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ring, to the consistence of an extract. Addto the mass, when cold,
Oil of Amber, forty-eight drops,
and make pills of four grains each. (Ca-det de Gassicourt)R. Sulphate of Iron, two scruples.
Rhubarb, one dram and a half.
Spanish Soap, half a dram.
Water, a sufficient quantity
to form a mass, to be divided into fifty pills.(Amer. ; Coxe)
This formula should be rejected, as thesulphate is incompatible with the soap.
All these pills are tonic, astringent, andmore or less excitant.Dose, from three to ten.
ASTRINGENT PILLS. (AUGUSTIN)
R
Sulphate of Iron, one scruple.
Extract of Cinchona, one dram.
Essential Salt of Cinnamon, five drops.Peruvian Balsam, a sufficient quantity.Make twenty pills. — Dose, from two tofive, thrice a day.
EMMENAGOGUE PILLS.
Pilulce emmenagogce irritantes seu martialatcum Galliano et Myrrhâ. (Augustin ;Brera ; Ellis)R. Sulphate of Iron, half a dram.
Galbanum, of each,
Myrrh, J one dram and a half.
Syrup of Orange Peel,
a sufficient quantity.Make pills of two grains each. — Dose,to six, every three hours. (Augustin)
R. Sulphate of Iron, two grains.
Extract of Savine, one scruple.
------------- Wormwood, two scruples.
Make twenty pills, to be taken in thecourse of the day. (Brera)R. Sulphate of Iron, one scruple.
? e , nna > of each,
Sulphate of Potass, J h *If a scruple.
Ginger, twelve grains.
Syrup, a sufficient quantity.
Make twenty-five pills. — Dose, three,twice a day. (Ellis)
compound pills of sulphate of iron.(Amer. ; Coxe)
R. Rhubarb, one dram and a half.
Sulphate of Iron, two scruples.
Soap,Make forty pills.
half a dram.
TONIC PILLS.
R. Extract of Cinchona, 1
------------- Gentian, J
Sulphate of Iron,
(Ellis)
of each,one dram,half a dram.
Myrrh, one dram.
Oil of Carraway, ten drops.
Syrup of Ginger, a sufficient quantity.
Make forty pills. — Dose, three, thrice a
day.
tonic mixture. (Sainte-Marie)
R. Myrrh, one dram.
Triturate it in a mortar, gradually adding
Infusion of Chamomile, six ounces.
Cinnamon Water, six drams.
Sulphate of Iron, fifteen grains.
Syrup of Orange Peel, one ounce.
Mix.
This is a correction of the celebratedGriffith's mixture; this is not unchemicalas the original is.
H-îBMAstatic potion. (Pierquin)
R. Sulphate of Iron, six grains.
Dragon's Blood, ten grains.
Tincture of Cinnamon, ten drops.
Rabel's Water, forty drops.
Decoction of Comfrey, eight ounces.
Syrup of Poppy, one ounce.
Mix.
It is recommended by Dumas, in haemor-rhages. — A spoonful to be taken every hour.
chalybeate aperitive tincture.
Essentia martiata aperitiva. (Wirtem.)R. Root of Galanga,
---------- Sweet Flag, I of each,
----- Zedoary, two drams.
Cinnamon,
Flowers of St. John's-wort,------------- Tansey,
of each,
one
dram.
half an ounce.
six ounces.
half an ounce.
Iron Filings,Alcohol,Sulphuric Acid,Digest for several days in a moderateheat ; then express and filter.
It is tonic. — Dose, from thirty to fifty-drops.
astringent cataplasm.Cataplasma stypticum. (Swediauu)R. Sulphate of Iron, of each,
Alum, J half an ounce.
White Bole, one ounce.
Water, ten ounces.
Vinegar, two ounces.
Crumb of Rye bread,
a sufficient quantityto make a cataplasm.
trito-nitrate of iron.
Nitras Tritoxidi Ferri, Nitras Ferri.
(Van Mons)
R. Black Oxide of Iron, any quantity.