XI. APPARATUS AND CHESTS. 5VS 



MEDICINE CHESTS. 



Medidjie chests for ships that carry a surgeon. Some idea of 

 what ought to be shipped for a voyage may be formed from the 

 following lists, which the physician of Greenwich Hospital, Dr. 

 Blane, judges necessary for the service of 100 men for 12 months* ; 

 and by which the navy chests are fitted proportionally. 



1. Pharmaceutic articles, Cort. Peruv, lOlb., if for a warm 

 climate 20lb. — Glauber's or Epsom salt lOlb. [15lb.] — senna 

 21b. [4lb.] — ipecac. 4 oz.— tartar emetic Ifoz. — calomel '2\oz. — 

 opium 1 oz. — aloes half an oz. — gum ammoniac 2oz. — bals.- Co- 

 paibse 3 oz. — cantharides 1 oz. — capsicum 3 oz. — tinct. benz. comp. 

 4 oz.— camphire 3 oz. — castor I7 oz. — camomile fl. or hops 2 lb. — 

 cinnamon 1 oz. — chalk ppd. or oyster shells 6 oz. — conserve of roses 

 8 oz. — confectio cardiaca 2 oz. — extract, cathart. half an oz. [3 oz.] 

 — extract, conii 3 oz. — extract hsematoxyli 1 oz. — gentian root 5 oz. 

 — ginger 3 oz. — gum Arabic 4 oz. — gum guaiacum 3 oz. — ^jalap 

 I70Z. [21: oz.]— laudanum (tinct. op.) 4oz. — linseed lib. — mag- 

 nesia (>ubcarbonate) 6 oz. — manna 8 oz. — mustard seed whole 8oz. 

 — myrrh 4oz. — quicksilver 2 oz. — corrosive sublimate 1 oz.— sal 

 itri 8 oz. — almond oil 1 pint — castor oil 8 oz. [21b.] — linseed oil 

 pints— oleum menthae 1 oz. — Jamaica pepper 4 oz. — quassia 8 

 /. — volatile salts 2 oz. [lib] — salt Martis half an oz. — kali ppd. 

 10 oz. — Venice soap 8 oz. — sarsaparilla 3lb. — Virginia snake root 

 4 oz. — spermaceti 4 oz. — spirit of wine 1 pint — spirit of vitriol 

 8 oz. — ammoniac acetas, or materials for preparing it, 2 pints — 

 oil of turpentine 4oz. [4lb.] — dried squills half an oz. — flowers of 

 ilphur 1 oz. [lib.] — golden sulphur of antimony half an oz. — 

 cream of tartar lib. [3lb.] — vinegar 6 pints — white vitriol 1 oz. — 

 wormwood lib. — flowers of zinc 5ij. 



2. Surgical applications. Simple cerate 6lb. — spermaceti oint- 

 ment 61b. — red precipitate lib. — blue vitriol 8 oz. — blister plaster 

 6lb. — extr. Saturni 4lb. — sugar of lead 41b. — cantharides in pow- 

 der lib. — strapping, lint, tow, rags, at discretion. 



3. Dietetic articles. Barley 3 cwt.^e^ggs greased and packed in 

 .salt 20 doz. — extract of spruce 1211^.— lemon juice clarified and 

 rum added to make it keep 5 gall. [10 gall.]— raisins 50lb.— rice 

 2 cwt. — coarse sugar 2 cwt. — sago 20lb. — salep powder lOlb. — 

 jx)rtable soup .50lb. — tamarinds lOlb. — white wine 300 gall. — red 

 wine KXJ gall. 



Medicine chests for plantation service. Dancer, in his Medical 

 Assistant, gives the following list of medicines as necessary, along 

 with indigenous remedies, for 100 negroes for a year. Aloes 8 oz. 



* The quantities put within brackets arc those which are recommended by 

 the Editor of this Edition. 



