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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    Antacid Pills. Carbonate of Ammonia, five grains ; Extract of Rhubarb, three grains ; Mix, and divide into two pills. Common Aperient Pills. Calomel, two grains ; Compound Extract of Colocynth, five grains ; Extract of Rhubarb, three grains ; Oil of Cloves, one drop. Mix, and divide into two pills. Morison’s Pills, No. T. Aloes in Powder, one grain ; Compound Extract of Colocynth, one grain j Gamboge in Powder, half-a-grain ; Cream of Tartar, three quarters of a grain. Ginger in Powder, half-a-grain. Mix, and make one pill. Morison’s Pills, No. II. Aloes in Powder, one grain ; Compound Extract of Colocynth, one grain ; Gamboge in Powder, one grain and a half 5 Cream of Tartar, half-a-grain ; Ginger in Powder, half-a-grain ; Mix, and make one pill. Aperient Pills for Dyspeptic Persons. Compound Extract of Colocynth, fifteen grains 5 Extract of Rhubarb, fifteen grains ; Blue Pill, half-a-scruple; Ipecacuanha in Powder, two grains ; Castile Soap, three grains ; Oil of Cloves, three drops ; Mix, and divide into ten pills ; one or two may be taken at bedtime.