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This formula was extracted automatically from a historical source and published directly for live editorial inspection. It may contain OCR, title, botanical-identity, ingredient, structure or safety errors. Do not use it as treatment, dosage or self-care guidance.
Source: The book of health; a compendium of domestic medicine (1840), narrative-offset-258995.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- roses: of myrrh, in powder, ten grains; sweet spirit of nitre, one drachm; infusion of roses, fourteen drachms ; syrup of roses, one drachm : — mix. * “With respect to this variety, (says Dr
Method as extracted
- Infuse according to the source passage: Treatment. — In this variety of the disease, blisters to the chest should be frequently applied, and if the chest be obviously enlarged, and the distress of the patient be very great, tapping may be necessary for immediate relief ; the advan- tages, however, arising from this operation are not commensurate with the risk of succeeding inflammation ; consequently, it is but seldom employed. Two of the following pills may be taken every night, or twice a day : — Take of compound squill pill, one drachm ; calo- mel, five grains : — mix well together, and divide into twelve pills. If there be much debility, the following draught may be taken three times a day : — Take of myrrh, in powder, ten grains; sweet spirit of nitre, one drachm; infusion of roses, fourteen drachms ; syrup of roses, one drachm : — mix. * “With respect to this variety, (says Dr.
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- The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
- Automated review flags: corrosive or toxic chemical, high risk botanical.
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Primary and supporting references
- The book of health; a compendium of domestic medicine — The book of health; a compendium of domestic medicinePrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-258995.