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A treatise on foreign vegetables. Containing ... such as are now commonly used in the practice of physick ... / Chiefly taken from the Materia medica of S.F. Geoffroy. By R. Thicknesse.
- Étienne François Geoffroy
- Date:
- 1749
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise on foreign vegetables. Containing ... such as are now commonly used in the practice of physick ... / Chiefly taken from the Materia medica of S.F. Geoffroy. By R. Thicknesse. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![and anodyne Draught for the Patient to take the fame Day in the Evening. Thus, Take of Ipecacuanha in Powder 9j. or gfs. Syrup of Quinces q. f. Make a Bolus and give it in the Morning in a Wafer, with a Draught of Broth, or Wine and Water after it. Take of the Confection of Hyacinth 3]. Syrup of white Poppies gvj. diflblve them in §iij« of Plantain-Water, for a Draught to be taken when going to Bed. Or, Take Diaphoretick Mineral, red Coral and fealed Earth, a gr. xv. Cinnamon and leifer Galan- gal a gr. x. Opium gr. Is. Syrup of Quinces q. f. Mix and make a Bolus. I have found by Experience, that fix Grains of Ipecacuanha vomit very well, and that ten Grains operate as flrongly as one or two Scruples. Where¬ fore I think a larger Dofe than fix or ten Grains entirely needlefs. As it is obferved that this Drug mull be fre¬ quently repeated in order to prevent Relapfes, there¬ fore, after the Patient has been fuffkiently purged both upwards and downwards by a confiderable Quantity, I order a few Grains to be taken at fe~ veral Times in the Day; that fo, without occafion- ing any Evacuation, it may ad as an Aftringent; and by fpreading the Coats of the Inteftines over with its Mucilage, may deterge and dry up the Ulcers. By this Method the Patient is freed both from the Difeafe and the Danger of a Relapfe. Therefore, when a Perfon labours under a fimple Dyfentery, let him be duly prepared, firft by Bleeding if there be aPlethory or Fever y and after¬ wards by proper Clyfters and a fuitable Diet. Then let](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30529529_0001_0059.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
