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FERRUM.— IRON.
Iron Filings, eight grains.
Cinnamon, six grains.
Mix. — For one dose, to be repeatedthrice a day.
TONIC FERRUGINOUS POWDER.
Pulvis ionico-martialis. (Fuld. ; Brera ;Ratier)
R. Prepared Iron Filings, "I of each,
Orange Peel, J one dram.
Red Cinchona, two drams.
Mix. (Fuld.)
Ratier prescribes one scruple of filings,half a dram of cinnamon, and one dram ofcinchona.
Dose, one scruple.
R. Iron Filings, twelve grains.
Cinchona, one scruple.
Cinnamon, six grains.
Mix. — For one dose, to be repeated fourtimes a day. (Brera)
R. Iron Filings, one dram.
Cinchona, half an ounce.
Calumba, one dram.
Cinnamon, one scruple.
Mix, and divide into eight doses ; one tobe taken thrice a day. (Bata v.)
tonic and stomachic powder.(Sainte-Marie)
R. Iron Filings, "I of each,
Cinchona, / two drams.
Cinnamon, one dram.
Supertartrate of Potass, four drams.
Mix, and divide into twenty-four doses ;one to be taken morning and evening. — Itis recommended principally in chlorosis.
emmenagogue powder. (brera jSainte-Marie)
Iron Filings,Supertartrate of Potass,Cinnamon,Sugar,
four drams.
three drams.
one dram,
three ounces.
Mix.
Tronchin prescribed the dose of a sew-ing-thimble full to be taken twice or thricea day, in a little water, to re-establish sup-pressed menses, or to render them moreabundant and regular. (Sainte-Marie)
R. Iron Filings, six grains.
Socotrine Aloes, two grains.
Magnesia, half a dram.
Mix. — For one dose, to be repeated thrice3 day, at intervals of four hours. (Brera)
anti-chlorotic powder.Marie)
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of each, two drams.
Iron Filings,
Anise,
Castor,
Cinnamon,
Nutmeg, / ofeach, two drams.
Mix, and divide into twenty doses ; oneto be taken morning and evening.
FERRUGINOUS PILLS. (AmER. ; FULD. ;
Herbip. ; Coxe ; Cadet de Gassi-court; Ellis; Spielmann)
R. Levigated Iron Filings, two ounces.Extract of Wormwood,
a sufficient quantity.Make pills of six grains each. (Cadetde Gassicourt ; Spielmann)
Sydenham recommended them in chlo-rosis, dyspepsia, and hysteria. — Dose, threeor four, morning and evening.
Ellis prescribes sixteen grains of iron
and enough of extract of gentian to make
six pills ; one to be taken thrice a day.
R. Iron Filings, six drams.
Extract of Gentian, three drains.
Powdered Cinnamon, one dram.
Syrup of Orange Peel,
a sufficient quantityto make a pilular mass. (Fuld.)
Dose, from twenty to thirty grains.R. Iron Filings, half an ounce.
Powdered Calumba, four scuples.
------------- Rhubarb, 1 of each,
------------- Cinnamon, / two scruples.
Make pills of three grains each. (Her-bip.)
R. Iron Filings, one ounce.
Myrrh, half an ounce.
Aromatic Powder, two drams.
Simple Syrup, a sufficient quantityto make a pilular mass. (Lusit.)
R. Iron Filings, one ounce,
Myrrh,
r of each, two drams.Simple Syrup, a sufficient quantity.Make pills of six grains each. (Amer. ;
Coxe
tonic pills.
Pilulce e Galbana martiales. (Augustin ;Cadet de Gassicourt)
R. Iron Filings,
Extract of Eesser Cen- I of each,
taury, f two drams.
Gum Ammoniac, J
Syrup of Fumitory, a sufficient quantity.
Make pills of six grains each. — Dose, one
or two before dinner, to promote digestion,
(Cadet de Gassicourt)