Syrup of Treatment and Regimen

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Source: The way to preserve good health, invigorate a delicate constitution, and attain an advanced age [electronic resource] : together with a treatise on domestic medicine, pointing out, in plain language, and as free from professional terms as possible, the nature, symptoms, causes, probable terminations, and treatment of all diseases incident to men, women, and children, in both cold and warm climates; as also appropriate prescriptions in English, and the doses of medicine which are suitable to diff by Thomas, Robert, 1753-1835; University of Glasgow. Library; University of Glasgow. Library (1822), narrative-offset-983931.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Treatment and Regimen: Treatment and Regimen. — The medicine which has produced the best effects in this com- plaint is burnt sponge, and the form under which it has been usually administered is that of a lozenge, prepared as follows. Take of burnt sponge six drachms, powdered gum acacia, one drachm, gin- ger in powder, half a drachm, common syrup, a sufficiency to form the whole of a proper consis- tence, then divide the mass into twelve

Method as extracted

1. Mix according to the source passage: Treatment and Regimen. — The medicine which has produced the best effects in this com- plaint is burnt sponge, and the form under which it has been usually administered is that of a lozenge, prepared as follows. Take of burnt sponge six drachms, powdered gum acacia, one drachm, gin- ger in powder, half a drachm, common syrup, a sufficiency to form the whole of a proper consis- tence, then divide the mass into twelve lozenges, of which one is to be used at first, every night and morning, by placing it under the tongue, allowing it to dissolve gradually, and thus swallowing it, increasing the number of doses to three daily after a time, if no good effect is produced.

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