Materia medica, pharmacy, pharmacology and therapeutics / by W. Hale White.
- William Hale-White
- Date:
- 1903
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Materia medica, pharmacy, pharmacology and therapeutics / by W. Hale White. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.
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![Abbreviations.—Often this prescription would be abbre- viated thus : IjL, Tinct. Fer. Perchlor. 5iij. Quin. Hydrochlor. 533. Mag. Sulphat., Glycer., aa jij. Inf. Quas. ad Jviij. F. m. Take one tablespoonful thrice a day, two hours after meals. William Smith, Esq. A. B. C. 16th June, 1891. s, ss, and fs are abbreviations for semi, a half, and aa for ana, of each. The following is a prescription for a pill : Ijir Extracti Nucis Vomicnj gr. ^. Extracti Euonymi Sicci 1 -- , Aloin jaagr./s. Hydrargyri Subchloridi gr. j. Extractum Hyoscyami Viride ad gr. v. Fiat Pilula. Mitte 24. Take one immediately before dinner every evening. WilHam Smith, Esq. A. B. C. nth Nov., 1898. It will be observed that the quantities in the prescription are for one pill only, and the chemist is directed to send 24. Often, however, the prescription is written with the quantity of each ingredient necessary to make the full number of pills. Thus: 1^- Extracti Nucis Vomica3 gr. vj. Extracti Euonymi Sicci ] -- Aloini I ^'J- Hydrargyri Subchloridi gr. xxiv. Extractum Hyoscyami Viride ad gr. cxx. Fiant pilulre 24. Take one immediately before dinner every evening. William Smith, Esq. A. B. C. nth Nov., 1898. Prescriptions for powders are also written in either way. The following is a metric prescription such as would be used on the Continent. The quantities, either of fluids or solids, are expressed in grammes, so that the abbreviation gm. for this word is omitted. Ijc Magnesire Sulphatis . . .30 Acidi Sulphurici Diluti . . .0-6](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21449429_0046.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
