Syrup of yellow

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Source: The book of health; a compendium of domestic medicine (1840), narrative-offset-237615.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• yellow: of yellow bark, in powder, one scruple; whortleberry, in powder, one scruple; opium, in powder, half a grain ; — mix

Method as extracted

1. Mix according to the source passage: “ but this advantage, partial as it is, is only temporary; for the plan of treatment is so very repugnant to the patient’s feelings, that he seldom has resolution to continue it for any length of time.”* Occasional bleeding is advis- able ; it has been found advantageous, by lessen- ing local pain and fever action ; and the urine has been diminished in quantity. The following has been found to have afforded considerable relief in several cases : at the commencement, two table-spooonsful, in the like quantity of water, should be taken three times a day, and the dose gradually increased to four table- spoonsful ; — Take of nitric acid, one drachm and a half ; barley- water, nine ounces; simple syrup„ one ounce ; — mix. The following will often assist the other means employed to overcome the great irritation ; it may be taken four times a day, in a glass of lime- water : — Take of yellow bark, in powder, one scruple; whortleberry, in powder, one scruple; opium, in powder, half a grain ; — mix.

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