), spirit, by measure §viij. (Oss., L. fgxij., E. ;) water Oiss., L. fgxxviij., E. ;) digest for seven (fourteen, (U. S.) L.) days and filter.) Cathartic and tonic. Dose, min. xxx. to fgss.—Tinctu- ra Aloes composita, D. L. Tinctura Aloes et Myrrha IU. S.I E. (So- cotrine (or East Indian, E.) aloes, powdered, §iij. (§iv., L. E. ;) tinc- ture of myrrh, by measure Ibij. (Oij. ; and saffron, §ij., L. E. ;) (Oij. ; and saffron §i. ;) macerate for fourteen (seven, E.) days and filter-) Stomachic and cathartic. Dose, f3ss. to f3ij.—Enema Alois, L. (Aloes 9ij. ; carbonate of potash, gr. xv. ; decoction of barley Oss. ; mix and rub them together.) A useful stimulating cathartic in the constipa- tion of amenorrhcea; also employed for dislodging ascarides from the rectum. Calomelas, E. Calomelas sublimatum, D. IHydrargyri chlor- idum mite, U. S.I Hvdrargyri CHi.ORiDiiM, L. Calomel; Sublimed Calomel; Chloride of Mercury. (Subchloride of Mercury, Graham.) Calomelas pr^cipitatum, D. Calomel, by precipitation.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21143602_0090.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
