ENPages That Mention Elecampane
Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815. Benjamin Barton Smith notebook on materia medica circa 1796-1798. B MS b52.1, Countway Library of Medicine.
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* Rx Flor. Sulp. } Pulv. Elecampaine } aa ℥i [1 ounce of each] Suc. Glycerhiza } Mel ℥iv [4 ounces]
A portion as large as a nutmeg is to be taken thrice a day. This in the space of thirty years I have prescribed to many hundred patients, and in some protracted, obstinate, and most distressing cases; Yet I can affirm, that in no instance has it ever fail'd to cure. "Townsends Guide to Health"