The physician's prescription book : containing lists of the terms, phrases, contractions and abbreviations, used in prescriptions, with explanatory notes : the grammatical construction of prescriptions ... to which is added a key, containing the prescriptions in an unabbreviated form, with a literal translation, : for the use of medical and pharmaceutical students / by Jonathan Pereira.

  • Jonathan Pereira
Date:
1865
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Credit: The physician's prescription book : containing lists of the terms, phrases, contractions and abbreviations, used in prescriptions, with explanatory notes : the grammatical construction of prescriptions ... to which is added a key, containing the prescriptions in an unabbreviated form, with a literal translation, : for the use of medical and pharmaceutical students / by Jonathan Pereira. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    Is per aestatem id bene largo canali quotidie debet ali- quamdiu subjicere, Cels. Admovere glaciem vel nivem. Linteola in aqua frigida made- facta dein bene expressa, Cels. Fomentum.CELS.; fotus,Pliny; fomentatio. Naresexulceratas fovereoportet vapore aquae calidaj, Cels. Vaporare, suffire, Pliny. Detcrgere, Cels. ; abstergere. 'Lavare, Cels. ; '-'abluere, Cic.; seluere, Cels. Suffitus.—-Ilalitus. — 8Inhala- tio. Inspiretur halitus aquas chlo- rinii per apparatum aptum. He ought, daily, during the sum- mer, to hold his head for s o m e time under a pretty strong stream [of wa- ter]. To apply ice or snow. Linen dipped in cold water, and then well squeez- ed. A fomentation. It is proper to fo- ment the ulcer- ated n o s t r i 1 s with the vapor of warm water. To foment with vapor. To cleanse or wipe. 'To bathe or wash ; 2to c 1 e a n o r cleanse; 3to wash. *D r y fumes or smoke. —2 Aque- ous vapors.—in- halation or inspi- ration. Let the vapor of chlorine w a t e r