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325 



s 



Where the pnmx 



abound with mucous matter 



and 



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preiTed with vifcid phlegm, this medicine is hkewife 



le 



g 



eftimation 



general 



As an expcdorant, the Squill may he fuppofed not only to attenuate 

 ■ the mucus, and thiis facilitate its ejedion, but by ftimulating the fecre- 

 tor J organs and mucous follicles, to excite a more copious excretionof 

 from the lungs, and thereby lelTen the congeftion, upon which the 



difficulty of refp 



y generally depends. Therefore in all 



pulmonic affedions, exceptmg only thofe of adual 



ent mflam- 



, ^ . and fpafm, the Squill has been experienced to be 



ufeful medicine: 

 The officinal preparations of Squills are a conferve, dried Squil 

 fyrup, and vinegar, an oxymel, and pills. Praditioners have 



an 



however confined themfelves to thefe 



when this root was intended 



as 



has moll commonly been ufed in powder, as being 



this Hate lefs difpofed to naufeate the ftomach 



d to the powder 



it has been the pradice to add neutral falts, as nitre, or cryflals of 

 ^fpecially if the patient complained of much thirft ; others recom- 

 mend calomel ; and with a view to render the Squills lefs offenfive to 

 the ftomach, it has been ufual to conjoin an aromatic. . The dofe of 

 dried Squill is from two to four or fix grains, once a day, or half this' 



quantity twice a day; afterwards to be regulated according to its 

 efFeds. '^^ - " - - 



fhould be four times this weiorht : for 



The dofe of the other preparations of this drug, when frefh, 



root lofes in the procefs 



of drying four-fifths of 

 v\^atery exhalation. ^ 



a 



ginal weight 



this lofs 



merely 



* cc 



J H 



We 



rying of the Squill 



•"> 



V 



tT "5^ -11 ^ ^5q"hes much attention, as it may be readily over done, and thereby render 

 the bquill entirely ufelefs. This over drying In one way or other, happens more fre- 

 quently than our apothecaries are aware of; and has led me to allow, that fome opera- 

 tion on the ftomach, feme naufea excited by the Squill, is a neceffary teft of the adivity 

 Pf the portion of it employed." CuUen, l! c. 



" See on this fubjea Wagner, ohf. cUn.fea. 2. in Hall. eolW. cliff. Ludwig, Jdvers 



Meiio-praa, vol. 



'l^'-on. Home, Clin/Exper. ^^J// .') / 3 5 7 . &Z 



i^/). 695. Quarin, I.e. Werlhof, Oper. Stoll, PraleSi. inmorb* 



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P Duncan, New Edinh. Difpenf. p. 322 



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