Note 77 — (Second Pilgrimage.) (continued 3)
Reading edition
An English physician has realized a fortune by prescribing on this plan, and enforcing a strict system of diet. The combination used is very nearly the following:—
℞. Infus. rosæ c. ℥viss.
Acidi sulph. dil. ʒiss.
Magnes sulphat. ℥j.
Tinct. gent. c. ℥ss.
Sulphatis ferri gr. vij.
Misce ft. mistura, capt. coch. ij. mag. primo mane et meridie.
I prefer the following formula.
℞. Extr. col. comp.
Pil. rhei. comp. aa ℈j.
—— hydrargyri gr. vj.
Ol. cassiæ, gtt. iv.
Misce ft. pil. xij. capt. i. vel. ij. hora somni omni nocte.
℞. Infus. gent. c. ℥vjss.
Magnes. sulph. ℥j.
Acidi. sulph. aromat. ʒiss.
Sulph. ferri. grs. vij.
Tinct. aurantii comp. ℥ss.
Misce ft. mistura, capt. coch. ij. vel. iij. mag. primo mane, et rept. dosis intra horas duas, si alvus non respondeat.
In this formula there is the alterative, the aperient, and the tonic combined, so that no risk is run from any one of the ingredients. In both forms, there is some chemical decomposition, but the physiological effects are good.—J. J.