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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![Cardamilie, l. cardamine pratensis, d. Cuckoo Flower, (v. Antispasmodics.) Use.—(Intl.) in spasmodic affections chiefly. Dose,3i.—5'> in powder. [Cardamomum, u. s. l. e. Cardamom, (v. Tonics.) Use.—(Intl.) an agreeable and grateful aromatic, rarely given alone, but enters into a number of officinal preparations.] CaryopliyllUS, u. s. l. e. d. The unexpanded flowers of C. Aro- maticus, (u. s.) The dried buds (l.)—the dried undeveloped flower (e.) of Caryophyllus aromaticus. The unopened flowers, and essential oil of Eugenia caryophyllata (d.)— the Clove-tree. Clove. Use.—(Intl.) as a stimulating corrective addition to other me- dicines, those especially which are apt to induce griping. Dose, grs. v.—grs. x., in powder. INFUSUM CARYOPHYLLI, U. S. L. E. INFUSUM CARYOPHYLLO- RUM, D. Prep.—Digest bruised cloves 5ii-> in boiling water Oi., for 2 hours in a covered vessel, and strain, u. s.—or—Macerate during 2 hours in a lightly covered vessel cloves bruised ^iii-, in boiling distilled water Oi.; strain, l. e. (the latter College orders boiling water simply)—or—Proceed in same way with bruised cloves 5i., and boiling water Oss., d. Use.— (Intl.) as a stimulating stomachic in gout, flatulent colic, &c. ; chiefly as a vehicle. Dose, $'i.—,§ii. caryophylli oleum, u.s. l. e. (See Caryophyllus above), D. The volatile oil from Caryophyllus. Oil of Cloves. Use.—(Intl.) same as the clove in substance; added to pills, &c. &c, to prevent griping from their ingredients. Dose, m. i. —m. vi., on sugar. (Extl.) combined with oil it forms a useful application in hooping-cough ; the oil inserted into a hollow tooth is frequently serviceable in appeasing the pain of toothache. [[Capsicum, u. s. l. Cayenne Pepper, (v. Epispastics.) Use.—(Intl.) a powerful stimulant, but more local than gene- ral; in dyspepsia and atonic gout, but more employed as a gargle Oil of Cloves. R 01. caryophylli B 01. caryophylli — succini Tr. opii — olivae M. iEtheris sulphurici M. (in pertussis), (in toothache).](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0238.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
