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Historical source record Immune, infection & fever

Powder of SULPHATE OF QUININE bark

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Related plant contextAntiseptic PreparationPowder RouteInternal use Plant recordCinchona officinalis ↗

Antiseptic

Antiseptic is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.

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Automated live-review record

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Source: Modern domestic medicine or, A popular treatise, illustrating the character, symptoms, causes, distinction, and correct treatment, of all diseases incident to the human frame ... by Graham, Thomas John, 1795?-1876 (1829), narrative-offset-182246.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • SULPHATE OF QUININE bark: This is a new preparation of Peruvian Bark, which con¬ centrates in a small compass, all the virtues of the powder of that celebrated substance, and is, therefore, generally resorted to by medical men on account of the smallness of the dose ne¬ cessary, and the great ease with which it sits on the stomach. Eight grains of it are equal to about an ounce of the bark in substance ; so that the ordinary dose is from two

Method as extracted

  1. Grind according to the source passage: This is a new preparation of Peruvian Bark, which con¬ centrates in a small compass, all the virtues of the powder of that celebrated substance, and is, therefore, generally resorted to by medical men on account of the smallness of the dose ne¬ cessary, and the great ease with which it sits on the stomach. Eight grains of it are equal to about an ounce of the bark in substance ; so that the ordinary dose is from two to three grains, twice or thrice a day, or oftener, made into a pill with extract of gentian. Where it was necessary to administer larger doses at short intervals, as much as five grains have been given every th ree hours.

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Modern safety boundary

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  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
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  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. Modern domestic medicine or, A popular treatise, illustrating the character, symptoms, causes, distinction, and correct treatment, of all diseases incident to the human frame ... — Modern domestic medicine or, A popular treatise, illustrating the character, symptoms, causes, distinction, and correct treatment, of all diseases incident to the human frame ...Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-182246.
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