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HEALTH AND DISEASE 



Spoons as Fluid .Measure 



A tea-spoon holds ... 

 A dessert-spoon holds 

 A table-spoon holds 

 A wine bottle holds 



For a yearling 

 For a two-year-old . . . 

 For a three-year-old 

 For a four-year-old . . . 

 For a five-year-old . . . 



one fluid dram, 

 two fluid drams, 

 half an ounce. 

 1.'; P nlt - 



Doses According to Age 



Coins as Weights 



A threepenny piece 



A sixpence ... 



A shilling piece 



3 J sovereigns 



Three penny pieces and a threepenny piece 



I that for an aged horse. 

 h that for an aged horse, 

 f- that for an aged horse, 

 f that for an aged horse. 

 Full dose. 



weighs one scruple (20 grains), 

 weighs two scruples (40 grains), 

 weighs 80 grains, 

 weigh one ounce. 

 weigh one ounce. 



The above are approximately correct, but should not be used for active drugs as 

 strychnine or morphine. 



MEDICINES AND THEIR THERAPEUTICAL ACTION 



Class of Medicine. 



Alteratives. 



Anaesthetics. 



Anaphrodisiacs. 

 Anodynes. 



Antacids. 

 Anthelmintics. 



Action. 



Improve the general condition of 

 the body without exercising any 

 perceptible local action. 



Destroy sensation. 



Diminish the sexual appetite. 



Subdue pain. 



Neutralize excessive acidity in 

 the stomach and bowels. 



Destroy or remove intestinal 

 worms. 



Examples. 

 Arsenic, iodine and its 

 salts, linseed oil in small 

 doses, antimony, chloride of 

 sodium. 



1. Locally. Cold, cocaine, 

 carbolic acid, ether spray. 



2. Generally. Chloroform, 

 ether. 



Bromide and iodide of 

 potassium, camphor, digi- 

 talis, purgatives. 



1. Locally. Cold, warmth, 

 aconite, belladonna, opium. 



2. Generally. Belladonna, 

 chloral, hyoscyamus, opium. 



Potassium bicarbonate, 

 sodium bicarbonate, chalk. 



1. Those infesting the rectum. 

 Injections of solution of com- 

 mon salt, infusion of quassia, 

 eucalyptol, catechu, &c. 



2. For Nematodes or round 

 worms. Santonin. 



