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PATHOLOGY. 
and who ufed it as a fign of fome planet, probably Jupi¬ 
ter. The next mark is for the ounce, 5 ; for the drachm, 
0 ; for the fcruple, 3; but, having no mark for grains, 
we ufe gr. To thefe we append the number of ounces, 
drachms, &c. required, (dill adhering to old forms,) not 
in figures, but in Roman numerals ; as 51 , one ounce 5 
5ij, two drachms ; 9iij, three fcruples, &c. We have 
alfo this mark, orys, for half j and, more recently, 
?11 for minim, or drop, ft is the mark for pound, though 
feldom ufed ; O for a pint; and a, or ana, for equal quan¬ 
tities of two or more articles previoufly mentioned. 
Into the mode of preparing drugs we lliall not enter, 
as being generally known to the medical profeflion 
through the medium of the firfl: elementary works, and 
as being of no ufe to the general reader. The London 
Pharmacopoeia of 1809 contains all that is necefl’ary to 
be known with regard to the preparation of the drugs 
therein mentioned ; and the mode of preparing thofe of 
more recent introduction may be found in Thompfon’s 
Confpeflus , or in Gray's Supplement. To thofe who willi' 
to liudy the fcience of pharmacy in a more fcientific 
manner, we ftrongly recommend the work of Dr. Paris , 
entitled “ Pharmacologia.” 
Alphabetical List of the Materia Medica, 
With the ufual Dofes. 
The dofes given by different practitioners vary fo much, 
that any general table of them mult neceffarily be imper- 
feCt, and can only be expeCted to guard the young prac¬ 
titioner from error. The quantities are meant for adults ; 
and either of the two quantities here fet down, or any 
intermediate one, may be ufed as adofe, except when the 
word to is inferted between them, which means, “ that 
the quantity fiiould be gradually raifed from the former 
to the latter,” and fometimes it may be carried much be¬ 
yond it. Some articles, as far as their effeCts are con¬ 
cerned, may be given at once in much larger quantities, 
and their dofe is rather therefore eftimated by conveni¬ 
ence, on account of bulk: fuch, however, it does not 
appear neceffary to diftinguilh particularly. The fame 
article is often ufed in different quantities, to produce 
different effeCts: fuch fecond effeCts, when they are 
emetic or cathartic, are in marked inftances accord¬ 
ingly given under the former, with E or C prefixed, 
as may be inftanced in the article Antimonium tartari- 
zatum. 
Abietis Refina 
Abfinthium 
Acacias Gnmmi 
Acetum Colchici 
•-— Scillae 
Acidum aceticum 
-benzoicutn 
—— citricum 
— muriaticum 
— nitricum dilutum 
-fulphuricum dilutum 
Aconiti Folia 
/Ether reClificatus 
/Erugo 
Allii Radicis SuccuS 
Aloee fpicatae ExtraCtum 
-- vulgaris ExtraCtum 
Alumen 
Ammoniacum 
Ammonias Murias 
--Carbonas 
Anethi' Semina 
Anifi Semina 
Anthemidis Flores 
Antimonii Oxydum 
—-Sulphuretum 
-Sulphuretum praecipitatum 
Antimonium tartarizatum 
gr. x 
9j 
3fs 
3fs 
3fs 
3j 
gr. x 
gr. x 
Tffx 
IRx to 
tt]x to 111 x 1 
gr. j to gr. v 
3fs 3ij 
gr. § to gr. j 
3j 3^ 
gr. v 
3fs 
3j 
3ij 
3ifs 
3ifs 
S^ 
3fs 
5fs 
ntxi 
Iffxl 
gr. v 
gr. x 
gr. x 
gr. x 
gr. v 
gr. x 
gr. x 
gr. x 
gr-j 
gr. x 
gr-j 
g r - k 
g r -j 
Aqua Anethi 
--Carui 
j 
-Cinnamomi 
f 
-- Fceniculi 
\ 
_. 
