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Powder of Sulphas feIiri bark

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It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
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Source: Pharmacopoeia and materia medica : composed for the use of young physicians, and especially intended to accompany the pathological system of medicine by Bell, John, 1763-1820; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1815), narrative-offset-420776.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Sulphas feIiri bark: notice of that metallic astringent wliich we prefer to all others, especially for external use

Method as extracted

  1. Grind according to the source passage: A grain in a boy, or two grains or three in an adult, may be given in a powder, after each dose of bark ; or two grains or three may be given every morning along with a gentle dose of neutral salts, operating in the manner of a mineral water. ' The sulphas cupri, which has a very strong. p 2 228 SULPHATE AND OXIDE OF ZINC. astringent, metallic taste, is so dangerous, so dreadful an emetic, almost a poison, even in the most minute doses, that I pass it by willingly, under protest, to take notice of that metallic astringent wliich we prefer to all others, especially for external use.

Live editorial status

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Modern safety boundary

External use only

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  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
  • Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
Sources & editorial standard

Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.

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Primary and supporting references

  1. Pharmacopoeia and materia medica : composed for the use of young physicians, and especially intended to accompany the pathological system of medicine — Pharmacopoeia and materia medica : composed for the use of young physicians, and especially intended to accompany the pathological system of medicinePrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-420776.
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