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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![following into an ointment:—elenii resin ibi., white wax Ifess.' and prepared lard Ibiv.; strain whilst hot through a sieve, d. Use.—As a stimulant, digestive application to unhealthy sores; also employed to maintain discharge from issues and setons. Galbanum, u. a. l. e. d. Galbanum. (v. Antispasmodics.) Use.—(Intl.) in chlorotic cases (see p. 163); rheumatism, asthma. Dose, grs. v.—9i., 2 or 3 times a-day, as pills or emul- sion. EMPLASTRUM GALBANI COMPOSITUM, U. S. EMPLASTRUM GAL- BANI, L. D. EMPLASTRUM GUMMOSUM, E. Prep.—Galbanum ^viij., lead plaster ibiij., turpentine 5x-» burgundy pitch ^iij. Melt the galbanum and turpentine, strain; add the pitch and then the lead plaster melted over a gentle fire ; mix the whole together, u.s.—or—Melt together galbanum ^viii., and common turpentine 3x.; add first resin of the spruce-fir pow- dered ^iii., then plaster of lead (melted at a slow fire) ifeiii.; mix, l.—or—Melt together ammoniac, and galbanum, each .fss., then strain ; melt also together litharge plaster ^iv., and bees-wax §ss.; add the former to the latter, and mix completely, e.—or—Melt galbanum ibss., and add to it litharge plaster ifeii., and scrapings of yellow wax %iv.; strain, d. Use.—As a highly stimulant, discutient (or suppurative) appli- cation ; considered highly efficacious in cases of tedious glandular tumours. CGaultlieria, u. s, Leaves of G. Procumbens. Partridge berry. Use.—(Intl.) used in infusion as an aromatic stimulant, espe- cially in chronic diarrhoea, but generally to prepare the following. oleum gaultherls:, u. s. Oil of Partridge berry. Use.—(Intl.) chiefly as an adjuvant to disguise the taste of other medicines; is poisonous in over doses.] Manganesii Oxidum, u.s. e. manganesh binoxydum, l. (oxy- dum), t>. Use.—(Intl.) combined with aloes, and savine as a stimulant emmenagogue. Dose, grs. ii.—grs. iv., 3 or 4 times daily. It is employed in some pharmaceutic processes. Melissa, u. s. e. melissa officinalis, d. The herb of M. Offi- cinalis. Common Balm. Use.—(Intl.) as a gently stimulating stomachic ; has some diu- retic properties. Dose, grs. x.—3SS- > more usually in form of infusion, balm-tea (say 3iv., to water Oi.)](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0241.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
