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FERRUM— IRON.
Cinnamon, one part.
White Sugar, eight parts.Mix. (Van Mons)
R. Black Oxide of Iron, three parts.
Aromatic Powder, six parts.
White Sugar, eight parts.
Make a powder. (Swediaur)
It is extolled in rachitis and leucorrhcea.— Dose, from half a dram to one dram,twice a day, to adults ; to children, fromsix to ten grains.
FERRUGINOUS POWDER.
Pulvis ferrattts. (Swediaur)
R. Black Oxide of Iron, one ounce.
Root of Arum, two drams.
Subcarbonate of Lime, half an ounce.
Cinnamon, four scruples.
White Sugar, two ounces.
Mix. — Dose, five, ten,, or thirty grains,twice or thrice a day. It is recommendedin dyspepsia, pyrosis, leucorrhcea, and ra-chitis.
TONIC rOWDER.
R.
(Bories)
Black Oxide of Iron, "1 of each,
Socotrine Aloes, J two drams.
Nut-galls, three drains.
Grey Cinchona, two ounces.
Mix. — This powder is recommended as
stomachic and emmenagogue.- — Dose, from
ten to twenty grains, in the first spoonful
of soup. It is a bad preparation.
CHALYBEATE PILLS. (GeNEV. ; AUGUS-TIN ; Van Mons)
R. Black Oxide of Iron, any quantity.Extract of Wormwood,
a sufficient quantity.
Make pills of six grains each. — They are
tonic, febrifuge, and hydragogue. — Dose,
from five to nine, thrice a day. (Van
Mons)
They are recommended in chlorosis anddropsy, and also after intermittent fevers.R. Black Oxide of Iron, one ounce.
Aloes, two scruples.
Syrup, a sufficient quantity
to make a pilular mass. (Genev.)R. Black Oxide of Iron, \ of each,Extract of Cascarilla, J two drams.Syrup of Cinnamon,
a sufficient quantity.Make pills of two grains each. Rosen-stein extols them in lientery. (Augustin.)
EMMENAGOGUE PILLS. (RaTIER)
R. Black Oxide of Iron, one part.
vZ'ian, ' of each, two parts.
Syrup of Mugwort, a sufficient quantity.Make pills of six grains each. — Dose,from four to eight, daily.
RESOLVENT PILLS. (CADET DE GaSSI-
court; P1ER0.UIN)
R. Black Oxide of Iron, \ of each,
Winter's Bark, J one dram.
Dry Extract of Ox-gall, ] f hExtract of Lesser Cen- k hree ¿ ra ,; is .taury, J
Make pills of four grains each.
Vico. D'Azyr prescribed from four tosix of them, daily ; in obstructions of theabdominal viscera.
emmenagogue boluses.
Boli incitantes emmenagogi sen martialesemmenagogi seuanti-chlorotici emmenagogiincitantes. (Brera)
R. Black Oxide of Iron, thirty grains.Sulphate of Quinine,
from six to twelve grains.Powdered Rose Petals,
a sufficient quantity.Extract of Horehound,
one dram and a half.Make eight boluses. — Dose, one, everytwo, three, or four hours.R. Black Oxide of Iron,
from fifteen to twenty-five grains.Extract of Savine,
from six to twenty grains.Make eight boluses.—Dose, one everytwo hours.
R
STOMACHIC BOLUSES.
Boli incitantes stomachici. (Brera)
Black Oxide of Iron,Extract of Gentian,
one scruple.one dram,of each,a sufficientquantity.
Make eight boluses.—Dose, one, everyfour hours.
Despumated Honey,Powdered Rose Petals,
FERRUGINOUS BOLUSES.
Boli c Ferro compositi. (Swediaur)
R. Black Oxide of Iron, "I of each,
Chamomile Flowers, J seven grains.Myrrh, \Castor, JSyrup,
Mix. — For one dose ; in dysmenorrhcea.
of each, eight grains,a sufficient quantity.
FERRUGINOUS LAXATIVE PILLS.
Pilulce e Ferro laxantes. (Swediaur)
L. Black Oxide of Iron, \ of each,
Aloes, J half a dram.
Gum Ammoniac, one dram.
Syrup, a sufficient quantity.