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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![—or—Digest in a covered vessel, during 24 hours, chamomile flowers 5ii-» in boiling water Oss.; strain through linen, D. Use.—{Intl.) employed precisely as the decoction, q. v. Antimonii et Potassse-Tartras, u.s. antimonii potassio-tartras, l. ANTIMONIUM TART ARIZ ATUM, E. ANTIMONII ET POTASS M TAR- tras, sive tartarum emeticum, d. Tartar Emetic. Use.—(Intl.) as an effective means of evacuating the stomach, on the accession of inflammatory febrile complaints. Dose, gr. i.—grs. iv.; best in solution. ANTIMONII OXIDUM, E. ANTIMONII OXYDUM NITRO-MURIATICUM, d. Nitro-muriatic Oxide of Antimony. Powder of Al- garoth. Use.—(Intl.) might be employed as a substitute for James's Powder, or for the following:— VINUM ANTIMONII, U. S. VINUM ANTIMONII POTASSIO-TARTRA- tis, l. vinum antimoniale, e. Antimonial Wine. Prep.—See Diaphoretics. Use.—(Intl.) in inflammatory and febrile diseases. Dose, a teaspoonful every few minutes, till vomiting is induced ; given to the extent of Jss.—§iss. liquor tartari emetici, d. Antimonial Wine. Prep.—v. at page 133. Use.—Same as foregoing; and contains the same proportion of tartrate of antimony. [Apocynum Androsffimifolium, u. s. The root. Dogsbane. Use.—(Intl.) the • powder acts on the stomach in doses of grs. xx.—grs. xxx.; in smaller, grs. x.—9i., it is said to be a useful tonic. Asclepias Incamata, u. s. The Root. Flesh-colored Asclepias. Use.—(Intl.) the powder has been used in doses grs. xx.—grs. xxx., as an emetic and cathartic] Asamm, l. asarum europeum, d. The leaves of A. Europaeum. European Asarabacca. Use.—(Intl.) produces vomiting; but never selected by modern medical practitioners for this purpose. Dose, 9i.—3SS- (°f the leaves or root) powdered. Before the virtues of Ipecacuanha, or of the salts of Antimony were accredited, Asarum held an im- portant place among the remedies of the present class. 14](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0163.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
