The druggist's general receipt book ... / by Henry Beasley.

  • Beasley, Henry.
Date:
1852
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Credit: The druggist's general receipt book ... / by Henry Beasley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Antimony, Calx OF. Diaphoretic. Dose, 2 to 4 dr. Antimonial Powder. Similar to .lames’s powder. Diapho- retic. In colds, fevers, inflammations, &c.: Dose, for horses or cattle, 1 or 2 dr.; swine, G grains; dogs, from 2 to 0 grains. Antimony, Precipitated Sulphdret of. Dose ^ dr. to 2 dr. in obstinate skin diseases. Antimony, Tart.\rized. Emetic Tavtav. Diaphoretic, ex- pectorant, and reduces arterial action. It is also regarded as diuretic and vermifuge. Dose, f dr. to dr. in gruel, 3 times a day, in fevers, in inflammation of the lungs, and catarrhal affections. To destroy worms, 2 dr. may be given with powdered tin, or some other mechanical ver- mifuge, fasting, and followed by aloes; or 1 dr. for 0 mornings, followed on the 7th by a dose of physic.^ Mr. White says he has not seen any good effect from it as a vermifuge. Cattle require from ^ dr. to 1 dr. Sheep, from 10 to 20 gr. To swine and dogs it is emetic: the former require from 2 to b gr.; the latter, from I to 3 gr. Externally, it produces an eruption on the skin. Antimony, Butter of. Muriate or Chl-oride of Antimony. Used externally only, as a caustic in canker, &c. Antiperiodics. Remedies against those diseases which return at regular intervals, ns agues. Antiseptics. Remedies which resist putrefaction. Antispasmodics. Medicines which relieve spasm, as opium, ether, camphor, ammonia, ardent spirits, &c. Arnica. Nervine, stimulant, and diaphoretic. 40 to 60 gr. of the powdered plant (the flowers in preference) have been given twice a day for paralysis, amaurosis, rheuma- tism, blows or falls, &c. A decoction may be used out- wardly as a fomentation to bruises, wounds, &c. Aristolochia. See Birthwort. Arsenic. White Arsenic, or Arscnious Acid. Very poi- sonous to all animals. In small doses, tonic and altera- tive, but requires to be carefully watched. It has been given, in doses of 2 gr. gradually increased to 20, in farcy and glanders. Externally, ns a caustic, but dan- gerous and unmanageable. Used in solution to destroy vermin in cattle and sheep; but it is not free from danger. B 2