Note 279 — ON THE THEORY AND ART OF PRESCRIBING. (continued 2)

The “Pharmacopœia Bateana” contains a Formula for a “Tinctura Antiphthisica,” which is stated to be “a truly good medicament in those consumptions which proceed from ulcers of the lungs.” The following is the Receipt—℞. Sacch: Saturn: ℥ij—Sal Martis ℥j—Infus: Spir: Vin: ℔j—Dose from twenty to forty drops. In this case an insoluble Sulphate of Lead must be formed, which will render the medicine, as far at least as its saturnine effects are concerned, completely inert!