NOTES ON PRESCRIBING. 451 



Tincture aconiti 3iij 1867. 



calumbae iss Concentrated 



Glycerinae ad gvj 

 Sumat cochleare unum minimum pro dosi. 



Medicines prescribed according to such formulae as this and 

 the preceding, are dangerous from their extreme concentration, 

 and from the large quantity ordered rendering them liable to 

 be mistaken for comparatively dilute mixtures taken in the 

 dose of two or three tablespoonfuls. 



R Tinct. aconiti (Flemming) 3ij 

 Sumat gutt. j tertiis horis ex aquae 3ij 



R Strychniae gr. j 



Acidi phosphorici diluti j 

 Sumat TT\_ v ex aquae cyatho vinario ter die 



R Strychniae gr. ij 



Aquae destillatae 3v 

 Solve ope 



Acidi hydrochloric! diluti TT^iv 

 et adde 



Vini ferri ad 3x 



Misce. Signa Take ten minims by measure in water 

 every morning before breakfast, and increase the 

 dose every other morning by one minim up to 18 

 or 20 minims. 



R Ext. cinchonae liquidi 



Liquoris calcii chloridi aa gss 

 Fiant guttae. 



R Acidi arseniosi gr. ij 

 Syrupi zingiberis ij 

 Fiat mistura. 



In the five formulae above-quoted, the medicines are ordered Dangercm? 

 to be furnished to the patient in (as it seems to me) a form far oon ccntration. 

 too concentrated. By the first of them a bottle containing 



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