The medical formulary: being a collection of prescriptions, derived from the writings and practice of many of the most eminent physicians in America and Europe. To which is added an appendix, containing the usual dietetic preparations and antidotes for poisons / By Benjamin Ellis.

  • Ellis, Benjamin, 1798-1831.
Date:
1831
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Credit: The medical formulary: being a collection of prescriptions, derived from the writings and practice of many of the most eminent physicians in America and Europe. To which is added an appendix, containing the usual dietetic preparations and antidotes for poisons / By Benjamin Ellis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    . + 78 EXPECTORANTS. This is a stimulating expectorant, and is useful in cases where debility appears to be _ principal dis- ease of the lungs. Mixture with Milk of Assafetida and Acetate of Ammonia. R. Gummi Assafoetidze, 4ss. Liquoris i wg cali acetatis, Aquz Menthe, aa. Zij. Fiat mistura.—<A_ tea- pee to children, ‘nd a table-spoontul _ to adults in coughs, pro re nata. } The simple solution of assafoetida is frequently employed, and may, in some cases, be found to answer every purpose of a more jeg, ie: prescrip- tion. - Mixture of Copaiba and Bals. Tolu, §c. . R. Balsami Copaibee, - Tolu, © Pulveris gummi Arabici, 44. Zss. ’ Acidi sulphurici aromatici, gtt. I. Aque distillate, Zvj. Fiat mistura.—Dose, a table- “spoonful, pro re nata. In hronic hooping-cough. Where there is hectic excitement, digitalis : may be added. — . Fi Tincture of Tolu with Digitalis, &c. R. Tincture: Tolutani, Ziss. Acidi sulphurici aromatici, Tincture Digitalis, Vini Antimonii, 4a. 33j. Mellis despumati, 5iss._ Pulveris Glycyrrhize, Zss. Aquee distillate, Zvj. Fiat mistura, et signa.—A table-spoonful to be given, according to circumstances. In Tussis senilis.