Infusion of cinchona

Historical preparation record

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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 by Buchan, William, 1729-1805; Green, S. B., Mrs., Provenance; University of Bristol. Library (1823), narrative-offset-1466848.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• cinchona: of cinchona bark, grossly powdered, an ounce ; cardamon seeds, and orange-peel, bruised, of each two drachms

Method as extracted

1. Infuse according to the source passage: In- fuse for three or four weeks, frequently shaking the bottle ; then pass the nine through a filter. — In obstructions of the menses, this preparation o( iron may be taken, in the dose of half a wine-glass twice or thrice a-day The medicine would probably be as good if made with Lisbon wine, sharpened with half an ounce of the cream of tartar, or a small quantity of the diluted vitriolic acid. .Stomach Wine. — Take of cinchona bark, grossly powdered, an ounce ; cardamon seeds, and orange-peel, bruised, of each two drachms. Infuse in a bottle of white port or Lisbon wine for five or six days ; then strain off the wine.— This wine is not only of service in debility of the stomach and intestines, but may also be taken as a preventive by persons liable to the intermittent fever, or who reside in places whefe this disease prevails It will be of use likewise to those who recover slowly after fevers of any kind, as it assists digestion, and helps to restore the tone and vigour ol the system.— A glass of it may be taken two or three times a-day.

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