Asiatic Cholera: A treatise on its origin, pathology, treatment, and cureWhitney, Elijah
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Asiatic Cholera: A treatise on its origin, pathology, treatment, and cure
Whitney, Elijah
Cholera
TINCTURE OF OIL OF MONARDA--Essence of Monarda, or Horsemint.--Take
of oil of horsemint _one fluid ounce_; alcohol, _nine fluid ounces_,
Imp. Meas. Mix with agitation.
Dose.--From ten to twenty drops on sugar, or in sweetened
water.--_Am. Dis._
ELIXIR OF OPIUM, prepared on the base of Dupuy's formula is less
objectionable as an ingredient in recipes for an advanced stage of
cholera than other preparations of that drug.
FOOTNOTES:
[I.] Sulphuric acid, one part; Rectified Spirit, three parts.
[II.] See American Dispensatory.
[III.] See American Dispensatory.
[IV.] See American Dispensatory.
[V.] See American Dispensatory.
[VI.] See American Dispensatory.
[VII.] See American Dispensatory.
[VIII.] See American Dispensatory.
[IX.] See American Dispensatory.
[X.] See American Dispensatory.
[XI.] See American Dispensatory.
[XII.] See American Dispensatory.
[XIII.] See American Dispensatory.
[XIV.] See American Dispensatory.
[XV.] See American Dispensatory.
[XVI.] See American Dispensatory.
[XVII.] See American Dispensatory.
[XVIII.] See American Dispensatory.
[XIX.] See American Dispensatory.
[XX.] Sulphuric acid, one part; rectified spirit, three parts.
Transcriber's Notes:
Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_.
The tables have been equalized as good as possible.
Rx. is used for Prescription.
There are diacritical marks in the text, they are marked as [=a] which
represents a marcron (straight line) above the a.
Fractions are displayed as follows: 1/4 correlates with one-fourth, 1/2
correlates with on-half, 1-1/2 correlates with one and a half....
The following words have been retained in both versions:
formula (pages 73, 136, 157, 189, 194, 196, 198, 211 and 214),
formulas (pages 76 and 87) and formulæ (pages 8, 138, 142 and 213)
ether (pages 123, 138, 193 and 195) and æther (pages 73, 139, 197 and
199)
spoonful and spoonsful (various occurrences in the text)
Other than the corrections listed below, printer's inconsistencies
in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been
retained.
The following misprints have been corrected:
changed "December, 805; making a total in"
into "December, 805"; making a total in"
(page 9)
changed "principle of a specific disease--poison."
into "principle of a specific disease-poison."
(page 13)
changed "violent and fatal whereever it appeared."
into "violent and fatal wherever it appeared."
(page 27)
changed "cholera in 1832, at Cataria; in Palermo, 40,000."
into "cholera in 1832, at Catania; in Palermo, 40,000."
(page 32)
changed "In Bassorah and Bagdad, situate in low, unhealthy"
into "In Bassorah and Bagdad, situated in low, unhealthy"
(page 32)
changed "In the Province of Caucassus, out of"
into "In the Province of Caucassus, out of"
(page 32)
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