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"He j 1116 ra -dhi aniidysenterica. In severe forms of the disease nobm’k SUs pect, now would think of relying on it as his principal remedy ;its U S a ? aux iliary, its efficacy is not to be denied. The advocates forO eor e ’ ® 0 wevcr, are not agreed as to the best mode of using it. Sir®aker (De Dysenteria, 1761), and Dr. Cullen {Mat. Med. ii.*Wc Cons ^ er it to be of most benefit where it acts as a purgative, butof j ts an scarcely be its methodus modendi. From my own observationsI aiJ) ase in the milder forms of dysentery met with in this country,sin Ce 7 to ascribe its efficacy in part to its diaphoretic powers,

i 0 etl have always seen it promoted by conjoining a diaphoretic regi-ititesV J ut " Bs tendency to produce an antiperistaltic movement of the^'en t S ( ! ou htless contributes to its autidysenteric property. It is besth°>ial t hi conjunction with opium, (of course depletion propor-

redi n •* ^ le violence of the disease and the strength of the patient pre-i tS Use h Its determination to the skin should be promoted by( 7 V a c °ihing, and the free use of mild, tepid aliments. Mr. Twiningcn ail j • °/ the Med. and Phys. Soc. of Calcutta , vol.iv. p. 170) gave ipeca-v °>uit' a ln kl 'S e hoses (grs. vj.), with extract of gentian, without causingte * 8 - Mr. Playfair (Ed. Med. and Surg. Journal, vol. ix. p. 18),tldfty ® en ds hom half a drachm to a draclnn of ipecacuanha, with fromthe A ° six ty drops of laudanum, to be given at the commencement of

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in ’ ^furious other maladies. —As a sudorific, ipecacuanha is givenv ar j 111 fonation with opium, (see Pulvis Ipecacuanha compositus) inIn as diseases. On the continent it is esteemed as an antispasmodic.crd a rin ° hemorrhage also it has been employed. In chronic visceralAt!\ ements h has been administered as a resolvent.e^/hNisTRATKiN.—The usual dose of ipecacuanha, in powder, as anev C ’ ls grs- xv. But a much smaller quantity (for example, six, or four,ll ut eu two grains) will frequently suffice, as I have before mentioned.

or half a drachm, may be taken with perfect safety. Afift ee ° n ty-used emetic consists of one grain of emetic tartar, and ten orthi s t ^his of ipecacuanha. For infants, half a grain or a grain ofop e ° ot is usually sufficient to occasion vomiting. In all cases, thethe ( | l0n . °f the remedy should be assisted by diluents. As a nauseantthe q 0Se * s horn one to three grains. As an expectorant and sudorific,righth SC should not exceed one grain: for infants, one-quarter or one-to i, a j „ °t a grain. Ipecacuanha lozenges contain usually from a quarterto p rQ a grain of the powder, and may be used in catarrhal affectionsii)g y.^te expectoration. Infusion of ipecacuanha (prepared by digcst-U$ed h °I the coarsely-powdered root in f|vj. of boiling water) may be1 . {/ 911 em etic, in cases of narcotic poisoning, in doses of f3j. to f3ij.^herrv Ipecacijaniim, L. E. D. (Ipecacuanha, braised, ^ijss.;the r ]. le , Oij. Macerate for fourteen [seven E.] days, and strain.)*ltiq sl a hve proportions of the ingredients used are the same in all theAe Cor i. hannaeopoeias, though the actual quantities are dissimilar,hjo ^g to Dr. A. T. Thomson, a pint (i. e. fjxvj.) of wine takes up^ a pli ai “ s °t the soluble, matter of ipecacuanha. This preparation isre tic ° re tic, expectorant, and emetic. Dose, for an adult, as a diapho-acc °Unt ex P ec t°i'ant, nix. to nixl. ; as an emetic, fgij. to f3iv. Onthildj, l hc mildness of its operation, it is given, as an emetic, to11: the dose is from rqxx. to jji.; according to the age of the child.