MATERIA MEDICA. 



Kali. L. 



Lixivium mite. D. 

 Aqua super-carbonat Potass. E. unc. 



4. ssep. in die. 



Liquor Alkal. veget. mitiss. D. 

 Ad Curdialg 1 . Calciilum, Stc. 



SECT. III. FOSSILIA. 



III. 



Potassse. E. } 

 turn. L. C I*' 



ulesulphurat.D.J A 



Sulphur sublimatum. 



Sulphuretum Potassse. E. 

 Kali sulphuratum. L. 

 Alkali vegetabile sulphurat. 

 Ad Venena metallica. 

 Hydrosulphuretum Ammoniac. E. gtt. 



510. 



Ad Diabeten. 

 S alphas Magnesias. 



Carbonas Magnesix. dr. . 

 Magnesia Alba. L. U. 

 Magnesia. E. scr. 1 -dr. 1. 

 Magnesia Usta. L. D. 

 Trochisci Magnesias. L. ad libit. 

 Ad Cardialgiam. 

 Calx. 



Aqua Calcis. E. L. D. 

 Ad Dyspeps. 

 B^olus Gallicus. L. 

 Pulv. 



Ad Diarrhoeam, &c. 

 Carbonas Calcis. E. 

 Creta. L. D. 



Carbonas Calcis praeparat. E. gr. 



15 dr. 1. 



Creta przeparata.L. D. 

 Pulv. Carbonat. Calc. com. E. gr. 



1530. 



Cretae composit. L. 

 Trochisc. Carbonat. Cretae. E.ad libit. 



Cretx. L. 



Potio Carbonat. Calcis. unc. 2 3. 

 Mistura Cretacea. L. 

 Aqua JEris fixi. D. lib. ^ 1 in die. 

 Ad Cardialgiam. Calciilum. 

 Carbonas Sodx impurus. E. 

 Natron. L. 

 Alkali fossile mite. D. 



Carbonas Sodx. E. 7 1Q _ 3Q 



Natron prxparatum. L. 3 



Aqua super-carbonatis Soda:. E. lib. 



^ 1. in die. 

 AdCalculum, &c. 

 Carbonas Zinci impurus. E. 

 Lapis Calaminaris. L. D. 

 Brit. Ung. et Collyr. 

 Osydum Zinci impurum. E. 

 f utia. L. D. 

 Brit. Ung. et Collyr. 



To render this article the more com- 

 lete, v> e shall *dd a few remarks upon the 



nature, use, and indications of the respec- 

 tive classes in the preceding system, as 

 they may be inserted with more pro- 

 priety here than in any other part of 

 this work. 



1. Of Emetics. 



These may be regarded as irritative or 

 evacuant, or both. Of the first we have 

 instances in the sulphuret of antimony, the 

 tartar emetic of popular language, sulphate 

 of zinc, or white vitriol, and the sulphate 

 of copper, or blue vitriol. Of the second we 

 have instances in ipecacuanha and squills ; 

 of the third, in tobacco and foxglove. 



From the use of emetic medicines the 

 following direct effects are produced. 

 They excite sickness, nausea, and their 

 common attendants. They produce the 

 action of vomiting itself. They occasion 

 sudden and opposite changes in the cir- 

 culation. They increase the secretion or 

 the discharge of secreted matter from the 

 various glands which prepare fluids to be 

 deposited in the alimentary canal. 



The changes induced in the system in 

 consequence of the primary effects of 

 emetics are : the evacuation of the con- 

 tents of the stomach, and, in some degree, 

 of the, upper part of the intestinal tube, 

 free circulation through the stomach, in- 

 testines, and glands, whose secreted mat- 

 ters are acted upon : general agitation of 

 the body : a commotion of the nervous 

 system : a particular affection of the sur- 

 face of the body. The indications which 

 emetic medicines are capable of fulfilling 

 may be derived from the following 

 sources : 1. Their producing agitation of 

 the body, whence they may be employed 

 to restore uniform circulation ; to pro- 

 mote diminished lymphatic absorption; 

 to remove obstruction in the sanguife- 

 rous system. 2. From their producing 

 evacuation by vomiting, whence they 

 may be used, to discharge noxious mat- 

 ters taken in by the mouth ; to discharge 

 morbid accumulations of secreted matters 

 lodged in the stomach ; to evacuate se- 

 rous accumulations. 3. From the affec- 

 tion of the nervous system which they 

 occasion ; whence they may be employ- 

 ed, to restore excitement to the nervous 

 system in general, and obviate inordinate 

 affections of the nervous energy. These 

 indications may be illustrated and confirm- 

 ed by attention to the use of emetics, 

 when employed in cases of fever, dysen- 

 tery, pulmonary consumption, jaundice, 

 apoplexy, dropsy, and poisons. 



