The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach.

  • Leach, Harry.
Date:
1874
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Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CEEAM OF TAETAE.—A useful purgative for certain cases, as directed in this book. Dose : 20 grains to a dram. Condy's Crimson Fluid.—Two or three drops into each gallon of water wanting purification for drinking purposes. EPSOM SALTS.—A good purgative when it is necessary to repeat the dose. Dose: ^ oz. to lf| oz. ESSENCE OF PEPPEEMINT.—To flavour other medicines. Dose : 10 to 20 drops. ESSENCE OF GINGKEE. (See Eeceipt No. 6.) Dose : 5 to 20 drops. Goulard's Extract.—For external applica- tion only. (See Eeceipt No. 9.) IODIDE OF POTASSIUM.—To be given only as directed in this book. Dose: 5 to 8 grains in an ounce of water. LAUDANUM.—Useful to stop diarrhoea, to ease pain, and to procure sleep. In doses larger than those ordered here, it is poisonous. Dose : 6 to 40 drops.