A dispensatory and therapeutical remembrancer : with a full and distinct version of every practical formula, as authorized by the London, Edinburgh and Dublin royal college of physicians, in the latest editions of their several pharmacopias ... / By John Mayne ... Rev., with the addition of the formulæ of the United States pharmacopia, etc. By R. Eglesfeld Griffith.
- Mayne, John
- Date:
- 1848
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A dispensatory and therapeutical remembrancer : with a full and distinct version of every practical formula, as authorized by the London, Edinburgh and Dublin royal college of physicians, in the latest editions of their several pharmacopias ... / By John Mayne ... Rev., with the addition of the formulæ of the United States pharmacopia, etc. By R. Eglesfeld Griffith. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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![those preserved by having been beat up with twice their weight of muriate of soda, will also answer the purpose, e.—or—Take damask rose petals ifeviii., and water a sufficiency to prevent empyreuma, and distil cong. i. d. Use.—{Intl.) as a vehicle for other medicines. Dose, ad libitum. Saccharum, u. s. l. (v. Cathartics.) SACCHARUM COMMUNE, E. (et) SACCHARUM PURUM, E. SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM, D. SACCHARUM FjEX, L. E. Use.—(Intl.) all the above are demulcent and nutritions, and in an infinite variety of shapes are employed to relieve coughs, &c.; sugar forms a useful and agreeable contribution to various mixtures, draughts, &c.; the following preparation is generally employed for the latter purposes :— SYRUPUS, U. S. L. SYRUPUS SIMPLEX, E. Prep.—v. Cathartics. Use.—(Intl.) added to other medicines, chiefly liquids ; see foregoing. Dose, ad libitum. SagO, u. s. l. E. The Fascula from the pith of Sagus Rumphii, (l.) Farina from the interior of the trunk of various Pal- maceae and species of Cycas, (e.) Sago. Use.—(Intl.) much employed in form of decoction, as diet for invalids; its nutritious and demulcent qualities are familiarly known. What is said as to arrowroot is applicable to sago. Sarsaparilla, u. s. d. sarza, l. e. smilax sarsaparilla, d. Sar- saparilla. (v. Alteratives.) Use.—(Intl.) sarsaparilla, and all its preparations (q. v. at page 29) are demulcent. [Sassafras Medulla, u. s. The pith of the stems of Laurus Sassa- fras. Sassafras Pith. Use.—(Intl.) infused in water forms a limpid mucilage, useful in diseases of the bowels and bladder, and also in catarrh. (Extl.) the mucilage is a good application in inflammation of the eyes. Sesanilim, u. s. The leaves of Sesamum Orientale. Benne Leaves. Use.—(Intl.) in diseases of the bowels and bladder. The fresh leaves placed in cold water afford a bland mucilage; 2 to Oss. of water renders it sufficiently viscid. Dose, ad libitum. (Extl.) for emollient cataplasms.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0135.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
