The practice of the British and French hospitals : viz. the Edinburgh, military, and naval hospitals, l'Hotel Dieu, la Charité, and les Invalides. Containing a select body of useful ... medicines ... with practical remarks ... reflections on the use and abuse of bleeding and blisters; cautions ... to be observed previous to cold-bathing; and a ... posological table ... / By the author of the Practice of the London Hospitals.

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1775
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Credit: The practice of the British and French hospitals : viz. the Edinburgh, military, and naval hospitals, l'Hotel Dieu, la Charité, and les Invalides. Containing a select body of useful ... medicines ... with practical remarks ... reflections on the use and abuse of bleeding and blisters; cautions ... to be observed previous to cold-bathing; and a ... posological table ... / By the author of the Practice of the London Hospitals. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ‘ Forms oF MEDFCIN ES: 2.07 about the end of the procefs, add two fwallow’s: nefls ; with three ounces of white lily-oil; and a- fufficient quantity of linfeed, for making a cata-- plaim, The decoction may alfo-be ufed.by way of afomentation. -. Ss . Gargles:. _ - Take of the. decoétion from the’ precedings fataplaf{m, twelve ounces; elder vinegar, two ounces; fyrup of marihmalows, two ounces ;- with two drachms of refined-nitre; and mix thems.- Or; ‘Take of.fat figs, twenty-two ;.marfhmallow- leaves, two-ounces;.and boil them for-a confi- derable time ; ftrain.off for ufe.thirty.ounces of the: decoction: . | ‘ ' Nutritive glyfters. etfs Take of mutton broth, ten ounces ; fal nitre,. ten grains; fpirit of falt, fix drops ;.mix and-make- them into a glyfter : which inject every cight hours. - dn a TRvue PeripNeumony. Take of barley water, forty ounces ;.nitre;.two. drachms ; oxymel, four ounces; and mix them=- ot which let the. patient drink two. ounces hor,.; every fifteen minutes... ‘ | Amemoallient expe&orant decoBian. Take pellitory, agrimony, and dandelion Igaves, - of each a handful ; white-poppy and fennel] feeds,.. bruifed, of each an:.ounce; liquorice,-an ounce: and a half: of which make fifty ounces of {trained decoction ; and take it as the former... ue? A- diuretic apérient decodtiony. ‘Vake'grafs, butcher’s broom, parfley and fens- nel roots, of each-two ounces ;.thofe of -mafter-- wort, two drachms; ereat‘burdock, and parfley feed, . brucfed, of. each anounce: of which make ferty ~ ounces of trained decoction, for the fame‘ufe... _ é %,