The complete physician, surgeon, and accoucheur : containing the symptoms, causes, and the allopathic, homoeopathic, hydropathic and eclectic treatments of all known diseases of the human body : poisons and their antidotes : accidents and their treatment / by Henry Wigand.

  • Wigand, H. (Henry)
Date:
1856
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Credit: The complete physician, surgeon, and accoucheur : containing the symptoms, causes, and the allopathic, homoeopathic, hydropathic and eclectic treatments of all known diseases of the human body : poisons and their antidotes : accidents and their treatment / by Henry Wigand. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be mixed together, without a definite purpose. Remedies of the same general character may be given in some cases, in connexion, as it has been ascertained, that substances, thus combined, are rendered less irritating. The form, in which medicines are exhibited, should differ according to the nature of the medicine, the ta6te of the patient, or the condition of the stomach. Medicines are given in the form of powder, pill, electuary, or in the state of solution, under which may be included the various forms of infusion, decoction, tincture, wine, vinegar, syrup, honey and oxymel. In writing prescriptions the physician should always write out the full name of the medicine or employ such abbrevia- tions as are not likely to lead into error. TABLE OP SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS. a. a., ib., 3, 3-, 9-, 0., f 3-, f 3-, %, Chart., Coch., Collyr, Cong., Decoct., Ft., Garg., (Jr., Gtt. Haust., Recipe. Ana. Libra vcl librae. Uncia vel uncise. Drachma vel drachmae. Scrupulus vel scrupuli. Octarius vel octarii. Fluid uncia. Fluid drachma. Minimum vel minima. Chartula vel chartulae. Cochlear vel cochlearia. Collyrium. Congius vel congii. Decoctum. Fiat. Gargarysma. Granum vel grana. Gutta vel guttae. Haustus. Take. Of each. A pound or pounds. An ounce or ounces. A drachm or drachms. A scruple or scruples. A pint or pints. A fluid ounce. A fluid drachm. A minim or minims. A small paper or papers. A spoonful or spoonfuls. An eyewater. A gallon or gallons. A decoction. Make. A gargle. A grain or grains. A drop or drops. A draught.