The art of dispensing : a treatise on the methods and processes involved in compounding medical prescriptions.

Date:
1888
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Credit: The art of dispensing : a treatise on the methods and processes involved in compounding medical prescriptions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Solids by Weight; Fluids by Gra ns or Solids by Weight ; Fluids by Gra ns or Measure Mi lims Measure Minims T} TD D.r. C 6 B P X inctura digitalis .... 10 30 U.Jr. 5 ID 1 B P ergotae__ .... 5 30 Tl P Scilla 3 B P. ,j gelsemu .... 5 20 B u D.r. Sodii arsenias _i_ t g p ,, hyoscyami . . . 30 60 B.P. jj hypophosphis . . b!p. •'^^ ■ ' A'' ' ' ' 5 ^0 U. Jr. 10 B.P. jaboranQi ... 30 60 B.P. ,, sulphocarbolas . 10 15 b!p. lobeliae .... 10 30 c P D.r. ID 30 ! P P 15. r. nuis ' 10 30 B.P. e. 1 • ' I 5 B.P. .. ■ • • 10 20 P P D.r, _i_ -1- 12 B.P. 5 40 _L Jf B.P. amm'on' * ' 30 60 Succus aconiti 10 20 ' b.p! S3.bin3C 20 60 B.P. ,, belladonnse . . . 5 15 ^ . .: ' • 10 30 P P D.r, conn ...... 30 60 B.P JJ ver3.tri viriuis , . Trimethy laminae hydro- 5 20 B.P. 30 60 P P c 1,1 1 • • • • 2 3 B.P. J, papaveris. • • . 30 ^60 B.P. 1 if 60 b!p. TU 'ir • ^''1 ^ 60 ' b!p. 5 ± nallini sulprias .... 3 8 b.p! 10 30 B.P. Tinctura aconiti .... 5 15 10 20 ,, ,, Fleming . 2 B.P. ,, ipecac, (emetic) . . 60 360 B.P. ,, belladonnse . . . 20 B.P. ,, ,, (expectorant) 40 B.P. camph. CO. . . . 15 60 B.P. DO 40 B.P. ,, cannab. ind. . . 5 20 B.P. Zinci acetas (tonic) . , . 2 B.P. ,, capsici .... 10 20 B.P. ,, (emetic) . . . oxidum ... lO 20 B.P. ,, cantharidis . . . 5 20 B.P. 2 10 B.P. ,, chloroform, et mor- ,, phosphidum .... 1 2 U i phina; .... 5 10 B.P. ,, sulphas (tonic) . . . 3 B.P. ,, cimicifugae . . . 15 60 B.P. ,, ,, (emetic). . . valerianas .... 10 30 B.P. ,, colchic. sem. . . 10 30 B.P. 3 BP. 20 60 The maximum doses in the foregoing table may be regarded as the safe dose to give, but there are many drugs which have a powerful effect on some individuals and others which have quite the opposite. Doses much in excess of the maxima are sometimes met with ; e.g. 10 and 15 grain doses of calomel in cases of apoplexy, 2-grain doses of extract of Indian hemp in cases of tetanus. Doses are also given in the chapter on New Remedies.
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