A treatise on the diseases of infants, founded on recent clinical observations and investigations in pathological anatomy made at the Hospice des Enfans-Trouvés : with a dissertation on the viability of the child / by C.M. Billard ; with notes by Dr. Ollivier ; translated from the third French edition, with an appendix, by James Stewart.

  • Billard, C. (Charles-Michel), 1800-1832.
Date:
1839
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of infants, founded on recent clinical observations and investigations in pathological anatomy made at the Hospice des Enfans-Trouvés : with a dissertation on the viability of the child / by C.M. Billard ; with notes by Dr. Ollivier ; translated from the third French edition, with an appendix, by James Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    G20 Boiling water, 3 pints. Boil until reduced one third, and strain. TOAST WATER. A Take the crumb of bread toasted, any quantity, and add one quart of boiling water. WHITE DECOCTION OP SYDENHAM. Crumb of bread, G drachms. Calcined hartshorn shavings, 2drach. Sugar, 1 ounce. Water, 1 quart. Boil for a quarter of an hour, and add infusion of canella, 2 drachms. COMPOUND DECOCTION OP HARTSHORN, OR WniTE DECOCTION. Hartshorn shavings, 1 k ounce. Crumb of bread, 1 ounce. Water, 1 quart and 1 pint. Eoil until reduced to a third, and add 2 ounces syrup of quinces. H. de la Ck. DOSES OF MEDICINE. Hufeland has drawn up the following scale of the doses of medi- cine for different ages : Years 25 20 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 ?. 2 1 Doses 40 35 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 18 16 13 10 Months...ll 10 987654321| 9 8 7 6 5421 Suppose the dose at the end of the first year to be 1, then at the fifth it will be 2; at the fifteenth 3 ; and at the twenty-fifth 4. In the above table the dose for an adult is supposed to be 40 grains. THE END. GLASGOW UNIVERSITY LIBRARY