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Syrup of Materia medica

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Use not statedUse not stated PreparationSyrup RouteInternal use

No specific intended use is stated in the extracted passage

The extracted preparation passage does not state a specific intended use.

It documentsA historical source passage and its preparation structure.
It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
Use relationship map

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Use not stated in the extracted passage.

The preparation remains searchable as an archival method record without an invented indication.

Automated live-review record

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 London dispensatory [electronic resource] : containing, I. The elements of pharmacy; II. The botanical description, natural history,chemical analysis, and medicinal properties, of the substances of the materia medica; III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions of the pharmacopoeiasof the London, the Edinburgh, and the Dublin colleges of physicians : the whole forming a practical synopsis of materia medica, pharmacy, and therapeutics, illustrated with many useful tables and copper- by Thomson, Anthony Todd, 1778-1849; University of Glasgow. Library; University of Glasgow. Library (1822), materia-172-2.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Materia Medica: A table spoonful of the solution, mixed with a little syrup of poppies and half a pint of milk, is directed to be taken in a morning fasting, and the frequency of the dose increased until six spoonsful be daily taken. i It is a curious fact that previous to the introduction of copper-works in Corn- wall, agues were very frequent ; -but since that period the disease is extremely rare.

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: A table spoonful of the solution, mixed with a little syrup of poppies and half a pint of milk, is directed to be taken in a morning fasting, and the frequency of the dose increased until six spoonsful be daily taken. i It is a curious fact that previous to the introduction of copper-works in Corn- wall, agues were very frequent ; -but since that period the disease is extremely rare.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, title ingredient mismatch, quality score below 70, not marked promotable, critical hazard archive only. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

Modern safety boundary

Professional review advised

Professional review is advised before any practical use of this preparation.

  • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
  • 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.
  • Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic.
Sources & editorial standard

Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.

The public record separates the historical passage, structured preparation data, use relationship and modern safety boundary. Same-plant context is presented as context, never as proof that this preparation was intended for that use.

Primary and supporting references

  1. The London dispensatory [electronic resource] : containing, I. The elements of pharmacy; II. The botanical description, natural history,chemical analysis, and medicinal properties, of the substances of the materia medica; III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions of the pharmacopoeiasof the London, the Edinburgh, and the Dublin colleges of physicians : the whole forming a practical synopsis of materia medica, pharmacy, and therapeutics, illustrated with many useful tables and copper- — The London dispensatory [electronic resource] : containing, I. The elements of pharmacy; II. The botanical description, natural history,chemical analysis, and medicinal properties, of the substances of the materia medica; III. The pharmaceutical preparatiPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at materia-172-2.
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