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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    [25] This is Diretied in Fevers of the more Malignant Kind, where the Pulfe is‘Low and Languid, the Body Clammy; and the Patient at thefame time-very Reftlefs, © as. it Invigorates the.Blood, Opens the Obftruéted Nerves, Procures Sleep, <and . is a moft Powerful Alexipharmic. In'the Smali-Pox likewife, (agreeably to What Dr. Mzap intimates on That Head-) where the Puftules, that ought now to Ripen, make no Advances, from Na- ture’s being Sluggifh and'Unable to Per- form her Part, towards: Suppuration, This Deco&ion, by rendering the Blood more Rapid: in. its. Motion, and: by Thinning the Humours. will: Greatly help to:Pro- . mote it.. The Dofe is Two or Three Spoonfuls Every Four Hours. Bliftering in a Degree, Proportioned to the Extre- mity of the Cafe, ought to accompany the Ufe of it. ErrcTrARiUM' ADSTRINGENS, An AsrRINGENT. ErzcTARY. Take Two Ounces of Powder of Bole ^ with Opium, and T wo Ounces of T'oafted | | Nutmegs ; and, with a Sufficient. Quan- tity of Diacodium, Make an Electary. | C This