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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![Use.—(Intl.) may be employed indifferently with the preceding. Dose, 5i.—ess. Centauriuin, l. e. d. erythr.ea cextaurittm, (l.)—the flowering heads, (e.)—the leaves (d.) of Erythraea Centaurium. Com- mon Centaury. Use.—(Intl.) in convalescence from fevers ; in gout, and dys- peptic affections induced by excesses. Dose, grs. xx.—^\., in powder; or as infusion (say §i.—3ii., to water Oss.—Oi.) oii-» 2 or 3 times daily; (scarcely ever employed; its medicinal proper- ties are analogous to those of gentian and other bitters, to which, however, it in no respect is preferable.) Cnicns Benedictns, d. The leaves of Blessed Thistle. Use.—(Intl.) employed in form of infusion, cold for tonic pur- poses : (and warm as a diaphoretic, or to aid the action of eme- tics.) Dose, of infusion (say §ss.—£i., to water Oi.) 31.—3ii. Chiretta, e. The herb and root of Agathotes Chirayta. Chiretta. Use.—(Intl.) in dyspepsia; and during convalescent conditions; employed in the following form :— estusttsi chiretta, e. [nfusion of Chiretta. Prep.—Infuse during 2 hours chiretta 3iv., in boiling water Oi.; and strain through calico or linen. Use.—(Intl.) as a stomachic. Dose, siss.—§iii., 2ce a-day ; it should be cold when taken, otherwise it may induce nausea, (tinctura auranlii is a proper addition.) Cinchona, v. s. l. e. d. [Cinchona Cinerea, e. Gray or Silver Bark.—Cinchona Cordifolia, l. d. Cinchona Flava, e. Yellow Bark.— Cinchona Lancifolia, l. d. Cinchona Coronae, e. Pale or Quill Bark.—Cinchona Oblongifolia, l. d. Cinchona Rubra, e. Red Bark. Peruvian Bark, (v. s.)] Use.—(Intl.) employed as a tonic, antiseptic, antiperiodic ; in putrid fevers, confluent small-pox ; intermitlents, and remittents ; Centaury. R Cinchona? R Centaurii Potassae bitart. Aquae, frigidse Infunde Caryophilli M., et macera. (in loss of ap- et detur horis. petite, from dissipation.) R Cinchonas Cinchona. Rhei R Cinchona?, pulv. Ammonias muriat. Canellae F. pulvis. Syrupi q. s. M, f. boli.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0264.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
