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Materia Medica

Astringents

hesitation. I was called to Mrs Alcock in whoom life was almost
extinct from loss of blood and she at the same time pregnant.
I gave her grs 1fs [½ grain] of Sach. Sat. and the same of opium which
relieved her in a few minutes, in an hour afterward the
flooding returned and she was again relieved by the same
medicine she recovered entirely and carried her child the usual
time. I have used sach sat in hemorrhages of the bowels
with the happiest effects, and without ever producing any
symptoms of colic. I sometimes combine Ipecacuanha with
the lead which is in many cases a valuable addition. I gave
to Mr __ who had lost a great deal of blood by the bowels,

Rx
Ipecaccuanha grs iv [4 grains]
Sach. Sat. grs iij [3 grains]
Sach. Alba X grs [10 grains]

M. fit, pulv No iv
one to be taken every hour, this entirely relieved
the patient. I have known it stop a hemorrhage from the nose
by being snuffed up. I gave it in a dose of grs viij [8 grains] combined
with grs 1 [1 grain] of opium to a negro in a case of Epytaxis, with the
happiest effects in Leucorrhea, injections of lead have been used
with the happiest effects in Gonorrhea I gave the Sach. Sat.
internally in three or four cases of the disease, when this but
would not recommend it when the disease will yield to injections.