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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    Nucum juglandis cortice ficcatarum No. xx. Antimonii unc. ij. Lapidis pumicis pulverizati unc. j. Aqua: diflillatac lib. x. The powdered antimony and pumice ftone are to be tied in feparate pieces of rag and boiled along with the other ingredients. This laft decoftion is reckoned to be the genuine Lif- bon diet drink, whofe qualities have been the fubjett of fo much encomium. DECOCTUM MEZEREI. R Radicis mezerei contufi drach. ij, Radicis glycyrrhizae contufi unc. j. Aquae diftillatae lib. ij. The mezereon is to be boiled till the water is reduced one half, and the liquorice added a fhort time before it is taken from the fire. This decottion, given from half a pint to a pint in twenty-four hours, is found ferviceable in the lues venerea, but it is probably better cal- culated for ftrumous affettions, or for thofe mixed venereal cafes where fcrofula feems to predominate. This is one of the formulae of Guy’s Hofpital. DECOCTUM QUERCUS. R Quercus contufi unc. j. Aquae diftillatx lib, ij.