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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![zinci sulphas, u. s. l. e. d. Sulphate of Zinc. Use.—(Intl.) in spasmodic diseases ; phthisis ; dyspeptic and nervous affections. Dose, grs. i.—grs. ii., 2ce or 3ce daily. (Extl.) as lotion and injection, &c, in tedious sores, and to expe- dite the union of parts after surgical operations ; leucorrhoea ; gonorrhoea, &c. Zingiber, v. s. l. e. d. Ginger, (v. Sialagogues.) Use.—(Intl.) in dyspeptic complaints, chiefly for its aromatic, carminative qualities. Dose, grs. x.—$iv., powdered. SYRUPtrs zingiberis, u. s. l. e. d. Syrup of Ginger. Prep.—Mix tincture of ginger f.fiv., with syrup cong. i., and by a water bath evaporate to proper consistence, v. s.—or— Macerate during 4 hours ginger sliced §iiss., in boiling water Oi., and strain; then add (so as to dissolve) sugar Ifeiiss., l. e. (the latter College directs the ginger to be bruised, and pure sugar to be used.)'—or—Macerate during 24 hours ginger root bruised liv., in hot water Oiii.; then to the strained liqour add (q. s.) of sugar, and form a syrup, d. Use.—As an agreeable corrective adjunct to griping aperients, and bitter tonic mixtures, &c. Dose, 3i.—3iii. tinctura zingiberis, u. s. l. e. Tincture of Ginger. Prep.—Digest ginger bruised §viii., in alcohol Oii., for 14 days; express and filter, u. s.—or—Macerate during 14 days, ginger sliced 5iiss.,.in rectif. spirit Oii.; and strain, l.—or—With ginger in rough powder ^iiss., and rectif. spirit Oii., either proceed by digestion during 7 days, &c.; or by percolation, as for tincture of cinchona, e.—or—Macerate during 7 days, ginger root coarsely powdered ^iiss., in rectif. spirit Oii.; then filter, d. Use.—(Intl.) see Ginger; the tincture forms a useful corrective addition to many infusions, and fluid purgatives. Dose, Ji.—^u. [The Leech is officinal in the L. D. Ph. ; but as no position suitable to its use occurs in the foregoing Classification of re- medies, it is inserted here.] Hirudo, l. hirudo medicinalis, l. d. The Medicinal Leech. Use.—A valuable means of local abstraction of blood in various inflammations, whether superficial or deep-seated, and for pur- poses of depletion in diseases of infants, (the greatest caution is necessary in regard to the amount of blood thus abstracted.) An average-sized 'leech may be reckoned as containing 5iss-—3'n' of blood.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0290.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
