Nux Vomica, Tincture _ 10 to 20 Drops.
Opium I Grain.
Paregoric i Teaspoonful.
Peppermint, Essence . i to 10 Drops.
Permanganate of Potassium, i7iternally . . i or 2 Grains.
Pink Root, Fluid Extract ....... i Teaspoonful.
Pink Root and Senna, Extract i Teaspoonful.
Podophyllin _. . . . ^ Grain.
Piillna Water i TablespoonfuL
Quinine i or 2 Grains.
Rochelle Salt Teaspoonful to TablespoonfuL
Rhubarb, in Pill 3 to 5 Grains.
Rhubarb, Simple Syrup . • Teaspoonful to TablespoonfuL
Rhubarb, Spiced Syrup Teaspoonful to TablespoonfuL
Santonin i to 3 Grains.
Senna, Fluid Extract 1 • • • Teaspoonful to TablespoonfuL
Soda, Bicarbonate 2 to 20 Grains.
Squills, Syrup Half Teaspoonful to TeaspoonfuL
Tannic Acid 3 Grains.
Taraxacum, Extract 10 to 20 Grains.
Tarrant's Powders Teaspoonful to TablespoonfuL
Veratrum Viride, Tincture 3 to 6 Drops.
Warner's Cordial i or 2 Teaspoonfuls.
Wild Cherry Bark. Syrup i Teaspoonful.
Wild Cherry Bark, Fluid Extract .... i TeaspoonfuL
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63
The doses here given are intended, as a
rule for adults.
AlS a guide for the giving of medicines to
patients in general we append the following :
Table of Proportionate Doses.
Age, years 80 65 50 25-40 20 16 12 8 5 2
Doses . . . % H Vi ^ Vs H % 'A Y^ 'A
Age, months 12621
Doses 1-5 1-8 I- 15 1-24
Largest Safe Doses of Poisonous Drugs.
Every person should know the largest doses,
which is safe to take, of active medicines. The
following table shows the largest doses admissible,
in grammes, and also the equivalent i a grains for
solids, and in minims for liquids. The doses are
expressed in fractions, thus: 1-13, 1-64, meaning
one-thirteenth, one-sixty-fourth. In non- profes-
sional hands it is the safest plan to strictly observe
the rule of never giving the maximum dose of any
medicine :
Medicines. Grammes. Grains.
Arsenious Acid 005 1-13
Acid, Carbolic 05 }(
" Hydrocyanic 06 i
Aconita 0041 -16
Aconite Root 15 2^
Arsenic, Iodide 025 ^
Atropia 001 1-64
Atropia Sulph 001 1-64
Barium, Chlor 12 1-64
Belladonna, Herb 2
Root I
Codia 05
Conia 001
Digitalis .3
Ext Aconite I^eaves i
" " Root ....... .025
" Belladonna i
" Cannabis Indica i
" Conium .18
" Digitalis 2
" Nux Vomica, Ale 05
Ext. Opium I
" Stramon, Seed 05
Fowler's Solution . -4
Lead, Sugar of 06
Mercury, Corrosive Chlor . . . .03
" Red Iodide 03
Morphia and its Salts 03
Nitrate Silver 03
Oil, Croton 06
Opium 15
Phosphorus 015
Potassa, Arsenite 005
" Cyanide 03
Santonine i
Soda, Arsenite 005
Strychnia and Salts 01
Tartar Emetic 2
Veratria 005
Veratrum Viride 3
Zinc, Chloride 015
" Valeriaiite 06
o
i^
Va
1-64
4^
^A
H
lA
^A
3
^A
min,
9-10
9-20
9-20
9-20
9-20
9 10
2-9
9-20
^A
1-13
1-6
3
I-I3
4^
2-9
9-10
MHUUINI-: rilEST.
For the fledicine Chest.
The following household remedies are
suggested for the family medicine chest :
Castor-Oil, Essence of Ginger, vSpiccd vSyrup of
Rhubarb, Simple Syrup of Rhubarb, Camphor-
water, Lime-water, Cinnamon-water, Paregoric,
Spirits of Camphor, Spirits of Hart-^horn, Lauda-
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Presented as published in 1901. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Nux Vomica, Tincture _ 10 to 20 Drops.
