Tonic Astringent Pills, Injections in Stercoraceous

Medicine -- History -- 19th century -- Florida

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Dr. John Davidson's volume of remedies and recipes to cure various illnesses and to treat diseases. The book, dated August 3, 1843, covers treatments for such sicknesses as pneumonia and consumption to recipes for laxatives and expurgants.

Davidson, John M. W.

State Archives of Florida, Collection M81-24

1843-08-03

journals (accounts)

eng-US

Text

m81-24_35

Territorial Florida (1821-1845)

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Tonic Astringent Pills
of Walch.
[Recipe]. Terebinth Vinet.
127 Ext. Gint. aa [2 drams]
Feni Sulp.
Rino aa [1 dram and a half]. M.
To be made into pill, of a
grain & a half each. Very
efficacious in cure of
Gonorrhea & chronic Leu-
corrhea.
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Elix. Asthmah.
[Recipe]. Gum Opii
128. Gum. Mast. aa [half ounce].
Ext. Glyeyrrhya. [1 ounce].
Spt. Rectif. [4 pounds].
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Injections in Stercoraceous
Colic --------------active.
[Recipe]. Ol. Recini. [2 ounces].
129 Ol. Terebinth. [half ounce].
Gruel or Flax seed.
Mucilage. 1 pint
Tinct assafoet. [2 drams].
Stokes & Bell. V. I.P.314.
Ferri Mur. in Diabetes Melletus.
[Recipe]. Tinct Opii [half dram]
130. Tr Ferri. Mur. [2 drams]
Sulph. Quinine gr. VIII
Aq. Distil. [7 ounces]. M.
One [1 ounce] three times a day. Strict
diet of animal food.
Am. Jour. MS. New Ser. No. 1. P. 218.

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Quincy (Fla.)

Gadsden County (Fla.)