Science papers : chiefly pharmacological and botanical / by Daniel Hanbury ; edited, with memoir, by Joseph Ince.

  • Daniel Hanbury
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1876
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Credit: Science papers : chiefly pharmacological and botanical / by Daniel Hanbury ; edited, with memoir, by Joseph Ince. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the case of soldiers stationed at Peshawur, tapeworm is so comruon, that it is believed that every third man suffers from it during the two years that the regiment usually remains there. To give Dr. Gordon's own words :— 1858. swme and cattle in ia. Those who have escaped the misfortune of having had to Habits of pass some years in India, can form no idea of the vast herds of lean, half-starved pigs that roam over the fields and waste ^ina grounds in the ^'icinity of villages; neither can they have any conception of the nature of the food on which these pigs sub- sist. After some revolting details as to the habits of swine in India Dr. Gordon continues: Pigs, however, are not the only animals that live in this filthy manner in India. Cattle and sheep, that are so particular in their food in Britain, acquire degenerate tastes in India; and it is needless to enter into similar particulars regarding ducks, fowls, turkeys, and pigeons, all of which are more or less used as food by our countrymen there. The dose of Kamala may be stated as from a i drachm to 3 Dose drachms suspended in water : a single dose is frequently found sufficient, and in general it is not necessary to give any other medicine before or after. In some cases, however, where but a small dose of Kamala has been administered, castor-oil has been afterAvards given with good effect. Dr. Gordon has prescribed Kamala in the dose of 1 drachm, repeated at intervals of three hours. Kamala may also be given in the form of Tincture ; the for- Tinctm mula for which, recommended by Dr. Anderson, is as follows:— I3t Kamalse, gvj. Spiritus rectificati, f^xvj. Macera per biduum et cola. An ethereal tincture may be prepared of the same strength, but it is said to offer no particular advantage over the alcoholic. The dose of Tinctura Kamalm is from 3j to 5iv, diluted with some aromatic water. [N. Eepert. f. Pharm. vii. 145.] G 2 ■e of Kamala.
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