Pharmacopoeia chirurgica, or, Formulae for the use of surgeons : including, among a variety of remedies adopted in the private practice of the most eminent of the profession, all the principal formulae of the different hospitals.

  • Houlston, William, 1755-1815
Date:
1794
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    [56] This is the anodyne fomentation of Guy’s Hofpital. The poppies, having been bruifed, are to be boiled till there only remains a quart, which is to be {trained and the liquor preffed out frorry the remaining poppies. This remedy is highly ferviceable in affuaging extreme pain, in inflamed or ulcerated parts. GARGARISMA ALUMINIS_ R Aluminis drach. ij. Deco&i hordei lib. ij. Mellis rofae unc. iij.. mifce.. This gargle is calculated for ulcerations in the throat, gums, &c. and is of fervice in relaxati- on of the uvula and other cafes requiring the topical ufe of aftringents. GARGARISMA HYDRARGYRI MURI- ATf. R Decofti hordei lib. j. Liquoris hydrargyri muriati gutt. v. Mellis rofae unc. ij. mifce. This is a fuitable gargle for venereal ulcers in the throat, and feldom fails of rendering- the patient very effential fervice. GARGARISMA MYRRHvE, J3c Tin&urae myrrhac unc. fs.