Materia medica and therapeutics / by Martyn Payne.

  • Paine, Martyn, 1794-1877.
Date:
1859
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Credit: Materia medica and therapeutics / by Martyn Payne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ft. Sulphate of Quinia, grs. xvj.; Tartaric Acid, grs. Ix.; Bicarbonate of Soda, grs. lxxv. ; Sugar, I j. ; Wa- ter, 3 xxxij.; M.—Preserve in a closely corked bottle.— Dose, 1 j. to I ij. This is probably a more useful compound than its place here would denote. It has been found, also, par- ticularly useful in the low, advanced stages of Typhus Fever, in low states of convalescence from other diseases, and in some forms of indigestion. It is well worthy an extensive trial, as likely to moderate the use of quinine in excessive doses. 18. Quini* Lactas. Lactate of Quinine. Dose. Gr. j. in water. 10. Quinine et Ferri Citras. Citrate of Quinine and Iron. Dose. Grs. ij. in water. 20. Quinine Arsenas. Arsenite of Quinine. Dose. Gr. tV to £. 21. Cinchona Officinalis Cortex. Peruvian Bark. Dose, of Powder, 3 ss. to 3 j. Sometimes succeeds when the foregoing proximate transformations fail; but in the treatment of fever one or more of those should be employed first; or the pow- der, or infusion, or decoction, may be combined with them in various proportions. (a.) Decoction, ft. Coarsely Powdered Bark, 5 j. ; Water, * j. ; M.—Boil ten minutes ; strain.—Dose, 3 j. to I ij (b.) Infusion, ft. Bark bruised, or in fine powder, 13