Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal (Volume 17) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874. Excerpt: ... therapeutical uses of medicines from their physiological action. Continued study, observation, and reflection have tended to strengthen his convictions on this subject, and to confirm him in the faith that clinical experience is the only true and safe test of the virtues of medicines." GENERAL SUMMARY. Homeopathic Pharmacy. A paper was read on this'subject before the American Pharmaceutical Association, which ended with the following sentence: ' Whatever we may think of homeopathic pharmacy, there is one advantage which we must all admit--that should a a mistake occur in dispensing, there is no danger of its proving fatal, or of the physician, chemist, or any one else, ever finding it out." "Mistura Infantum" for Diarrhea, etc. A preparation with the foregoing title is in use in some parts of the North Western States, as an astringent tonic, peculiarly adapted to irritable stomachs. It consists of sulphate of quinia, 10 grs., tannic acid, 3 grs., and one ounce syrup of orange peel. The bitter taste of the quinia is materially disguised, and the mixture, it is claimed, is never rejected by the stomach. Though the name will not bear criticism, the mixture is undoubtedly a good one. Tannate of quinia is said to be insoluble and inert, but even if a chemical combination takes place, three grains of tannic acid is not sufficient to neutralize ten grains of the sulphate. Bromide of Potassium in Malarial Fever. Henry J. Hilliard, M. D., of Scottsville, Harrison County, Texas, says: "I wish to call the attention of the profession to the beneficial effects of the bromide of potassium in malarial fever. I do not think that it is an antidote to the malarial poison, as are cinchona and its salts, but that it is a great auxiliary. For the past two years I have very su...