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Materia Medica

Stimulants

treatment is by evacuants these patients bear bleeding verry
well.

Catarrhal Affections.** (footnote back 1page) Is generally
in the commencement with Phlogistic diathesis and
therefore opium is improper, but when this is removed opium with
antimonials are verry proper the cough succeeding it is kept
entirely by irretation and therefore opium is the sovereign
remidy,* (footnote back 1 page) the following is a verry usefull preparation of opium
in such cases

Rx
Tinct Opii & F. Camphor Ʒij [2 drams]
Vin. Antim. gtt. 150 to 200 [150 to 200 drops]
Extract of Gum Arabic ℥ifs [1½ ounces]
Wine or Brandy ℥vj [6 ounces]

M.
the dose is a tablespoon full, it often does good where opium
alone would be injurious, we should increase or diminish the
quantity of Wine in many cases.

Influenza. Dr
Young thinks opium improper he says it relieved the cough
at first but that its final effects were prejudicial. I have often
prescribed a mucillaginous (substance) mixture in influenza
with evident advantage, the opium in this mixture often
does good when it would be prejudicial when given alone,
the following is the formula for preparing The Paregoric. Elix.
which I think is better than that of the shops

Rx
Opium Ʒi [1 dram]
Benzoin Ʒi [1 dram]
Camphor ℈i [1 scruple]
Spt. Vin. Rect. lbij [2 pounds]

in that of the