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Source: The domestic medical guide : in two parts. Part I, The family dispensatory ; or a complete companion to the family medicine chest, &c. Part II. The modern domestic medicine ... by Reece, Richard, 1775-1831. nr 93032726 (1805), narrative-offset-60710.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • PROPERTIES AND DOSES: Take of the compound cretaceous powder two drachms, gum arabic three drachms, pure water half a pint, essence of cinnamon thirty drops ; mb the powder with the gum arabic, and then add, by degrees, the water and essence, Three table-spoonfuls should be taken every three hours, or after every loose motion. If the purg* ing should be violent, or attended with much pain in the bowels, six or eight drops of lau- danum ma

Method as extracted

  1. Grind according to the source passage: Take of the compound cretaceous powder two drachms, gum arabic three drachms, pure water half a pint, essence of cinnamon thirty drops ; mb the powder with the gum arabic, and then add, by degrees, the water and essence, Three table-spoonfuls should be taken every three hours, or after every loose motion. If the purg* ing should be violent, or attended with much pain in the bowels, six or eight drops of lau- danum may be added to every or every other dose ; and three or four grains of ipecacuanha powder, if the stools should be attended with much mucus, or streaked with blood. (See Cre- taceous Mixture, No.

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Primary and supporting references

  1. The domestic medical guide : in two parts. Part I, The family dispensatory ; or a complete companion to the family medicine chest, &c. Part II. The modern domestic medicine ... — The domestic medical guide : in two parts. Part I, The family dispensatory ; or a complete companion to the family medicine chest, &c. Part II. The modern domestic medicine ...Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-60710.
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