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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    Glycerinum Amyli. Plasma. Composed of starch 1 oz., glycerine, 8 fl.oz. A ction. —Emollient. Mucilago Amyli. (Formerly Decoctum Amyli.) Composed of starch 120 grs., water 10 fl.oz. Action.—Emollient; absorbent. ; Dose.—Ad libitum. As the vehicle for active drugs in ! enemata, and for making the starch bandages. :i Incompatibles.—All preparations of iodine. j Amyli lodidum. Prepared by rubbing iodine (24 grs. moistened with a few drops of spirit) with starch (1 oz.) until the powder becomes uniformly blue. Action and Uses.—Similar to iodine, less irritating to the stomach. Dose.—A teaspoonful, in some thick vehicle, gradually increased. ANDIRA INERMIS. The bark. Action. — Purgative ; very much resembles jalap. Dose.—Of the powdered bark for an adult, 20 to SO grs. ANETHI FRTICTUS. The fruit of Anethum graveolens. Common Dill. Action.—Carminative; stimulant; aromatic. Dose.—Of the powder for an adult, 10 to 30 grs. Aqua Anethi. lib. of bruised dill fruit distilled with two gallons of water. Action.—As above. Useful in flatulence. Dose.—For an adult, 5j to gij. For a child a year old, 5j to 5ij*
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