The practical housewife : $b A complete encyclopædia of domestic economy and family medical guidePhilp, Robert Kemp
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The practical housewife : $b A complete encyclopædia of domestic economy and family medical guide
Philp, Robert Kemp
Formulas, recipes, etc.; Home economics; Medicine, Popular
Syrup of Squills 1 ounce.
Tincture of Tolu 2 drachms.
Spirits of Sweet Nitre 2 drachms.
Paregoric ½ ounce.
Should there be much restlessness or want of sleep, 30 drops of laudanum
may be taken at bed-time in a little gruel, or added to a dose of the
expectorant mixture. Or when the mixture is not necessary, from 10 to
15 grains of Dover’s powder, according to the age and strength of the
patient, should be taken an hour before bed-time. It is also necessary
to take an occasional aperient, which should consist of two assafœtida
pills at night, and a black draught the following morning; or five grains
of blue pill, and a dose of Epsom salts, three hours afterwards. The
patient should be kept as much as possible in one temperature during the
attack; and all lengthened conversation and fatigue strictly avoided. The
diet should be light, low, and farinaceous, and consist of eggs, milk,
custards, and sago, and tapioca puddings; and only when the expectorant
or stimulating stage has been reached, should the drink be anything
stronger than gruel. But when the expectorants are indicated, it becomes
necessary to give wine, or other stimulants, and support the patient’s
strength by a more generous diet.
_Treatment of Chronic Bronchitis._—Where the symptoms are severe, the
treatment may begin by placing a blister on the throat, and giving the
expectorant mixture already prescribed. But in ordinary cases, it will be
sufficient to place a large hot bran poultice on the throat and chest,
renewing it every three or four hours; and twice a day rubbing the chest
and throat with the following embrocation:—
Dissolve, by heat, two drachms of camphor in two ounces of olive oil, and
add spirits of sal volatile half an ounce, and at the same time give the
expectorant mixture in table-spoonfuls every two hours.
Where there is much loss of rest, and much anxiety, the annexed mixture
to be substituted for the expectorant, and taken in doses of two
table-spoonfuls every four hours.
Dover’s Powder 1 drachm.
Carbonate of Ammonia 2 scruples.
Camphor Water 8 ounces.
Sulphuric Ether 1 drachm.
At the same time, the steam of hot vinegar and water is to be inhaled,
and the patient’s strength supported by a proper and efficient dietary;
with all the precautions advised in acute, observed in the management of
chronic bronchitis.
INFLUENZA.
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