A new practical formulary of hospitals of England ... France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Russia, and America; of MM. Magendie, Lugol, etc. Or a conspectus of prescriptions in medicine, surgery, and obstetrics ... / Translated ... and considerably augmented, by M. Ryan. With M. Magendie's last additions.

  • Milne-Edwards, H. (Henri), 1800-1885
Date:
1836
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Credit: A new practical formulary of hospitals of England ... France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Russia, and America; of MM. Magendie, Lugol, etc. Or a conspectus of prescriptions in medicine, surgery, and obstetrics ... / Translated ... and considerably augmented, by M. Ryan. With M. Magendie's last additions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    bis :80 TONICS. \ PLANTAIN, which is ranked among astrin- gents, furnishes an Eau distillé. P. which is sometimes used in compounding resol- vent collyria, but which possesses no astrin- gent quality. J There are many other substances, ‘ such. as the leaves of the common briar, myrtle, &e., which have an astringent principle, but they are not used at the presentday. They may be administered for want of ‘other substances, in decoctions or infusions, in doses of 3iv ad 3 jin Oij of water. The name Espèces Astringentes is given, in the Codex, to a mixture of equal parts of the following substances :— Radicis bistortæ, : tormentillæ, Corticis granati. This compound is used in decoctions in doses of 3 ss ad j to Oij of water, in the same cases as the different substances of which it is composed. — MEDICINES GENERALLY EMPLOYED AS, TONICS. Iron. Tron is a powerful tonic, but its action is ‘slowly developed, and only becomes mani- fest a few days after its administration. It: is used with advantage in all affections. cha- racterised by general weakness and inertion of organs. It is very useful in chlorosis,