Bree's Formula in Asthma, Hooping Cough, Chronic Hysteria, Chronic Rheumatism

Medicine -- History -- 19th century -- Florida

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Dr. John Davidson's volume of remedies and recipes to cure various illnesses and to treat diseases. The book, dated August 3, 1843, covers treatments for such sicknesses as pneumonia and consumption to recipes for laxatives and expurgants.

Davidson, John M. W.

State Archives of Florida, Collection M81-24

1843-08-03

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m81-24_19

Territorial Florida (1821-1845)

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Bree's Formula in Asthma
[Recipe]. Tinct. Scilla. gtt. X.
62. Acidi nitric. gtt. VI.
Ext. hyoscyam. gr. III
Aq. fontana. [1 ounce and a half]. M.
Feat. haustus, horis tertiis vel quar-
Tis durante paracismo repeten-
dus. (Eberle. Therapenties.)
----
Hooping cough.
[Recipe]. Tinct belladon. [half ounce]
63. Tinct Scilla. [1 ounce]. - M.
from 10 to 20 drops 3 times
daily to children between one
& five years old. Ibid.

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chronic hysteria.
[Recipe]. Ext. belladon. [1 scruple]
64. G. assafoetida [I dram]
G. aloes. socc. gr. XV. M.
D. in 30 Pills. 1 taken 2, 3, or 4 times daily.
----- Chronic Rheumatism.
[Recipe]. Tinct. guaici. volat. [2 ounces].
65. Ext. aconite. [1 ounce].
Vin Antimonii. [1 ounce]. M.
A teaspoon full 3 times daily. ---
Chronic hysteria.
[Recipe]. Fol. aconite [2 ounces].
66. Liq. anod. Hoff. [8 ounces]. – M.
Digest for 3 days. -15 to 20 drops
4 times daily. acterr preparation
used with much benefit in chronic
hysteria with nervous pains in
the abdomen. – Eberle Therapenties

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