![]() Antispasmodic Expectorant Emmenagogue Anthelminthic.Īnti- icterics: Medicines used in the treatment of jaundice (icterus), such as, sometimes, elixir proprietatis.Īntimony: Native ore, consisting of sulfide or oxide. Narcotic.Īntifebritic powders, pills, etc.: Same as febrifuges.Īntihysteric plaster: Ingredients: litharge, assa fetida, galbanum, Yellow wax. Tonic.Īnodyne balsam: Ingredients: Soap shavings, camphor, volatile oil of rosemary, opium, and alcohol. Expectorant.Īnise, semina or ol: Seeds, or oil from seeds, of Pimpinella anisum. Diaphoretic Emetic Diuretic*Īmmoniaci, lac: Ammoniated milk. Antispasmodic Expectorant Cathartic Diaphoretic Diuretic.Īmmoniac, sal: Ammonium chloride. (Today, consists of ammonia, ammonia carbonate, and essential oils in alcohol, used as reflex stimulant to respiration.)Īmmoniac, gum: Dorema ammoniacum extract. (Now used as a deodorant.)Īmara, tinctura: Same as stomachic elixir.Īmmonia, spirits of: Thacher specifies that it is used only as a menstruum for vegetable drugs. Cathartic*Īlumen: Alum, Potassium Aluminum sulfate. Available in two grades, Socotorina, the purest, named for an island in the Arabian Sea, and Hepatica. Lithontriptic.Īloes: Extract of Aloe barbadensis. Astringent.Īlkaline salt: Sodium carbonate. A plaster for burns.Īlexipharmical tincture: Literally, an antidote to a poison. Appendix II: Bleeding Implements and Drug Chests of Colonial New EnglandĪbsorbents: Agents which absorb noxious materials from the body e.g., one Absorbent Laxative prescription includes magnesia alba, rhei, anise, loaf sugar, and cinnamon water.Īlba, unguent: Olive oil, White wax, litharge.Appendix I: Synopsis of the Materia Medica, as Outlined by James Thacher in 1810, and Glossary of Drugs Prescribed or Dispensed in Colonial New England. Therapeutic Practice in Colonial New England.Botanic Remedies in Colonial Massacuhusetts, 1620–1820.Church Record-Keeping and Public Health in Early New England.Appendix: Some Eighteenth-Century Surgical Tools and Techniques.Charity, Medical Charity, and Dependency in Eighteenth-Century Essex County, Massachusetts.The Boston Medical Community and Emerging Science, 1780–1820.Appendix: New England Students at the Pennsylvania Hospital from the Revolution to 1820.Medicine in Boston and Philadelphia: Comparisons and Contrasts, 1750–1820.The Medical Profession in Colonial Boston.Christianson): A Biographical Register of Men and Women from and Immigrants to Massachusetts between 16 Who Received Some Medical Training in Europe The Influence of Europe on Colonial Massachusetts Medicine. ![]() ![]()
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