Observations on the Diseases of SeamenBlane, Gilbert, Sir
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Observations on the Diseases of Seamen
Blane, Gilbert, Sir
Medicine, Naval -- Early Works To 1800; Sailors -- Diseases
℞. Misturæ camphoratæ uncias sex, tincturæ opii guttas viginti Misce.
Bibatur tertia pars ter die.--Aliquando conducit admiscere singulis
dosibus aquæ ammoniæ acetatæ drachmas tres, vel vini emetici guttas
triginta.
[139]BOLUS SEDATIVUS.
℞. Confectionis aromaticæ scrupulum unum, opii purificati grani
quartam partem, castorei Russici grana decem, tincturæ opii guttas
quatuor. Misce. Assumatur sextâ quâque horâ.
BOLUS SERPENTARIÆ COMPOSITUS.
℞. Pulveris serpentariæ Virginianæ grana decem, camphoræ grana
quatuor, confectionis aromaticæ quantum satis sit. Assumatur ter
die.--Interdum conducit addere pulveris corticis Peruviani drachmam
dimidiam, vel superbibere decocti corticis Peruviani uncias duas.
ELECTUARIUM AD CONVALESCENTES.
℞. Pulveris corticis Peruviani, florum chamæmeli, singulorum unciam
unam, pulveris zinziberis scrupulos duos, syrupi quantum satis
fit. Dosis est circiter drachma ter die.--Interdum adjiciantur vel
rubiginis ferri drachmæ tres, vel pulveris terpentariæ Virginianæ
drachmæ duæ.
IN FEBRE INTERMITTENTE.
Adhibeantur in initio eadem medicamenta ac in initio febris continuæ.
Deinde
Sumatur corticis Peruviani drachma una, secundâ vel tertiâ quâque horâ,
vel etiam singulis horis, absente paraxysmo febrili.--Interdum confert
dare singulas doses ex spiritûs vini tenuis (_rum_ dicti) unciâ unâ.
Si cortex frustra adhibeatur fauste adhiberi possint medicamenta infra
præscripta.
[140]℞. Zinci calcinati semi-drachmam, conservæ rosæ quantum satis
fit. Contunde simul & divide in pilulas quindecim. Sumatur una ter
die, augendo dosim si premerit morbus & si ferat ventriculus.
Vel,
℞. Zinci vitriolati grana duodecim aquæ puræ uncias tres Sumatur
tertia pars ter die augendo dosim si opus fuerit & si ferat
ventriculus.
Vel,
[141] ℞. Tincturæ rhabarbari uncias duas, tincturæ sennæ drachmas sex.
Misce. Sumatur paucas horas ante paroxysmum.
Vel,
[142] Cortice Peruviano frustra dato, aliquando conferat dare ægro
quotidie, vel calomelanos, vel pilularum ex hydrargyro quantum &
quamdiu sufficiat ad levem ciendum ptyalismum, & deinde instituere
curam de integro cum cortice Peruviano.
Vel,
[143] Sumantur tincturæ
IN DIARRHŒA SIMPLICI.
BOLUS AD DIARRHOEAM.
℞. Cretæ præparatæ scrupulum unum, pulveris rhabarbari grana
quindecim, pulveris corticis cinnamomi grana sex, opii purificati
granum dimidium, tincturæ opii guttas quinque, syrupi quantum satis
fit. Semel sumatur.
℞. Misturæ cretaceæ (Pharm. Lond.) cum duplici gummi arabico libram
unam, tincturæ opii guttas decem. Absumatur totum partitis vicibus
nychthemero, incipiendo duodecim horas post datum medicamentum
novissime præscriptum.--Interdum adjiciatur tincturæ cinamomi uncia
dimidia.
IN CHOLERA MORBO.
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