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Documented historical use
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Preparation summary
Materials as extracted
- of Peruvian bark and Virginian snake-root, grossly powdered, each three drachms
Method as extracted
- Take of Peruvian bark and Virginian snake-root, grossly powdered, each three drachms.
- Boil them in a pint of water to one half.
- Preparation
- Decoction
- Route
- Internal use
- Plant part
- Root · Bark
Primary-source transcription
Take of Peruvian bark and Virginian snake-root, grossly powdered, each three drachms. Boil them in a pint of water to one half. To the strained liquor add an ounce and a half of aromatic water.
Sir John Pringle recommends this as a proper medicine towards the decline of malignant fevers, when the pulse is low, the voice weak, and the head affected with a stupor but with little delirium.
The dose is four spoonfuls every fourth or sixth hour.
Safety and interpretation
Professional review advised. Historical ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk, terminology and route may differ from modern practice. This archive record is educational and is not dosage or treatment guidance.
- Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
- Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
- The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
Source record
Domestic Medicine by William Buchan. Published 1784. paragraph-2623.
Professional review advised
Professional review is advised before any practical use of this preparation.
- Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
- Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
- The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.
The public record separates the historical passage, structured preparation data, use relationship and modern safety boundary. Same-plant context is presented as context, never as proof that this preparation was intended for that use.
Primary and supporting references
- Domestic Medicine — Project GutenbergPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-2623.