Pharmacopoeia chirurgica, or, Formulae for the use of surgeons : including, among a variety of remedies adopted in the private practice of the most eminent of the profession, all the principal formulae of the different hospitals.

  • Houlston, William, 1755-1815.
Date:
1794
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    Thefe are reckoned fimilar to that once cele- brated remedy, Keyfer’s dragees. The aofe it from one to hve every night. PILULjE HYDRARGYRI calcinati. R Hydrargyri calcinati. Opit. Camphoras hng. drach. j. Syrupi ftmplicis q. f. Fiant pilulae lx. In cafes which require the fpecific adtion of quickfilver, one or two of thefe may be given every night. In the pilulae hydrargyri^ calei- nati of Guy’s Hofpital, camihor is not included; but its co-opeiation with the opium in checking their difpohtion to purge, is by no means incon- fiderable. PILULvE HYDRARGYRI GUMMOSA. R Hydrargyri purificati drach. j. Amyli drach. iij. Mucilaginis arabici gummi q. f. The quickfilver is to be rubbed down with the mucilage, and the ftarch being afterwards ad- ded, it is to be formed into ftxty pills. This is the quickfilver pill of Dr. Kirkland. As no more than one grain however, Is included in each pillr four or Hve may, at leaft, be taken in a day.