ENFL19467097
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[Home Remedies]
Dysentry 1 yr. gr. ¼ - ½
Pulv. Ipecac: Co 2 yrs. gr. 1.
(Compound Ipecacuanha powder)
Compound: Kino, powder grs 20 (adult)
[ditto] grs 2 every 3,4, or 6 hrs
as needed for
child 1 yr.
Neuralgia
Tincture Gelseminum Semper Virens [Gelsemium Sempervirens].
30 drops in water (adult)
Croton chloral grs 5 every 3 or 4 hrs.
Tincture, Aconite — Paint outside
the painful nerve —
Quinine grs 10 - 15
Opening Medicine
Compound liquorice powder.
Adult dose teaspoonful 1.
Infants 1 saltspoonful
Night & morning
if necessary
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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