The medical compass : containing a new and improved companion and key to the medicine chest.

  • Forsyth, J. S.
Date:
[1834]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The medical compass : containing a new and improved companion and key to the medicine chest. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    Castor Oil 8 oz. Linseed Oil 3 pints. Oil of Mint 1 oz. Jamaica Pepper * 4 oz. Quassia 8 oz. Volatile Salts 2 oz. Salt of Steel (Sulphate of Iron) I oz. Subcarbonate of Potass (Soda) 10 oz. Venice Soap 8 oz. Spirit of Wine 1 pint. Sarsaparilla 3 lbs. Virginia Snake Root 4 oz. Acetate of Ammonia, or materials* for pre- paring it 2 pints. Oil of Turpentine 4 oz. Dried Squills § oz. Flowers of Sulphur 1 oz. Golden Sulphur of Antimony \ oz. Cream of Tartar 1 lb. Vinegar 6 pints. White Vitriol (Sulphate of Zinc) 1 oz. Wormwood 1 lb. Many of the above articles are in too small a quan- tity ; and in Gray’s Supplement to the Pharmacopoeias, the author, we think, has very judiciously recommended the following articles to be increased, namely— Glauber’s or Epsom Salts, to 15 lbs. Senna 4 lbs. Cathartic Extract 3 oz. Jalap 2^ oz. Castor Oil 2 lbs. Volatile Salts 1 lb. Oil of Turpentine 4 lbs. Flowers of Sulphur 1 lb. Cream of Tartar 3 lb3. * Carbonate of Ammoniae 2 oz.; Acetic Acid 4 pints. Add the acid to the salt till no more bubbles arise. In febrile and in- flammatory complaints, as a diaphoretic, &c. dose | to 1 oz.