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Electuary of Catechu, commonly called Japonic Confection

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Use not statedUse not stated PreparationSyrup RouteInternal use

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It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
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Source: Domestic medicine. Or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines : containing observations on the comparative advantages of vaccine inoculation, with instructions for performing the operation an essay, enabling puptured [sic] persons to manage themselves, with engravings of bandages, which every person may prepare for himself and a family herbal. To which are added, such useful discoveries ... as have transpired since the demise of the author by Buchan, William, 1729-1805. n 82060399 (1813), paragraph-4052.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Electuary of Catechu, commonly called Japonic Confection. — Take i of catechu, three ounces; tormentil root, nutmeg, olibanum, of each two ! ounces; opium, dissolved in a sufficient quantity of Lisbon wine, a | drachm and a half; simple syrup and conserve of roses, of each fourteen i ounces

Method as extracted

  1. Mix and make them into an electuary.— This supplies the 7* , ‘ * - ‘ 1 * V./

Live editorial status

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Modern safety boundary

Toxic / do not self-use

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  • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
  • 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.
  • Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic.
Sources & editorial standard

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Primary and supporting references

  1. Domestic medicine. Or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines : containing observations on the comparative advantages of vaccine inoculation, with instructions for performing the operation an essay, enabling puptured [sic] persons to manage themselves, with engravings of bandages, which every person may prepare for himself and a family herbal. To which are added, such useful discoveries ... as have transpired since the demise of the author — Domestic medicine. Or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines : containing observations on the comparative advantages of vaccine inoculation, with instructions for performing the operation an essay, enabling pupPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-4052.
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