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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![Cupri Sulphas, u. s. l. e. d. Sulphate of Copper. Use.—(Intl.) in incipient phthisis; to evacuate the stomach in cases where narcotic vegetable poisons have been recently swal- lowed. Dose, grs. v.—grs. xv., dissolved in water ^ii. (sulphas zinci will be found to act with more decision.) [Erythronium, u. s. The root and herb. Erythronium. Use.—(Intl.) both the recent bulb and leaves act as efficient emetics, but lose their activity on drying. Dose, of root grs. xx. ■—grs. xxx.] Enphorbium, l. e. euphorbia canariensis, d. The gum-resin obtained from Euphorbia officinarum, (l.)—from undeter- mined species of Euphorbia, (e.)—from Euphorb. Canarien- sis, (d.) Euphorbium. The Officinal Spurge. Use.—Produces vomiting, but is too acrid, and acts too ener- getically for internal employment. [euphorbia corollata, u. s. The root of E. Corollata. Large flowering Spurge. Use.—(Intl.) acts with certainty on the stomach, and usually on the bowels. Dose, as an emetic, grs. x.—grs. xx., as a ca- thartic, grs. iij.—grs. x.—(Extl.) the fresh root bruised and ap- plied to the skin, will vesicate. euphorbia ipecacuanha, u. s. The root of E. Ipecacuanha. Ipecacuanha Spurge. Use.—(Intl.) Acts powerfully on the stomach, and often on the bowels ; in small doses diaphoretic. Dose, grs. x.—grs. xv., as an emetic. Gillenia, u.s. The root of G. Trifoliata. Gillenia. Use.—(Intl.) mild and efficient, sometimes acts on the bowels ; a goo d substitute for ipecacuanha. Dose, grs. xx.—grs. xxx.] Ipecacuanha, u. s. l. e. ceph^elis ipecacuanha, d. The root of Cephaelis Ipecacuanha. Ipecacuanha. Use.—(Intl.) in many diseases, where emptying the stomach, as well as expectorant action, is desired; as in croup, bronchitis, pertussis ; the onset of febrile, and some inflammatory complaints, &c. &c. Dose, grs. xv.—3ss. Ipecacuan. R Ipecacuan., pulv. R Ipecacuanha? Vini ipecacuanha? Antimonii et potassae-tart. Aquae F. haustus emetic. M. f. pulvis emeticus.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0164.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
