A companion to the medicine chest; or, plain directions for the employment of the various medicines, etc. contained in it : with the properties and doses of such as are more generally used in domestic medicine; to which are added, a brief description of the symptoms and treatment of diseases directions for restoring suspended animation and various mechanical auxiliaries to medicine / By John Savory.

  • Savory, John.
Date:
1836
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A companion to the medicine chest; or, plain directions for the employment of the various medicines, etc. contained in it : with the properties and doses of such as are more generally used in domestic medicine; to which are added, a brief description of the symptoms and treatment of diseases directions for restoring suspended animation and various mechanical auxiliaries to medicine / By John Savory. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PRESCRIPTIONS. For this important part of a domestic companion to the medicine-chest, I have been for years carefully selecting the prescriptions of eminent physicians and surgeons, the efficacy of which, in the cure of the diseases for which they are re- commended, has been fully ascertained by long experience. INTERNAL REMEDIES. Mixtures. Tonic Mixture. Infusion of Calumba, live ounces ; Tincture of Gentian, four drachms and a half ; Sal Volatile, one drachm and a half; Syrup of Orange Peel, two drachms ; Mix. Two table-spoonsful for a dose. Tonic Mixture. Infusion of Gentian, seven ounces ; Subcarbonate of Potash, one drachm ; Tincture of Orange Peel, three drachms ; Spirit of Pimento, three drachms ; Syrup of Ginger, two drachms ; Mix. Two table-spoonsful for a dose. Astringent Mixture. Chalk Mixture, five ounces and a half; Aromatic Confection, five scruples ; Tincture of Cinnamon, balf-an-ounce; Laudanum, twenty drops; Mix. Two table-spoonfuls for a dose.