The home book of health and medicine : being a popular treatise on the means of avoiding and curing diseases, and of preserving the health and vigour of the body to the latest period : including also an account of the nature and properties of remedies : the treatment of the diseases of women and children, and the management of pregnancy and parturition / by a physician of Philadelphia.

  • Horner, William E. (William Edmonds), 1793-1853.
Date:
1834
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Credit: The home book of health and medicine : being a popular treatise on the means of avoiding and curing diseases, and of preserving the health and vigour of the body to the latest period : including also an account of the nature and properties of remedies : the treatment of the diseases of women and children, and the management of pregnancy and parturition / by a physician of Philadelphia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    APPENDIX. THE USES AND DOSES OF MEDICINES. Emetics, 441 Astringents, 444 Laxatives and purgatives, 442 To check vomiting, 445 Laxative and purgative clysters, 443 Tonics and bitters,' 445 Carminatives, 443 Worm medicines, 445 Diuretics, 443 For burns and scalds, 446 Diaphoretics and sudorifics, 443 Eye-waters, 446 Expectorants, 444 Gargles, 446 Absorbent medicines, 444 Dressings and plasters, 446 Anodynes, 444