Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815. Benjamin Barton Smith notebook on materia medica circa 1796-1798. B MS b52.1, Countway Library of Medicine.

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Volume of notes for lectures by University of Pennsylvania Professor of Materia Medica Benjamin Smith Barton (1766-1815), circa 1796-1798. Includes an introduction and remarks on materia alimentaria (food), followed by lectures on astringents, tonics, emetics, stimulants, and other therapies. The end of the volume contains several medical recipes for conditions like rheumatism and gonorrhea.

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Chapman's Mixture for Gonorrhea

Rx Balsami Copaibae } Spiritus Aetheris Nitrosi } aa ℥fs [½ ounce of each] Pulv. Gummi Arabici Sacch. Albi } aa Ʒij [2 drams of each] Tinct Thebaicai Ʒi [1dram] Aquae fontanae ℥IV [4 ounces]

Fiat Mistura. A Table-spoonfull three times a day.

Cathart. pills Ext. Colocynth Ʒii [2 drams] Calomel ℈ii [2 scruples] Tart. Ant Gr ij [2 grains] Ol. Clovis gtt X [10 drops]

Misce - Fiat pillulae XI Viii Dose Three or four at bed time

Whooping Cough Salts Tartar ℈i [1 scruple] Cochineal grs X [10 grains] Aqua ℥IV [4 ounces]

one tea spoonfull every two hours

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