Part 37

CATECHU.--[Acacia Catechu.] Astringent, and antiseptic; three to six drachms.

CHALK.--[Carbonate of Lime; Calcis Carbonas.] Two to three ounces.

CHARCOAL.--[Carbo Ligni.] Antiseptic; one half to one ounce.

CINCHONA.--[Peruvian Bark.] Astringent and tonic; one to two ounces.

COPPER, SULPHATE OF.--[Blue Vitriol.] Tonic and astringent; two to four drachms.

CREOSOTE.--[Creosotum.] A sedative, anodyne, astringent, narcotic, and irritant poison; fifteen to twenty drops.

CROTON OIL.--[Crotonis Oleum.] Internally, as a cathartic, six to ten drops in linseed-oil; externally, as a counter-irritant.

DIGITALIS.--[Fox Glove.] Sedative and diuretic; one to two scruples.

EPSOM-SALTS.--[Sulphate of magnesia.] Cathartic; one pound, combined with ginger.

ERGOT.--[Spurred rye.] Parturient; two to six drachms.

ETHER.--Stimulant, narcotic, and anaesthetic; one to two ounces.

GENTIAN.--[Root of Gentiana lutea.] Stomachic and tonic; one to two ounces.

GINGER.--[Zengiber officinale.] Stomachic, carminative, and slightly tonic; one to two ounces.

GUM-ARABIC.--[Gummi Acaciae.] Demulcent and emollient; one to two ounces.

GUM-TRAGACANTH. Same action and same doses as the former.

HELLEBORE.--[Helleborus.] Irritant poison, and sedative; twenty to thirty grains.

HYOSCYAMUS.--[Henbane.] Narcotic, anodyne, and anti-spasmodic; ten to twenty grains.

IODINE.--[Iodineum.] Internally, as a tonic; two to three scruples; also as a tincture, and in ointments for reducing enlargements of the soft tissues.

IRON, SULPHATE OF.--[Ferri Sulphas; Green Vitriol, Coppera.] Irritant, astringent, and tonic; two to four drachms.

KOOSSO. Anthelmintic; two to four drachms.

LIME, CHLORIDE OF.--Antiseptic; dose internally, one to two drachms.

LINSEED OIL.--Cathartic; one pint.

LUNAR CAUSTIC.--[Nitrate of Silver.] Used as a caustic.

MAGNESIA.--[See EPSOM-SALTS.]

MARSH-MALLOW.--[Altheae Radix.] Demulcent and emollient; principally used for poultices and fomentations.

MURIATIC ACID.--[Hydrochloric Acid; Spirit of Salt.] Tonic, irritant, and caustic; dose internally, one to two drachms.

MUSTARD.--[Sinapis.] Counter-irritant; used principally as an external application.

MYRRH.--Stimulating tonic to unhealthy sores; seldom used internally.