Medicine chests, with suitable directions / prepared by Samuel Hemenway at his shop in Essex Street, opposite Union Street Salem.

  • Hemenway, Samuel, 1777-1823.
Date:
[1796?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Medicine chests, with suitable directions / prepared by Samuel Hemenway at his shop in Essex Street, opposite Union Street Salem. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    No. i7...Tindura Sacra. This medicine has long been in great efteetri, not orilf as a cathartic, but as a warm ftimulant iri cold phlegma- tic habits, efpecialiy where there is a cold fenfation, with pain at the ftdmach.. This medicine, given in dofes of half atab'e fpoonful, and repeated two or three times, in the courfe of the 24 hours, or cftener, if need be, will lei- domfail of giving relief, by gently ftimulating and warm- ing the ftomach, and gently opening the bowels. Dofe, as a purge, from two to four table fpoortsfiil—it is a pro- per purge to be given in all cafes *here warm and ftim- ulating purges are wanted—It has a good effect as a purge on thofe who have long been in the habit of ufing ardent f^irit. No. 18...Sugar of Lead. In inflammations from bruifes, or other caufes, diflblve one of thefe powders, or 2 tea fpoonsful, in a pint of wa- ter, bathe the part affecled frequently, and keep a linen rag, wet with it, applied confbntly. It will tend greatly to reduce the inflammation, and eafe the pain. No. i9...0podi!doc. In all fprains or bruizes of the joints, or other parts of the body, this is a very ufeful and proper application.— 'Shake the bottle, No. 19, pour a little of it into the palm of the hand, and rub the part with it for fome time—re- peat it two or three times a day. No. 20...Balfam Traumaticum. In cafe of a fiefh wound, from a cut or any other means, (if not lo large as to want fome flitches to bring the lips of the wound together) firft lay a little lint upon it, then drop enough of this balfam upon the lint to wet it, then ipread a pledget of tow or web line with Bafilican, an<5