Porneiopathology: A Popular Treatise on Venereal and Other Diseases of the Male and Female Genital System; With Remarks on Impotence, Onanism, Sterility, Piles, and Gravel, and Prescriptions for Their TreatmentCulverwell, Robert James
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Porneiopathology: A Popular Treatise on Venereal and Other Diseases of the Male and Female Genital System; With Remarks on Impotence, Onanism, Sterility, Piles, and Gravel, and Prescriptions for Their Treatment
Culverwell, Robert James
Genitourinary organs -- Diseases; Sexual health; Sexually transmitted diseases
Form 6.
Take of—
Balsam of copaiba 1 oz.
Powder of cubebs ½ oz.
Mucilage of acacia 6½ oz.
Spirits of sweet nitre 2 drachms.
Battley’s sedative 30 drops.
Or—
Hydrocyanic acid (Scheele’s strength) 8 drops.
Syrup of orange-peel 2 drachms.
Mix. Dose—Two tablespoonfuls, once or twice daily, in water.
Form 7.
_Turpentine Pills._
Take of Venice turpentine 1 drachm, form it into pills by adding as
much rhubarb as is necessary, and take two, three times a day.
Form 8.
_Turpentine Mixture._
Take of—
Venice turpentine 1 scruple.
Mucilage of gum arabic 2 oz.
Emulsion of bitter almonds 4 oz.
Syrup of orange-peel ½ oz.
Mix. Dose—Two tablespoonfuls three times a day. Sedatives may be
conjoined with the above preparations, if they produce too much action
of the bowels. To the pills may be added one scruple of Dover’s powder
to the drachm of turpentine. To the mixture, thirty drops of laudanum.
Form 9.
Take of—
Terebinthin chiœ 1 oz.
Extract of rhubarb 1½ drachms.
Camphor 1 drachm.
Mix and divide into pills of 5 grains each. Dose—Three, three times a
day.
Form 10.
Take of—
Cahio turpentine }
Balsam of copaiba } Of each, equal parts.
Oil of amber }
Mix, according to art. The turpentine must be dissolved by warmth. The
dose is 30 or 40 drops three or four times a day. This medicine is very
nauseous, but very serviceable in long standing gleets and obstinate
claps. The best way to remove the flavor left in the mouth after taking
turpentine, copaiba, and other filthy medicines, is to chew a piece
of gingerbread or cheese, or suck a lemon, or put some salt upon the
tongue.
Form 11.
_Injections to diminish the pain on making water._
Take of—
Rose-water 3 oz.
Solution of the acetate of morphine 2 drachms.
Mix.
Form 12.
Take of—
Goulard water 3 oz.
Mucilage 4 oz.
Solution of the acetate of morphine 2 drachms.
Mix.
Form 13.
_Sedative draught to be taken at bed-time when annoyed with chordee._
Take of—
Acetated liquor of ammonia ½ oz.
Camphor julep 1 oz.
Solution of the acetate of morphine 20 to 25 drops.
Mix.
Form 14.
Take of—
Dover’s powder 12 grains.
James’s powder 5 grains.
Mix.
Form 15.
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