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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    [58] to be the fame in effeft, as that which compo- fes the ce ebrated dragees of Keyfer, with this difference only, that the latter is the refult of a lels chemical andmuch more laborious procefs. Foi med into pills with the crumb ol bread, the dofe is from a fingle grain to five grains every night. HYDRARGYRUS CALCINATUS. CL) In this preparation the quickfilver is re- duced to the date of a calx, by expofure to a continued heat. It is the fimplefl, yet perhaps the mod efficacious of any of the chemical preparations of quickfilver. The dofe is from half a grain to two grains every night. HYDRARGYRUS CUM CRETA. (Lj This preparation has many ftrenuous advo- cates, whilft others, of no inconfiderable au- thority, maintain that it is incapable of produ- cing any effeft whatever on the fydem. Among the latter is Dr. George Fordyce. There is fome reafon however, to allow of its efficacy in difeafes of the pro date gland. The ufual dofe is from five to ten grains every night. HYDRARGYRUS MURIATUS. fL) This is a remedy of very cxtenfive utility in furgery. Like the preparation lad mentioned