A dispensatory and therapeutical remembrancer : with a full and distinct version of every practical formula, as authorized by the London, Edinburgh and Dublin royal college of physicians, in the latest editions of their several pharmacopias ... / By John Mayne ... Rev., with the addition of the formulæ of the United States pharmacopia, etc. By R. Eglesfeld Griffith.

  • Mayne, John.
Date:
1848
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Credit: A dispensatory and therapeutical remembrancer : with a full and distinct version of every practical formula, as authorized by the London, Edinburgh and Dublin royal college of physicians, in the latest editions of their several pharmacopias ... / By John Mayne ... Rev., with the addition of the formulæ of the United States pharmacopia, etc. By R. Eglesfeld Griffith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [Azedarach, u. s. Bark of the root. Pride of India. Use.—(Intl.) a powerful vermifuge given in decoction of %iv. bark to Oii. water, boiled to Oi. Dose, a tablespoonful every three or four hours, till it affects the bowels.J Gambogia, u. s. d. cambogia, l. e. Gamboge. (See under class Cathartics.) Use.—(Intl.) a valuable contribution to anthelmintic powders, &c. Supposed to be especially efficacious in expelling taenia. From its powerful drastic-cathartic action, it is rarely administered alone. Dose, grs. i.—grs. v.—grs. x. The Gamboge Pills (q. v.) form a very useful remedy of the vermifuge kind. [Chcnopodium, tr. s. The fruit. Wormwood. Use.—-(Intl.) to expel worms, especially lumbrici. Dose, in powder mixed with syrup, 9i.—9ii. for a child. oleum chenopodii, u. s. Oil of Wormwood. Use.—(Intl.) in the expulsion of worms. Dose, tri'iv.— flavin, for a child, morning and evening, for three or four days, to be followed by a brisk purge.] Colocynthis, u. s.- l. e. cucumis colocynthis, d. Colocynth. (v. Cathartics.) Use.—(Intl.) too violent in its action to be administered by itself—but in combination, may be made serviceable as a remedy of the present class. Dose, grs. iii.—grs. x. Ferrum, xj. s. l. d. ferri ramenta, u. s. ferri limatura et ferri FiLiTM, e. Iron. The Filings, l. Iron Filings. Iron Wire, e. Iron Wire. Filings. Scales of the Oxyde, d. Use.—(Intl.) to expel worms (ascarides particularly) from the intestines. Dose, grs. v.—9i., in powder. FERRI OXIDTJM HYDRATUM, TJ. S. FERRUGO, E. Hydrated SeS- quioxide of Iron. Prep.—See Tonics. Gamboge. R Gambogiae R Gambogiae Hydrarg. chloridi mit. M. Hydr. chloridi mite et sumatur subinde haus- Misturae acaciae q. s. ut fiat tulus theae viridis bolus mane sumendus. Iron. B Gambogiae jj. perri Sacchari, purif. M. f. Ammoniaci pulvis quaque hora Ext. taraxaci F. pil. sumendus quarum sumat