-Menthas piperitse 
( 
5‘j 
5 >v 
-viridis 
-Pimentas 
-Pulegii 
J 
Argenti Nitras 
• 
gr. fs to gr. v 
Armoraciae Radix 
3i 
3j 
Arfenici Oxydum prasparatum 
gr.J g togr.i 
Afari Folia 
gr.-x 
3] 
Affafcetidas Gummi-refina 
gr. x 
5fs 
Balfamum Peruvianum 
gr. x 
3fs 
--Tolutanum . 
gr. x 
3fs 
Belladonnas Folia 
gr. fs to gr. v 
Benzoinum 
gr. x 
3fs 
Biftortas Radix 
gr. x 
3j 
Cajuputi Oleum 
mi 
Idv 
Calami Radix 
gr. x 
3j 
Calamina prasparata 
gr. x 
3j 
Calumbae Radix 
gr. x 
3] 
Cambogia 
gr- ij 
gr.xij 
Camphora , 
gr. iij 
9j 
Canellae Cortex 
gr. x 
3fs 
Capfici Baccae 
gr. v 
gr. x 
Cardamines Flores 
9j 
3j 
Cardamoini Semina 
gr. v 
3fs 
Carui Semina 
gr. x 
3j 
Caryophylli 
gr. v 
3fs 
-Oleum 
IRij 
IRv 
Cafcarillas Cortex 
gr- x 
3j 
Cafiias Pulpa . - 
Sis 
Sj 
Caftoreum 
gr- v 
9j 
Catechu Extratlum 
gr. x 
3ij 
Centaurii Cacumina 
gr. xv 
3j 
Cetaceum . 
Cinchonas cordifoliae Cortex 
-lancifolias Cortex 
—--— oblongifoliae Cortex 
Cinnamomi Cortex 
- — — Oleum 
Coccus 
Colchici Radix 
Colocynthidis Pulpa 
Confeftio Amygdalae 
- Aromatica 
- Aurantii 
————— Caflias 
Confe&io Opii . 
— — - - Rofae caninae 
--- Gallicae . 
Scammoneae 
Sennae 
gr. xv 
gr. xv 
5fs 
3fs 
3fs 
9j 
3j 
3j 
3 ] 
gr. x 
5fs 
gr. v 
gr. fs 
gr- iij 
Conii Folia 
Contrajervae Radix 
Copaiba 
Coriandri Semina 
Cornu uftum 
Creta prasparata 
Croci Stigmata 
Cumini Semina 
Cupri Sulphas 
Cuprum ammoniatum 
Cufpariae Cortex . 
Dauci Semina 
Decoftum Aloes compofitum 
-- Cinchonas 
- Cydoniae 
■ ■ Dulcamaras 
-— Hordei 
— compofitum 
— Lichenis 
Sarfaparillas 
compofitum 
3 j 
gr. x 
gr. x 
gr- x 
gr- v 
*nj 
gr. v 
gr-j 
gr-j 
3j 
gr. x 
3j 
3j 
gr. x 
3j 
3j 
9j 
3fs 
gr. ij to 9j 
gr. x 3fs 
5jfs 
3jfs 
3jfs 
3jfs 
9j 
m>U 
9 j 
gr. v 
gr. v 
S3 
Sj 
Si 
Si 
3fs 
Sj 
Si 
3j 
Si's 
- 5 J 
3j 
3ij 
3ij 
3j 
3j 
9j 
9j. 
3fs 
3fs 
gr- x 
9j 
gr. j to gr. v 
gr. Is to gr. v 
gr. x 3j 
3j 
S'j 
S»V 
Siv 
S'j 
O. fs 
O. fs 
Siv 
O. fs 
O.fs 
Deco&um 
yj 
Si's 
Sj 
Sj 
Si's 
Siv 
Siv 
Sj 
Siv 
Siv 
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