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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    he advantageously used as a lotion and injection; and as a gargle, in relaxed sore throats. Basilic Powder. — This is a very good medicine, as a common purgative, both for adults and children. The usual dose is from twenty to thirty grains mixed up with a little jelly. For children who are subj ect to worms, this powder is sometimes very beneficial, in doses of from five to ten grains, according to the age of the child, given every third morning, taking care that the child does not drink any cold fluid during its opera- tion, Baume de Vie, or Compound Decoction of Aloes. — This is a mild and commendable remedy where a warm and sto- machic aperient is required, which is often the case in hys- terical and hypochondriacal affections, and in certain spas- modic disorders, where the bowels have become torpid from the use of opiates. Its purgative quality may be increased by the addition of tincture or infusion of senna; and the mixture is far from being so unpleasant to the palate as the nature of its components would lead us to expect. The dose is from half an ounce to an ounce and a half. It is often of singular service in dyspepsia, as it corrects acidity, and promotes the action of the stomach and bowels; in such cases, half an ounce or six drachms may be taken early every other morning, mixed with an equal quantity of some aromatic water, or bitter and stomachic infusion. Black Drop. — This medicine has long been known and esteemed in the north of England by the name of the Quaker’s Black Drop. It is well known that in many constitutions the effects of common opium or laudanum are extremely distressing, and that in all habits it produces some inconvenience, often cre- ating restlessness and delirium instead of producing sleep, and its use being generally succeeded by headachs, sickness, and debility. Of these deleterious properties the “ black drop ” is, by a chemical process, wholly deprived, whilst it retains, in the fullest degree, all the desirable powers of opium. This preparation is applicable to all the cases in which