The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised by William Spooner.

Date:
1900
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Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised by William Spooner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FKIAR’S BALSAM.—Ap])lied externally to cuts and wounds.—Internally, very useful in winter coughs. Dose: 10 dro})S to 1 dram. TINCTURE OF STEEL (Tincture of Per- chloride of Iron).—A good tonic, useful in blood- spitting, bleeding from the bowels, dropsy and gleet. Dose: 10 to 20 drops in a wine-glass of water. SPIRITS OF SAL VOLATILE (Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia).—A useful stimulant. (See Receipt No. 8.) Dose: 30 to GO drops in water. SALICINE.—V^ery useful in rheumatism. May also be used as a substitute for quinine. Dose: 10 to 30 grains. IODOFORM.—Removes the bad smells arising from ulcers and wounds, and assists in healing them. Should be lightly dusted over the parts. OINTMENT OF G-ALLS AND OPIUM.—Useful for piles; to be smeared over them with the finger. PLASTER OF PARIS.—Used to stiffen band- ages. A dry bandage should first be applied to the limb. Another bandage must then have dry plaster of Paris thoroughly rubbed into its meshes; it is then rolled up, and some cold water poured upon each
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