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Tincture of An electuary

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Use not statedUse not stated PreparationTincture RouteGargle / oral rinse

No specific intended use is stated in the extracted passage

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It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
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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 medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory . by Bullman, E; University of Glasgow. Library (1810), narrative-offset-92612.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • An Electuary: vinegar, four ounces : honey, an ounce : tincture of myrrh, two drams : water, four ounces : mix and use as a gargle : the steam may be drawn down the throat through an inverted funnel, for which the gargle must be made warm

Method as extracted

  1. Macerate according to the source passage: In dangerous cases where the pulse can scarcely be felt, and nature seems exhausted, the patient may take from one pint to a pint and a half of port wine, in the space of twelve or eighteen hours, until the pulse rises : if there is costive- ness, white wine is proper : in a looseness, red port is to be preferred. If the mouth is sloughed, and the throat ulcerated, use the following gar- gle : — Take of rose water, four ounces : of tincture Of the Malignant or Putrid Fever. of myrrh, two drams : sirup of mulberries, two drams : mix and cleanse the mouth and tongue frequently : or take vinegar, four ounces : honey, an ounce : tincture of myrrh, two drams : water, four ounces : mix and use as a gargle : the steam may be drawn down the throat through an inverted funnel, for which the gargle must be made warm.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, generic title requires manual verification, promotion title hygiene score below 90, 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

External use only

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  • 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: serious disease claim.
Sources & editorial standard

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Primary and supporting references

  1. The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory . — The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory .Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-92612.
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