The prescriber's companion / by Alfred Meadows.

  • Alfred Meadows
Date:
1874
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Credit: The prescriber's companion / by Alfred Meadows. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    acid, and sweetened, is the most elegant form for administering quinine with an astringent (Squire). i)ose.—For an adult, aixto iqxxx. For a child a year old, iilj. Incompatibles.—Alkalis, their carbonates and acetates, the earths and their oxides, sulphurets, the sulphate of iron; mucilage. Acidum Nitro-hydrochloricum Dilutum. Composed of nitric acid 3 fl.oz., hydrochloric acid 4 fl oz., water 25 fl.oz. Sp. gr. I'OH. niv = nij of strong nitro-hydrochloric acid Action.—Tonic, refrigerant, alterative, and astringent. .Dose.—For an adult, iilxto iqxx freely diluted. For a child a year old, nij. Incompatibles.—Alkalis, alkaline earths, mucilage. The nitro-muriatic acid bath is composed of f^viij of this,or aboutf §ij of the strong acid, to a gallon of water. Temp. 98°. Apply a flannel roller soaked with this round the liver, and cover with oiled silk; keep con- stantly applied. ACIDUM PHOSPHOEICUM DILUTUM. 3HO,PO,. Prepared by the action of nitric acid on phosphorus. Sp. gr. 1'08. A ction.—Tonic ; refrigerant. Useful in allaying thirst in diabetes. Dose.—For an adult, nix to iqxxx, freely diluted. Incompalibles.—Lime water, calcareous salts, alkaline carbonates. ACIDUM 8ULPHUEICUM. Prepared by the combustion of sulphur and the oxida- tion of the resulting sulphurous acid by means of nitrous vapour. HOSO,. Sp. gr. 1-843. A ction.—A powerful caustic. Not used internally.
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