CEPHAELIS IPECACUANHA. ORD.IV. Aggregatx. - : 19 
Medical Properties and Uses of Emetine. The cases in which Emetine 
may be employed, are the same as those in which Jpecacuanha is indicated.* 
To produce vomiting, four grains of the impure or coloured emetine, may be 
dissolved in two or three ounces of water or any other vehicle, and given in 
divided doses, repeated at short intervals; for if the whole be administered 
at once, the vomiting thereby excited, would probably expel it altogether 
from the stomach, without producing any other effect. 
The following formula may also be used :— 
EMETINE MIXTURE. 
Take of Emetine . . . .  4grains 
Weak Orunge-fowee in fialéionn- . . ~' 2 ounces 
Syrup of Orange-flower. . . + ounce. 
A dessert-spoonful to be given every dulblcaia 
In chronic pulmonary catarrhs, whooping-cough, obstinate diarrhceas, &c. 
the following lozenges may be advantageously substituted for the common 
Tpecacuanha lozenges. 
PECTORAL LOZENGES OF EMETINE. 
Take of Sugar. wk, Issicesia af; }d ounber 
/oloured Brootine, : sin + esenecol ic Sa eiTaiIns, 
Mix, and form into lozenges of nine grains each. These lozenges should 
be coloured with carmine, or other colouring matter, to distinguish them 
from similar preparations of Ipecacuanha. One of these lozenges may be 
given every hour; if repeated more frequently, they would excite nausea. 
Emetic lozenges may be prepared by using double the quantity of emetine:; 
and only half the proportion of sugar. Nine grains of this preparation is 
commonly sufficient to make a child vomit, and three or four times the 
quantity will produce the same effect in adults. 
The following formula may be substituted for the syrup of ipecacuanha. 
SYRUP OF EMETINE. 
Take of simple syrup - gia ak te sk pO 
Coloured Wonsne Pas. sks, 4 te Bee 
The action of pure emetine is similar to that of the coloured, but much 
* For the medical properties and nsee of Ipecacuanha, our readers will refer to the 
article Ipecacuan, in vol. iv. of this work. 
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