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Source: Domestic medicine. A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners by Buchan, William, 1729-1805 (1824), materia-4-9.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- Vitriolic Collyriwm bark: of Peruvian bark and Virginian snake-root, grossly powdered, each three drachms
Method as extracted
- Boil according to the source passage: In fluxes of the belly, where the stronger astringents are improper, a tea-cupful of this decoction may be taken with advantage three or four times a-day. | Decoction of the Bark.—Boil an ounce of the Peru- vian bark, grossly powdered, in a pint and a half of water to one pint; then strain the decoction. Ifa tea- spoonful of the weak spirit of vitriol be added to this medicine, it will render it both more agreeable and efficacious. d Compound Decoction of the Bark.—Take of Peruvian bark and Virginian snake-root, grossly powdered, each three drachms. Boil them in a pint of water to one halt.
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Primary and supporting references
- Domestic medicine. A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners — Domestic medicine. A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitionersPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at materia-4-9.