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Historical source record Immune, infection & fever

Wash of Yellow Cinchona Bark

A primary-source historical herbal preparation preserved from Companion to the latest edition of the British Pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States, and other foreign pharmacopoeias : to which are added non-official preparations, and practical hints on prescribing. The source wording is retained for research and educational reference; it is not modern treatment guidance.

Related plant contextAntiseptic PreparationWash RouteTopical use Plant recordCinchona calisaya ↗

Antiseptic

Antiseptic is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.

This use is documented for the same plant in a separate source; it is not claimed by this preparation passage.

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

This formula was extracted from a rights-cleared historical primary source and is preserved as an archival record. Historical terminology, identity, strength and safety require modern interpretation.

Source: Companion to the latest edition of the British Pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States, and other foreign pharmacopoeias : to which are added non-official preparations, and practical hints on prescribing by Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1877), materia-99-5.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Yellow Cinchona Bark: Proof Spirit, 8 ; macerate forty- eight hours with 6 of the spirit, agitating occasionally, pack in a percolator and let it drain, then pour on the remaining spirit ; when it ceases to drop, press, and wash the marc with spirit to make tip 8. u , , „ , =(1 in 8).

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: Proof Spirit, 8 ; macerate forty- eight hours with 6 of the spirit, agitating occasionally, pack in a percolator and let it drain, then pour on the remaining spirit ; when it ceases to drop, press, and wash the marc with spirit to make tip 8. u , , „ , =(1 in 8).

Automated publication scope

This archival record passed the strict source, formula, botanical identity and hazard gates. Automatic publication confirms record integrity and internal botanical linking; it does not establish clinical effectiveness or modern dosing safety.

Modern safety boundary

External use only

This boundary permits external context only. Do not convert it into an internal preparation.

  • 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.
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. Companion to the latest edition of the British Pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States, and other foreign pharmacopoeias : to which are added non-official preparations, and practical hints on prescribing — Companion to the latest edition of the British Pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States, and other foreign pharmacopoeias : to which are added non-official preparations, and practical hints on presPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at materia-99-5.
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