Volume 1

A manual of medical treatment or clinical therapeutics / by I. Burney Yeo.

  • Isaac Burney Yeo
Date:
1894
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Credit: A manual of medical treatment or clinical therapeutics / by I. Burney Yeo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    R Thymol 1 gi'iiin. Pulv. saponis 2 grains. Spir. vini rect. ... ... ... q-S. TJt f. pil. To be taken twice or three times a day, immedi- ately after food. The following is a good form for giving creasote:— R Creasoti i minim. Pulv. rhei Pulv. calumbae Pulv. saponis .. j aa 1| grain. ... \ grain. M. et f. pil. To be taken twice or three times a day, after food. Resorcin has been advocated by some as prefer- able to creasote. It may be given in doses of one to three grains, made into a pill with sugar of milk. In some irritative states of the stomach with pain and nausea after food, or when there is pyrosis, the preparations of bismuth—the subnitrate, the carbon- ate, and the oxychloride—are very useful. These preparations of bismuth not only act as antiseptics and antacids, but they also exert a useful astringent effect on the relaxed and engorged mucous membrane, and probably act also mechanically by affording a sort of protective covering to the irritated mucous surface. ] t is often advantageous to combine the bisrautli with an alkali, especially when there is complaint of heart-burn, together with acid eructations. The following is a usual prescription :— R Eismuthi subnitratis ... ... . . ] Magnesise ponderosse ... ... [ fia 5 grains. Sodii bicarbonatis ... ... ... ) In a cachet. Three times a day. Or it may be prescribed in a mixture, as follows R Bismuthi oxychloridi (w/subnitratis) 10 grains. MagnesifB ponderosse ... ... ...'l.. ^ Sodii bicarbonatis | aa 5 „ Mucilaginis tragacanthte 1 dram. Aquae mcnthaj pip ad 1 oz. M. f. haust. To be taken half an hour before food, three times a day.