CEPTIAELIS IPECACUANHA. 
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M. Majendie used the following formula: — 
♦ joSo on 8£d fo> EMETINE MIXTURE. 
'' '"^fa^eorferaetine, 4 grains, 
r< nnnf Weak orange flower water, 2 onces,* 
Syrup of orange flower, 3 once. 
Mix. Five gros f to be taken every half hour. 
In chronic pulmonary catarrhs, hooping cough, obstinate 
diarrhoeas, &c. Majendie substituted the following lozenges for the 
common ipecacuan preparations. 
PECTORAL LOZENGES OF EMETINE. 
Take of Sugar, 4 onces, 
Coloured emetine, 32 grains. 
Mix. 
The above mixture may be coloured with a little carmine (in order 
to distinguish it from similar preparations of ipecacuan) and divided 
into lozenges of nine grains each, one of which may be given 
every hour; more frequent exhibition will excite nausea. To 
excite vomiting by this preparation, the quantity of sugar should 
be. reduced one half, and the lozenge should consist of eighteen 
grains. One of these is an emetic dose for a child, and three or four 
will readily excite vomiting in adults. 
^ Pure Emetine.— M. Majendie used the following formula for 
this powerful substance : — 
Sjifiia^Sugar, 4 onces. 
Pure Emetine 8 grains made into lozenges of 9 grains each. 
To produce vomiting, one grain of pure emetine, previously dissolved 
either in a little acetic or sulphuric acid, may be mixed in soma 
drink ; or the following may be adopted : — 
EMETIC MIXTURE OF PURE EMETINE. 
Take of infusion of lime flowers, 3 onces. 
Pure emetine dissolved in a sufficient 
quantity of acetic acid, 1 grain. 
Syrup of marshmallow, 1 once. 
Mix. Dose. Five gros every quarter of an hour till 
vomiting is produced. 
Medical Properties and Uses of Ipecacuan. Ipeca- 
cuan, when taken into the stomach in large doses, excites 
* The once is equal to 1 f. 3 40 M. English measure. 
f Equal to five fluid drachms and a half English measure. Vide Houlton's 
Traaslation of Majendie's Formulary. 
