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Formulae medicamentorum. Or, a compendium of the modern practice of physick. To which is prefixed an essay on the effects and uses of blood-letting / [Hugh Smith].

  • Hugh Smith
Date:
1772
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Credit: Formulae medicamentorum. Or, a compendium of the modern practice of physick. To which is prefixed an essay on the effects and uses of blood-letting / [Hugh Smith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Syr. limon. 3 ij. M. ft. apozem. Sumend. Ziij, ter quaterve de'die, Opiates will, be advifable if the cough fhould- be importunate; if the expctoration fhould be free and eafy, there can be no ~ objection to their liberal, ufe: but if the expectorated phlegm fhould be tough and. _glewy, they muitbe more cautioufly prefcri-. bed: ‘The.elixir paregoric, is: as, good a pre-. paration as any; and may be taken in-a full, dofe at night at bed time. When the expec- toration is become free and eafy, and the dif- ficulty of breathing relieved, it will;become neceflary to attempt to. flrengthen the lungs, to compleat the cure, | and prevent_a.relapfe, The fumes of Benjamin from the. powder thrown upon a hot heater, and received into the lungs, may be ufeful for this intention. ‘The natural balfams-in general will be advife- able; but,, above all, the Peruvian. bark, which perhaps for this ‘purpofe exceeds every, other medicine. No. LXVI. K Pulv. cort. Peruv., 2]. Balf, ‘Tolutan, 54 i- Cog. ex.aq. fontan. ibj 1 ad ij. Add. Syi. limon, 4}. M. capiat 51j. vel 3 ii. ter-quaterve de die. The
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