HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES. XI 



paring the medicin es : viz., Tinctures, Triturations, 

 medicated Pilules and Globules ; there is also more than 

 one mode of administering these remedies. 



1. TiN'CTURES. The dose of these preparations is as 

 a rule, one drop administered at stated intervals. 



In acute diseases, and in those severe and dangerous 

 complaints which rapidly run their headlong course 

 to a fatal termination, as for instance, croup, cholera, 

 acute atrophy of the liver, &c. it may be necessary 

 at the commencement of the treatment, to repeat the 

 dose at intervals of every ten, twenty, or thirty 

 minutes, until a favourable impression is made oh the 

 symptoms, when the interval between the doses should 

 be lengthened as the patient improves. For this pur- 

 pose it were well to mix thoroughly twelve drops of 

 the selected tincture in twelve table-spoonfuls of water, 

 and administered accordingly. 



In chronic diseases, there should be an interval be- 

 tween the repetition of the dose of from twelve to 

 twenty-four hours ; and according to the strict rules of 

 Hahnemann, to as many days or weeks. This pro- 

 longed action of one dose of a medicine has been much 

 doubted: I have but little faith in it myself, and gene- 

 rally advise that the medicine should be repeated once 

 a day or night and morning. 



TKITUUA TI< >NS. These preparations may be taken dry 

 on the tongue, or in solution ; one grain, or as much as 

 will stand on the point of a pen-knife, is about equal to 

 one drop of the tincture : one pilule, or six globules. 



If the solution be preferred, twelve grains should be 

 dissolved in twelve table-spoonfuls of water, well stirred 

 and taken according to the circumstances of the case. 



