The domestic medical guide : in two parts. Part I, The family dispensatory ; or a complete companion to the family medicine chest, &c. Part II. The modern domestic medicine ... / by Richard Reece.

  • Reece, Richard, 1775-1831.
Date:
1805
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Credit: The domestic medical guide : in two parts. Part I, The family dispensatory ; or a complete companion to the family medicine chest, &c. Part II. The modern domestic medicine ... / by Richard Reece. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (which makes its escape in the usual method) is u aosoroed, which considerably promotes its tificacy in febrile and inflammatory affections : when piopcily neutralized it is an excellent su- dorific and gentle aperient saline medicine, and taken to the extent of half an ounce, two or three times a day, in a glass of mint tea, pro- duces a salutary determination to the skin, al- lays fever, and abates thirst; it is more safe and ceitain in its operation as a sudorific, than either Dover’s powder, or the antimonial preparations, which, on failing* to excite perspiration, uni- formly aggravate the inflamatoiy symptoms. In acute rheumatism, twenty drops of antimonial Aune, No. 14, and ten of laudanum. No. is, as recommended by Dr. Blane, may be added to the night doses with advantage; or if laudanum be objectionable, three table spoonfuls of cam- phorated julep (See No. SO.) may be employed in lieu of it and the mint tea. It should be kept in a cool place, and the stopper well secured with leather or bladder, to preserve the fixed air. No. g. PAREGORIC ELIXIR. A tea-spoonful taken in a glass of water, three times a day, powerfully allays the tickling- sensations in the wind-pipe, which provoke fre- quent coughing. In spasmodic asthma, and