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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.

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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.

Name: 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.
Author: Sackett, S. P.

Sackett, S. P.

Infants -- Care; Materia medica; Obstetrics -- Popular works; Women -- Health and hygiene

169. FOR HEADACHE.

       ℞ Ammonia murias                            ʒ iij.
         Morphia acetat.                           gr. j.
         Caffeine citrat.                          ʒ ss.
         Spts. ammon. aromat.                      ʒ j.
         Elixir guarana, Aqua rosæ                 aa. ℥ jv. M.

  Sig. Dessert spoonful every ten or twenty minutes.


                         170. TOOTHACHE DROPS.

       ℞ Chloroform                                4 parts.
         Mastich                                   8 parts.
         Bals. Peru                                5 parts. M. ft. sol.

  Sig. Place two or three drops in cavity of tooth.


                    171. FOR FUNCTIONAL PALPITATION.

       ℞ Tr. digitalis                             ʒ v.
         Tr. veratrum                              ʒ ij.
         Tr. aconite                               ʒ j.
         Tr. ginger                                ʒ ijss. M.

  S. One teaspoonful three times a day.


                      172. STIMULANT EMMENAGOGUES.

       ℞ Ferri phosphatis                          ʒ ij.
         Manganesii phosphatis                     gr. xxx.
         Tincturæ columbæ                          fl. ℥ j.
         Syrupi zinziberas                         fl. ℥ ij. M.

  S. One teaspoonful in a wineglassful of water three times a day.


                        173. FOR NEURALGIA, &C.

       ℞ Tincturæ aconiti                          min. xx.
         Spiritus ætheris                          fl. ʒ jv.
         Mistura guaiaci                           ad. fl. ℥ viij. M.

  S. One table spoonful every four hours.


             174. FOR NERVOUS DEPRESSION WITH CONSTIPATION.

       ℞ Spiritus ammoniæ aromatic                 fl. ʒ iv.
         Extracti cinchonæ flavæ liquidi           fl. ʒ jss.
         Tinct. rhei                               fl. ʒ jv.
         Infusi rhei                               ad. fl. ℥ viij. M.

  S. Two table spoonfuls three times daily.


                           175. ACID MIXTURE.

       ℞ Acidi sulphurici aromatici                fl. ʒ ij.
         Syrup aurantii                            fl. ℥ j.
         Tincturi cinchonæ compositæ               fl. ʒ vj.
         Infusi cinchonæ flavæ                     fl. ℥ viij. M.

  S. One table spoonful before each meal in depressing disorders; if
  there is hemorrhage, give larger doses.


                          176. FOR LEUCORRHŒA.

  ℞ Water, one pint; sulphate of magnesia (epsom salts), as much as
  the water will dissolve; sulphate of iron, one drachm. Mix and add
  aromatic sulphuric acid, one fluid drachm. Dose, a table spoonful or
  a sufficient quantity to relax the bowels.


                          177. FOR ERYSIPELAS.

       ℞ Spiritus etheris nitrici                  f. ℥ ij.
         Tinct. Ferri chloridi                     ʒ ij.
         Quinia sulphatis                          grs. xvj. M.

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