Medulla medicinae universae, or, A new compendious dispensatory / compiled ... for the use of the military hospital abroad ... ; by the King's physicians and surgeons ... ; to which is added, an English translation ... ; by John Theobald, M.D.

Date:
MDCCLVI [1756]
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Credit: Medulla medicinae universae, or, A new compendious dispensatory / compiled ... for the use of the military hospital abroad ... ; by the King's physicians and surgeons ... ; to which is added, an English translation ... ; by John Theobald, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    | [ 144] and the Patient fo Low and Sinking as to be no longer Able to bear Such a Con- tinued Evacuation, a Dofe of This Elec- tary to the Quantity of a Nutmeg, Taken three or four times a day with a Draught of the White Drink, will Fielp Gradually to Strengthen the Relaxed Inteftines, and confequentlyGuard them againft anExcef- five Difcharge of their Contents. But, as - a Flux of This Kind is frequently Criti- cal, and an Effort of Nature to Throw off from the Habit of- Body What would otherwife be Injurious and Oppreffive, Due Caution and Circumfpection ought ever to Precede the Adminiftration of a Me- dicine of This Tendency ; left, inftead of Relieving Harraffed Nature, we Block up the Peccant Matter, and by this means Furnifh it with an Opportunity of Pro- ducing Incurable Effects. ErircTARIUM deSpERMATE CETY, A SpznMA Ceti ErrcrARY. Take Two Ounces of the Conferve of Hips; Two Drams of Sperma Ceti; Half an Ounce of the Compound Powder. of Gum Dragant ; and, with a Sufficient Quantity of the Syrup of Marfh-Mallows, Make an Elecary. — | M3 ^ In