On consumption, coughs, colds, asthma, and other diseases of the chest : their remedial and avertive treatment; addressed in popular language to non-medical readers, with copious observations on the diet and regimen necessary for invalids ; also an appendix, containing upwards of two hundred formulæ of the latest and most approved remedies, many valuable domestic recipes, and full directions for the practice of inhalation / by R. J. Culverwell.

  • Culverwell, Robert James, 1802-1852.
Date:
1834
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Credit: On consumption, coughs, colds, asthma, and other diseases of the chest : their remedial and avertive treatment; addressed in popular language to non-medical readers, with copious observations on the diet and regimen necessary for invalids ; also an appendix, containing upwards of two hundred formulæ of the latest and most approved remedies, many valuable domestic recipes, and full directions for the practice of inhalation / by R. J. Culverwell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    Solution of the Cyanuret of Potassium. No. 151. Take of Cyanuret of Potassium.... 1 ounce by weight. Distilled Water 8 ounces ditto. Mix. This solution, possessing similar properties to the prussic acid, may be administered in like doses, or mixed with those preparations in which the acid is given. No. 152. Or, Take of The Solution of the Cyanuret of Potassium .. £ drachm. Distilled Water 8 ounces. Purified Sugar 1 ounce. Mix. A table spoonful may be taken night and morning, increasing the dose gradually to three or four times that quantity. Syrup of Cyanuret of Potassium. No. 153. Take of The Solution of Cyanuret of Potassium 1 drachm. Simple Syrup 1 pint. Mix. This syrup may be added to ordinary pectoral mixtures, or one or two tea spoonsful given twice or three times a day. Ointment of Cyanuret of Potassium. No. 154. Take of Cyanuret of Potassium 3 grains. Spermaceti Ointment 1 ounce. Mix. This ointment is very useful in allaying muscular rheumatism, often attendant on chest aflections.