Medicines, their uses and mode of administration : including a complete conspectus of the three British pharmacopoeias, an account of all the new remedies, and appendix of formulae / by J. Moore Neligan ; with notes and additions, conforming it to the pharmacopoeia of the United States, and including all that is new or important in recent improvements by David Meredith Reese.
- John Neligan
- Date:
- 1851
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Credit: Medicines, their uses and mode of administration : including a complete conspectus of the three British pharmacopoeias, an account of all the new remedies, and appendix of formulae / by J. Moore Neligan ; with notes and additions, conforming it to the pharmacopoeia of the United States, and including all that is new or important in recent improvements by David Meredith Reese. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![D. & M. of Adm.—In powder, 3ss. to 3\.—Decoctum Bistorta. (Bistort, §ij.; boiling water, Oiss.; boil down to Oi.) Dose, fgi. to fgij- Incomp.—All substances incompatible with tannin, and tincture of iodine. Punica Granatum, bacce tunica exterior et flores, D. Gra- natum, L. [Granati Fructus Gortex, U. S. P.] The bark of the. fruit {and the flowers, D.) of Punica Granatum.—This tree has been described in the division Anthelmintics. P. P.—The fruit rind is met with in the shops, in arched, irregular pieces, reddish-brown and warty on the outside, yellowish within, about a line in thickness ; inodorous; with a bitter, astringent taste. The flowers are reddish, odourless, and have a weak, astringent taste ; they are not used at present. C. P.—The rind of the pomegranate consists of 18*8 per cent, of tannin, 17*1 of mucilage, 10'8 of extractive, 30 of lignin, and at race of resin. It yields its astringency to both water and alcohol. Th. E.—Pomegranate rind may be used as an astringent in the same cases as the other vegetable remedies of this class; but at present it is rarely employed. D. & M. of Adm.—In powder, 3ss. to 3i. Decoctum Granati, L. (Pomegranate rind, ^ij.; distilled water, Oiss.; boil down to Oj., and strain.) Dose, f§ss. to f§i. i Incomp.—All substances incompatible with tannin. Quercus, L. Quercus cortex, E. Quercus robur, cortex, D. —Oak bark; Bark of Quercus pedunculata (Willdenow), L. E.; of Quercus robur (Linnasus), D.—Indigenous; belonging to the natural family Cupuliferce, and to the Linnsean class and order Moncecia Polyandria. B. C.—A large, long-lived tree ; leaves bright green, deciduous ; flowers, male, yellowish ; female, greenish, tinged with brown ; fruit (acorns), 2 or 3 on a long pe- duncle, surrounded at the base by the.cupule. P. P.—Oak bark is in pieces of various lengths, silvery-gray on the outside, reddish-brown within ; inodorous; taste powerfully as- tringent ; the pieces are brittle, and break with a short fracture. C. P.—It contains from 15 to 20 percent, of tannin, with some gallic acid, uncrystallizable sugar, pectin, and salts. It yields its virtues to both water and alcohol. Th. E.—Oak bark is an excellent astringent, and may be em- ployed in the treatment of chronic diarrahoca and dvsentery, in al- vine haemorrhages, and to check atonic mucous discharges. As a topical remedy, it is used with benefit in the form of decoction; as a gargle, in relaxation of the uvula and tonsils ; and as an injec- tion, in fluor albus, and in prolapsus of the uterus or rectum. D. & M. of Adm.—In powder, a bad form, 3ss. to 3i.—Decoc- tum Quercus, D. L. E. (Oak bark (bruised, L.), pi. (^x., L. E.); water (distilled, L.), Oij. (ibij., ]).) • boil down to Oj. (tbj., D.), and strain.) Dose, f|i. to f~iv. A convenient strength for a gargle,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21143614_0080.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
