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Materia Medica

Tonics

pills contain ¼ of a grain of Blue Vitriol, one of them should be taken
four times a day, at first they prove nauseous but they gradually
loose this effect by being made use of for a few days. I had no
experience in the use of this medicine, But from observation
I think it acts more efficaciously when it is made to produce nausea.
It has been used in gleets by Dr Shippen.

Cuprum Amoniacum. This is made by rubbing two parts
of the supersulphate of copper with three of Vol. Sal. Amoniacum
in a glass mortar this has lately been supposed to be a sulphate of
copper combined with ammonia it has been recommended in
many diseases but in none more properly than in Epilepsy
or convulsive diseases in giving this medicine we should begin
with ¼ of a grain and gradually increase it to 1 grain five or Six
times a day it has made remarkable cures, but too much has
been ascribed to it. But Dr Dunkan of Edinburgh speaks
verry highly of it and think he has made some great cures =
it has been known to produce salivation an instance of which
lately occurred in the city.= Dr Cullen says he has given it to the
extent of five grains and found it more manageable than the
blue Vitriol. It has cured many cases of true epilepsy but has