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Infusion of rhubarb and one tea leaves

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Source: The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory . by Bullman, E; University of Glasgow. Library (1810), narrative-offset-243399.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • rhubarb and one tea leaves: the powder of the leaves of the herb comfrey from half a dram to a dram, in pennyroyal water, weak chamomile infusion, or wine whey, morning and night1 Turner’s Gout Powder

Method as extracted

  1. Infuse according to the source passage: Take pennyroyal water distilled, six ounces : sallad oil, one ounce and a half : of kali, two drams : mix and add sirup of orange peels, poppy, or loaf sugar, enough to make it pleasant : dose, two table spoonfuls every four hours : if there i& no fever take the following; Take spearmint water, four ounces : spring water, two ounces : of oi 1 of sweet almonds, one ounce and a half: of spirit of hartshorn or sal volatile, two drams and a half : of pectoral sirup or loaf sugar, sufficient: take two table spoonfuls every four hours. If the patient is costive, twenty grains of powder of rhubarb and one tea spoonful of mag- nesia alba with ten grains of kali, may be made into 164 Of the Gout. a draught in two ounces of water , and taken oc- casionally, or infusion of senna; if the stomach abounds with acids, a table spoonful of magnesia may - be taken in cold water occasionally : if the disease affects the stomach or brain, this powder maybe taken; take the powder of the leaves of the herb comfrey from half a dram to a dram, in pennyroyal water, weak chamomile infusion, or wine whey, morning and night1 Turner’s Gout Powder.

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Primary and supporting references

  1. The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory . — The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory .Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-243399.
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