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State Archives of Florida, Collection M81-24
Description
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.
Date
1843-08-03
Creator
Page 105
Dysentery not much fever
[Recipe]. Opium. Gum. Pulv. gn. VIII.
Creosote gtts V.
Pow? Glycyrrh. e.g. to make
8. pills. One taken every
3. ho. & after the last Pill. a
dose Ol. Recini – a strong
pepper cataplasm over the
whole abdomen - constantly
applied – mucilage of Ulm –
Fulva. constant drink –
on improvement the same
Presc. made into 12. Pills one
taken every 4. ho. - 3 or 4
days after the first
So. Med & Surg. Jour.
Vol.3.No 3. Page 149.
Quincy June 1st 147 –
Dysentery not much fever
[Recipe]. Opium. Gum. Pulv. gn. VIII.
Creosote gtts V.
Pow? Glycyrrh. e.g. to make
8. pills. One taken every
3. ho. & after the last Pill. a
dose Ol. Recini – a strong
pepper cataplasm over the
whole abdomen - constantly
applied – mucilage of Ulm –
Fulva. constant drink –
on improvement the same
Presc. made into 12. Pills one
taken every 4. ho. - 3 or 4
days after the first
So. Med & Surg. Jour.
Vol.3.No 3. Page 149.
Quincy June 1st 147 –
Title
Dysentery, Pertussis
Subject
Medicine -- History -- 19th century -- Florida
Pharmacology -- United States -- 19th century
Pharmaceutical Preparations -- History.
Plants, Medicinal -- United States.
Materia Medica -- United States -- History.
Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Description
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.
Creator
Davidson, John M. W.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Collection M81-24
Date
1843-08-03
Format
journals (accounts)
Language
eng-US
Type
Text
Identifier
m81-24_54
Coverage
Territorial Florida (1821-1845)
Thumbnail
/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/physician.jpg
Transcript
Page 105
Dysentery not much fever
[Recipe]. Opium. Gum. Pulv. gn. VIII.
Creosote gtts V.
Pow? Glycyrrh. e.g. to make
8. pills. One taken every
3. ho. & after the last Pill. a
dose Ol. Recini – a strong
pepper cataplasm over the
whole abdomen - constantly
applied – mucilage of Ulm –
Fulva. constant drink –
on improvement the same
Presc. made into 12. Pills one
taken every 4. ho. - 3 or 4
days after the first
So. Med & Surg. Jour.
Vol.3.No 3. Page 149.
Quincy June 1st 147 –
Dysentery not much fever
[Recipe]. Opium. Gum. Pulv. gn. VIII.
Creosote gtts V.
Pow? Glycyrrh. e.g. to make
8. pills. One taken every
3. ho. & after the last Pill. a
dose Ol. Recini – a strong
pepper cataplasm over the
whole abdomen - constantly
applied – mucilage of Ulm –
Fulva. constant drink –
on improvement the same
Presc. made into 12. Pills one
taken every 4. ho. - 3 or 4
days after the first
So. Med & Surg. Jour.
Vol.3.No 3. Page 149.
Quincy June 1st 147 –
Page 106
[Recipe]. Creta P. P. [1 dram].
Carb. Ferri. Precip XV. grs.
Pulv. Rad Columbo [1 scruple] M.
Divid in chart. No. XX.
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Pertussis.
[Recipe]. Carb. Potass [1 dram]
Cochineal X grs.
Aq. Boiling O [half]
For an infant a tea spoon
full thrice daily. The dose
increased according to age.
In violent cases much ben-
efit will often accrue from
the simultaneous employment
of this liniment rubbed. Morn &
eve. over the whole spine.
[Recipe]. Harts hom & Ol. Amber. aa. [half ounce]. M.
[Recipe]. Creta P. P. [1 dram].
Carb. Ferri. Precip XV. grs.
Pulv. Rad Columbo [1 scruple] M.
Divid in chart. No. XX.
-----------
Pertussis.
[Recipe]. Carb. Potass [1 dram]
Cochineal X grs.
Aq. Boiling O [half]
For an infant a tea spoon
full thrice daily. The dose
increased according to age.
In violent cases much ben-
efit will often accrue from
the simultaneous employment
of this liniment rubbed. Morn &
eve. over the whole spine.
[Recipe]. Harts hom & Ol. Amber. aa. [half ounce]. M.
ImageID
journal105-106
Geographic Term
Quincy (Fla.)
Gadsden County (Fla.)
Chicago Manual of Style
Davidson, John M. W. Dysentery, Pertussis. 1843-08-03. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/275320>, accessed 2 December 2024.
MLA
Davidson, John M. W. Dysentery, Pertussis. 1843-08-03. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/275320>
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(State Archives of Florida/Davidson)