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Historical use wording: this kind of madness
Source: The new domestic medicine : or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners. ... To which is now first added, memoirs of the life of Dr. Buchan : and important extracts from other works, particularly his Advice to mothers, ... by Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1824), narrative-offset-941274.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- saffron: The following is likewise reckoned a great anti- spasmodic medicine : — “ Take of Virginian snake root in powder, half a drachm, gum asafcetida, twelve grains, gum cam- phire, seven grains ; make these into a bolus with a little syrup of saffron.” Camphire may also be given in the following manner “ Take purified nitre half an ounce, Virginian snake root in powder two drams, camphire one dram ; rub them together in a
Method as extracted
- Mix according to the source passage: The following is likewise reckoned a great anti- spasmodic medicine : — “ Take of Virginian snake root in powder, half a drachm, gum asafcetida, twelve grains, gum cam- phire, seven grains ; make these into a bolus with a little syrup of saffron.” Camphire may also be given in the following manner “ Take purified nitre half an ounce, Virginian snake root in powder two drams, camphire one dram ; rub them together in a mortar, and divide the whole into ten doses.” Mercury is liketvise recommended as of great effi- cacy both in the prevention and cure of this kind of madness. When used as a preventive, it will be suf- ficient to rub daily a dram of the ointment into the parts about the wound.
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Primary and supporting references
- The new domestic medicine : or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners. ... To which is now first added, memoirs of the life of Dr. Buchan : and important extracts from other works, particularly his Advice to mothers, ... — The new domestic medicine : or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners. ... To which is now first added, memoirs of the life of DPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-941274.