The student's pocket prescriber / by H. Aubrey Husband.

  • Husband, H. Aubrey (Henry Aubrey)
Date:
1901
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Credit: The student's pocket prescriber / by H. Aubrey Husband. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    First, as to Age. This naturally in- fluences the dose, and for our guidance several rules have been laid down. For instance, it has been proposed to add twelve to the age, and then to divide the age by the result. A child one year old would thus require a dose the thirteenth of that required by an adult; a child three years old, three-fifteenths, or one- fifth. Another rule equally useful is to take the age at the next birthday and divide it by twenty-four; thus the dose for one year is found by taking the age of the child at two years and dividing it by twenty-four; for example, one year = -fa, two years fa = three years fa = i, &c. We must also not forget that children bear narcotics badly, and that, as a rule, opium should be avoided in very young children, although they, on the other hand, tolerate belladonna and hyoscyamus very well. The rule for the