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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    Astringent Mixture for Diarrhoea of Infants. Carbonate of Magnesia, one drachm ; Toasted Rhubarb, thirty grains ; Distilled Water, three ounces ; Sal Volatile, thirty drops; Syrup, two drachms. Dose, two tea-spoonsful two or three times a-day. Mixture for Gravel. Liquor of Potash, two drachms ; Lime Water, six ounces. Dose, a table-spoonful in heef-tea. Aperient Mixture. Epsom Salts, five ounces ; Carbonate of Magnesia, three drachms ; Peppermint Water, two pints ; Spirit of Cinnamon, Spirit of Aniseed, of each two drachms. Mix. Dose, two table-spoonsful. Aperient Mixture. Infusion of Senna, three ounces and a half; Infusion of Gentian, four ounces ; Purified Epsom, or Rochelle Salts, two ounces; Syrup of Ginger, Compound Spirit of Lavender, of each two drachms. Mix. Dose, two table-spoonsful. Aperient Draught. Infusion of Roses, ten drachms ; Epsom Salts, two drachms ; Compound Tincture of Cardamoms, Syrup of Ginger, of each one drachm. Mix, and make a draught. s