5781

℞ Pulveris ipecacuanhae......3 ss

Divide into three powders. One every fifteen minutes, as an emetic. Follow this with Thompson's fever remedy: 5671.

5782

℞ Potassii iodidi..........3 ss

Aquae..............℥ ij

M. S. One tablespoonful every four hours, in cutting short an attack of the fever.

- Prof. Karl Liebermeister.

5783

℞ Hydrargyri chloridi initis..........................gr. viij Three or lour times in twenty-four hours. The main reliance, however, is the antipyretic treatment by the use of cold baths and quinine.

-Ibid.

5784

℞ Iodi............ gr. viij

Potassii iodidi..........3 ss

Aquae destillatae........℥ jss

M. S. Twelve to fifteen minims, diluted with two tablespoonfuls of sweetened water, repeated every four hours for the first three or four days, and then every six hours until indications of convalescence appear. - Dr. N. S. Davis.

5785

℞ Liquoris ammonii acetatis................. ℥ iijss

Spiritus aetheris nitrici......℥ ss

M. S. One tablespoonful every two or three hours, in a little water. - Hartshorne.

5786

℞ Potassii chloratis.........3 ij

Aquae............℥ iv

Tincturae veratri viridis..... 3 ss

M. S. One tablespoonful every three hours through the day, with an opiate at night.

- Dr. V. C. Taliaferro.

5787

℞ Emulsion is acaciae........℥ iv

Morphiae sulphatis.......gr. iv

Spiritus terebinthinae.......3 j

Spiritus lavandulae compositi................3 ij M. S. One teaspoonful every two hours.

- Prof. Bowling.

5788.*

℞ Tincturae iodi..........3 ij

Liquoris acidi carbolici...........................3 j

M. S. Give one, two, or even three drops in ice water, after food, every two or three hours during the day and night.

Unless some unusual circumstance occur to render a change necessary, this medicine is not suspended until the attack draws to a close.

- James C. Wilson, M. D.

5789

℞ Acidi salicylici..........3 ij

Bismuthi.............3 j

M. S. From 15 to 40 grains in the day.

- Prof. Henri Desplats.

5790

℞ Sodii salicylatis.........3 vj

Aquae aromaticae........℥ vj

M. S. One tablespoonful every five hours. - J. C B. Renfro, M. D.

5791

℞ Antipyrin...........3 ijss

Spiritus Jamaicensis.......v ss

Aquae.............℥ xxv

M. S. One teaspoonful three times a day.

- M. Dumohard.

5792

℞ Potassii acetatis,

Liquoris ammonii acetatis..............āā 3 j

Spiritus aetheris nitrosi,

Tincturae aconiti.......āā 3 ss

Aquae .........q. s. ad ℥ iv

M. A dessertspoonful in a little water every two hours, so long as the fever continues. Milk diet. - Dr F. Peyre Porcher.