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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![chiefly : much employed in culinary operations. Its infusion is sometimes employed externally as an embrocation. Tabaciim, u. s. l. e. nicotiana tabacum, d. Tobacco, (v. Diuretics.) Use.—As an errhine in epilepsy of plethoric habits; and for the purposes described under Euphorbium. Veratria, u. s. l. e. (v. Narcotics.) Use.—Sometimes employed in cases of apoplexy, lethargy, &c.—on account of its energetic action on mucous membrane— to deplete, by inducing increased secretion from the nostrils. The utmost caution must be observed in using it. Dose, gr. 1-12, in- creased gradually, and to small extent diluted with some starch, or other simple powder. Vcratruni, l. e. veratrum album, d. White Hellebore, (v. Cathartics.) Use.—See preceding. Dose, gr. i.—grs. iii., compounded with liquorice powder, starch, or the like. EXPECTORANTS. NAUSEANTS. Allium, u. s. l. e. allium sativum, d. Garlic, (v. Epispastics.) Use.—(Intl.) in fevers of typhoid character; dropsy, asthma, catarrhal affections—especially in lencophlegmatic habits. Dose, from 1 to 6 of the cloves swallowed in an unbroken state, 2ce or 3ce daily; or of their juice 3ss.—^\\. Psyrupus allii, u. s. Prep.—-Macerate fresh garlic sliced in distilled vinegar Oi., 4 days, express, let dregs subside, add sugar fbii., and proceed as for syrup. Use.—(Intl.) in chronic catarrhal affections, and is especially useful in cases of children. Dose, f3i. for a child one year old.] Ammoniacum, u. s. l. e. ammoniacum gummi, d. Ammoniac, (v. Antispasmodics.) Use.—(Intl.) in asthmatic complaints, chronic catarrh of aged persons. Dose, grs. x.—3SS«](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0188.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
