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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![infusum scoparii, l. Infusion of Broom. Prep.—Macerate in a lightly covered vessel during 4 hours broom-tops ]fi., in boiling distilled water Oi.; strain. Use.—[Intl.) in dropsies. Dose, 5i.—$ii. This preparation (or the decoction above) may serve as a useful vehicle for other medicines of the present class. Senega, u. s. l. e. polygala senega, d. The root of Polygala Senega, Rattlesnake Milkwort. Senega Snake-root. Se- neka. Use.—[Intl.) in dropsical affections. Dose, grs. x.—9i.—9ii., powdered ; scarcely ever selected ; the following is better:— DECOCTUM senega, u. s. l. d. Decoction of Seneka. Prep.—Senega bruised §i., boil in water Oiss., down to Oi.; and strain, u. s.—or—Boil senega-root 3x., in distilled water Oii., down to Oi.; strain, l.—or—Boil senega-root 3hh> in water ibiss., down to §viii., and strain, d. Use.—(Intl.) in same diseases as the last. Dose, §i.—§ii., 2ce or 3ce daily. infusum senega, e. Infusion of Seneka. Prep.—Macerate in a covered vessel during 4 hours senega 5x., in boiling water Oi.; strain. Use.—(Intl.) same as the Decoction. Spiritus JEthcris Nitrici, u. s. l. e. spiiutus .ethereus nitrosus, r>. Sweet Spirit of Nitre. iEther Nitrosus is also given by the D. Ph. Use.—(Intl.) in dropsies ; a valuable auxiliary to other medi- cines of the present class. Dose, m. xx.—3i. Senega. Syrupi tolu. M. f. mis- R Senegae tura. Mucilag. tragacanth. q. s. Div. in pil. Spirit of Nitric tEther. R Decocti senegae R Spir. setheris nitrici Oxymellis scillae M., Acidi nitrici diluti coch. ampl. omni bihorio Infusi digitalis sumendum. Aqua? destillatae R Decoct, senegae Syrupi zingiberis M. Sp. juniperi comp. f. haustus. aetheris nit. R Sp. aether, nitrici Tr. scillae F. haustus. Misturae althaeae R Decoct, senegae Syrupi ejusdem M. f. Ammoniaci mistura.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0159.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
