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Decoction of sarsaparilla

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Source: The medical guide, for the use of the clergy, heads of families, and practitioners in medicine and surgery : comprising a practical dispensatory and treatise on the symptoms, causes, prevention, and cure of the diseases incident to the human frame ; with the latest discoveries in medicine by Reece, Richard, 1775-1831. nr 93032726 (1812), narrative-offset-764617.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • sarsaparilla: of the following ointment, will effect a cure : — Take- of ointment of the nitrated quicksilver, two drachms ; olive oil, four drachms

Method as extracted

  1. Boil according to the source passage: 391 nature; and afrer the system is quieted by the forego- ing means, will likewise require the treatment recoin mended for king’s-evil, to complete the cure, particular- ly the prepared natron, the alterative pills, and compound decoction of sarsaparilla. (See King’s-evil.) Chronic inflammation of the edges of the eye-lids will also require the same constitutional remedies, which, with the use of the following ointment, will effect a cure : — Take- of ointment of the nitrated quicksilver, two drachms ; olive oil, four drachms.

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Modern safety boundary

External use only

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  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
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  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. The medical guide, for the use of the clergy, heads of families, and practitioners in medicine and surgery : comprising a practical dispensatory and treatise on the symptoms, causes, prevention, and cure of the diseases incident to the human frame ; with the latest discoveries in medicine — The medical guide, for the use of the clergy, heads of families, and practitioners in medicine and surgery : comprising a practical dispensatory and treatise on the symptoms, causes, prevention, and cure of the diseases incident to the human frame ; with Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-764617.
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