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The design was to furnish something like a Medical Grammar , to those unacquainted with the dead language ; and even those versed in the classics , may occasionally find words used in prescriptions which are new to them . A series of ...
the above prescription is often used where that drug has been taken . A more prompt emetic , however . will in all cases be preferable to this . Powder of Ipecacuanha with Rhubarb . B. Pulveris Ipecacuanhæ . Rhei āā . 9j .
This should be recollected in directing the medicine in the form of pills . An opium pill that has been made long enough to become perfectly hard and dry , will be retained by an irritable stomach when a fresh one would be rejected .
The prescriptions have been couched in the Latin language , and the names of the several articles will be found regularly terminated . ... A series of Dietetic preparations and the principal poisons have been placed in Book III .
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Author: Benjamin Ellis
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 0265769043
Category: Medical
Page: 156
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Excerpt from 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 The application of the remedies to diseases has been left to the judgment'of the practitioner, and Therapeutical detail as much as possible avoided, as it would have been inconsistent with the' nature and design Of the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.