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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![EPISPASTICS. [Including Detergent, Rubefacient, Vesicatory, and Escharotic applications.) Acidum Aceticum, u. s. l. e. d. Acetic Acid. Use.—(Extl.) as a rubefacient, and vesicant in croup and other cases, where immediate counter-irritation is demanded (evapora- tion must be prevented when the acid is so employed); and as an escharotic for removal of cutaneous excrescences. » Allium, u. s. l. e. allium sativum, d. The bulb of A. Sativum. Garlic. Use.—[Extl.) applied to the soles of the feet in some fevers ; and behind the ears in inflammation of the ear—in form of poul- tice, or the bulb simply bruised. [Alumen Exsiccatum, u. s. l. e. alumen siccatum, d. Dried or Burnt Alum. Prep.—Melt alum in a vessel over the fire, till it becomes dry, then rub into powder. Use.—As a mild escharotic for destroying fungous flesh.] Ammonia. AMMONIjE murias, u. s. e. d. ammonle hydrochloras, l. Muriate of Ammonia, (u. s. d.) Hydrochlorate of Am- monia, (l. e.) Sal-ammoniac. Use.—As a counter-irritant in rheumatic affections, especially of the joints, {housemaid's knee, fyc.) ; tedious swellings ; some chest complaints; it is frequently employed in form of plaster (say 5SS« of sal-ammoniac, added to soap ^i., and lead plaster jii.—the latter melted together,) it should always be recently pre- pared, when thus used. liquor AmmonisB Fortior, u. s. ammonia liquor fortior, l. aqua ammonia fortior, e. Stronger Solution of Ammonia. Use.—(Extl.) in cases of deep-seated inflammation; a piece of blotting-paper, or of cloth, wetted with the above (diluted with Ammonia. 01. terebinth, purif. R Ammonia? liquoris — limon. Agita 01. olivae simul donee misceantur.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0177.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
