Mother, Nurse and Infant: A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies.Sackett, S. P.
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Mother, Nurse and Infant: A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies.
Sackett, S. P.
Infants -- Care; Materia medica; Obstetrics -- Popular works; Women -- Health and hygiene
℞ Magnesiæ sulph. ʒ ij.
Syr. rhei f ʒ j.
Infus. sennæ. f ℥ j. M., et fiat
haustus.
S. To be taken in divided doses in warm broth.
62. FOR COLIC.
℞ Magnes. alb. ust ℈ j.
Tinct. fœtid gtt. lx.
Tinct. theb gtt. xx.
Aq. font ℥ j.
_Translation._
Take Calcined magnesia 20 grains.
Tincture of assafœtida 60 drops.
Laudanum 20 drops.
Water 1 ounce. Mix.
S. Dose. 20 drops for a child, in sweetened water.
63. FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM AND DYSENTERY.
℞ Sal tart. vel carb. sod gr. xxx.
Gum Arabic.
Sacch. Alb aa. ʒ j.
Tinct. theb gtt x.
Aq. Font ℥ iij.
_Translation._
Take salt of tartar or soda 20 grains.
Gum Arabic and loaf sugar each 1 drachm.
Tincture of opium (laudanum) 10 drops.
Water 3 ounces.
To the above a drop of oil of cinnamon may be added and it may be given
in doses of one teaspoonful in lime water and milk, when cholera morbus
is followed by diarrhœa and dysentery.
64. FOR CROUP, &C.
℞ Tr. phytolac dec gtt. vj.
Tr. aconit gtt. iij.
Aqua. ℥ iv. M.
_Translation._
Take Tinct. of poke root 6 drops.
Tinct. of aconite 3 drops.
Water 4 ounces. Mix.
Dose a teaspoonful every five or thirty minutes, as is necessary.
For a case of mammary abscess it may be given internally, and also
rubbed upon the breast in the forming stage.
65. FOR CHRONIC ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN.
Errata. On page 44, for 12, 18, 23, 52, 54, 57, 61, 62, 65, read 10, 16,
18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 28. On page 43, last line, for 65 read 58.
℞ Tinct. cinch. comp. ℥ viij.
Aq. menth. pip. ℥ xij.
Ammon. murias ℥ j. M.
_Translation._
Take of Compound tincture of Peruvian bark 8 ounces.
Peppermint water 12 ounces.
Muriate of ammonia 1 ounce. Mix
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