Sig. This amount to be taken at a dose and repeated once or twice during the night. Muc. Acacia, âä q. s. viij. gr. xvj. M. Sig. Roll into pencils one and one-fourth inches long and one eighth inch in diameter. Dry. -Dr. C. W. Stevens. At the suggestion of Dr. Ephraim Cutter, of New York, these pencils were covered with gelatin by Parke, Davis & Co., so as to isolate the odor. In this form they may be obtained of the manufacturers, and, in the words of Dr. Cutter, make a perfectly elegant crayon for intrauterine use. Amenorrhoea from Anæmia and in Chlorosis. Ꭱ Pulv. Ferri Sulph.. Potass. Carb. puræ.. Mucil. Tragacanthæ, q. s. .ää 3 ij. M. div. in pil. No. 48. To be given daily in dose, gradually increasing until three pills are taken after each meal. -Hospital University of Pennsylvania. Sig. A teaspoonful in a wineglassful of sugar and water every two hours. -Dr. Fordyce Barker. In addition to this Dr. Barker gives nutritious, easily digested food, applies the child to the breast as soon as the patient has recovered from the exhaustion of labor, attends to the state of the bowels, gives a diaphoretic anodyne, and has the nurse rub the breasts from circumference to nipple with warm sweet oil every three hours. Syr. Tolu, q. s., ad. 3 iv. M. Sig. Teaspoonful three times a day before meals in water. -Dr. A. J. Roe. Metrorrhagia. В Liq. Ferri Sulphat... Aquæ.... 3 ss. 3 j. M. Sig. Saturate with this solution the finest cotton wool. Dry and expose to moderate pressure. Wrap a sufficient quantity round a long small piece of whalebone and introducing it into the cavity of the uterus, withdraw the whalebone leaving the cotton in situ. Strong thread may be attached to the cotton to withdraw it when necessary. From twelve to twenty-four hours is as long as it should remain. This hæmostatic is that proposed and used by the distinguished gynecologist Dr. J. Marion Sims, which is proof positive of its efficacy. Aquæ Aurantii Floris.. 3 iss. 3 vj. M. Sig. A sixth part at completion of first stage of labor. other dose in about twenty minutes, and a third in about an hour. An -Dr. W. S. Playfair. Formula for the Treatment of Granular Lids by Jequirity. Pulverize 16 Jequirity Beans, macerate in 3 viij of cold water during 24 hours, then add viij of hot water and filter immediately after cooling. The infusion thus obtained is to be brushed on the inner surface of the lids or applied on a linen compress to the surface of the lids. -De Wecker. |