Opium I Grain.
Paregoric i Teaspoonful.
Peppermint, Essence . i to 10 Drops.
Permanganate of Potassium, i7iternally . . i or 2 Grains.
Pink Root, Fluid Extract ....... i Teaspoonful.
Pink Root and Senna, Extract i Teaspoonful.
Podophyllin _. . . . ^ Grain.
Piillna Water i TablespoonfuL
Quinine i or 2 Grains.
Rochelle Salt Teaspoonful to TablespoonfuL
Rhubarb, in Pill 3 to 5 Grains.
Rhubarb, Simple Syrup . • Teaspoonful to TablespoonfuL
Rhubarb, Spiced Syrup Teaspoonful to TablespoonfuL
Santonin i to 3 Grains.
Senna, Fluid Extract 1 • • • Teaspoonful to TablespoonfuL
Soda, Bicarbonate 2 to 20 Grains.
Squills, Syrup Half Teaspoonful to TeaspoonfuL
Tannic Acid 3 Grains.
Taraxacum, Extract 10 to 20 Grains.
Tarrant's Powders Teaspoonful to TablespoonfuL
Veratrum Viride, Tincture 3 to 6 Drops.
Warner's Cordial i or 2 Teaspoonfuls.
Wild Cherry Bark. Syrup i Teaspoonful.
Wild Cherry Bark, Fluid Extract .... i TeaspoonfuL
The doses here given are intended, as a rule for adults.
AlS a guide for the giving of medicines to patients in general we append the following :
Table of Proportionate Doses.
Age, years 80 65 50 25-40 20 16 12 8 5 2
Doses . . . % H Vi ^ Vs H % 'A Y^ 'A
Age, months 12621
Doses 1-5 1-8 I- 15 1-24
Largest Safe Doses of Poisonous Drugs.
Every person should know the largest doses, which is safe to take, of active medicines. The following table shows the largest doses admissible, in grammes, and also the equivalent i a grains for solids, and in minims for liquids. The doses are expressed in fractions, thus: 1-13, 1-64, meaning one-thirteenth, one-sixty-fourth. In non- professional hands it is the safest plan to strictly observe the rule of never giving the maximum dose of any medicine :
Medicines. Grammes. Grains.
Arsenious Acid 005 1-13
Acid, Carbolic 05 }(
" Hydrocyanic 06 i
Aconita 0041 -16
Aconite Root 15 2^
Arsenic, Iodide 025 ^
Atropia 001 1-64
Atropia Sulph 001 1-64
Barium, Chlor 12 1-64
Belladonna, Herb 2
Root I
Codia 05
Conia 001
Digitalis .3
Ext Aconite I^eaves i
" " Root ....... .025
" Belladonna i
" Cannabis Indica i
" Conium .18
" Digitalis 2
" Nux Vomica, Ale 05
Ext. Opium I
" Stramon, Seed 05
Fowler's Solution . -4
Lead, Sugar of 06
Mercury, Corrosive Chlor . . . .03
" Red Iodide 03
Morphia and its Salts 03
Nitrate Silver 03
Oil, Croton 06
Opium 15
Phosphorus 015
Potassa, Arsenite 005
" Cyanide 03
Santonine i
Soda, Arsenite 005
Strychnia and Salts 01
Tartar Emetic 2
Veratria 005
Veratrum Viride 3
Zinc, Chloride 015
" Valeriaiite 06
o
i^
Va
1-64
4^
^A
H
lA
^A
^A
min, 9-10 9-20 9-20 9-20 9-20 9 10
2-9
9-20
^A
1-13
1-6
I-I3
4^
2-9 9-10
MHUUINI-: rilEST.
For the fledicine Chest.
The following household remedies are suggested for the family medicine chest :
Castor-Oil, Essence of Ginger, vSpiccd vSyrup of Rhubarb, Simple Syrup of Rhubarb, Camphorwater, Lime-water, Cinnamon-water, Paregoric, Spirits of Camphor, Spirits of Hart-^horn, Lauda-