Infusion of Strychnos nux-vomica

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Source: Medical botany : or, illustrations and descriptions of the medicinal plants of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin pharmacopoeias; comprising a popular and scientific account of all those poisonous vegetables that are indigenous to Great Britain by Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1831), monograph-offset-80843-1.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Strychnos Nux-vomica: Hancock says, “ I am fully convinced, from ample experience of the virtues of this bark, that it is one of the most valuable febrifuges we possess, being adapted to the worst and most malignant bilious fevers, while the fevers in which cinchona is chiefly administered, are simple intermittents, for the most part unattended with danger.” It is best given in powder, or infusion ; of the former the dose may be from 3j t

Method as extracted

1. Infuse according to the source passage: Hancock says, “ I am fully convinced, from ample experience of the virtues of this bark, that it is one of the most valuable febrifuges we possess, being adapted to the worst and most malignant bilious fevers, while the fevers in which cinchona is chiefly administered, are simple intermittents, for the most part unattended with danger.” It is best given in powder, or infusion ; of the former the dose may be from 3j to jj. n.m. mi.

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