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[Home remedies]
Dysentry
Pulv Ipecac: Co — 1 yr. = gr: ¼ - ½; 2 yrs = gr 1/1
(Compound Ipecacuanha powder)
Pulv: Kino. Co — gr: 20 (adult)
Anti-dysenteric & diarrhoea
Anti-neuralgic
Tinct: Gelsem: Semper [Gelsemium Sempervirens]: M [Minim] 30 (adult)
Croton: Chloral gr: 5 every 3 or 4 hrs
Tinct: Aconite — Paint outside the
painful nerve.
Quinine — gr: X - XV
Notes and Questions
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Remedies checked against common household remedies in 19th Century in Australia.
Sources include:
https://recollections.nma.gov.au/issues/vol_6_no_1/refereed_papers/opening_the_medicine_chest#4
https://tasteaustralia.biz/bushfood/bush-remedies/
http://homeoint.org/books/boericmm/g/gels.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apothecaries%27_system
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