PART I.-GENERAL REMARKS ON PRESCRIP-

TIONS.

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CHAP. I. Definitions.

Prescription, Formula,

Receipt or Recipe.-Components of Formulæ..

CHAP. II. - Historical Notice. The Pentateuch.

Nicander, Scribonius Largus, Galen, Sabur,

the first official British pharmacopoeia

CHAP. III. Of the Parts of a Prescription...

CHAP. IV.-Language used in Prescriptions. Cus-

toms of different countries. Reasons for pre-

ferring the Latin language

CHAP. V.-Terms and Phrases employed in Prescrip-

tions:-

SECT. 1.-Terms relating to General Blood-letting.

Phlebotomy. Arteriotomy. Fainting. In-

struments used for blood-letting

SECT. 2.-Terms relating to Local Blood-letting.

Cupping, and apparatus for. Leeches, their

application.-Scarification

SECT. 3.-Terms relating to the Extraction of Teeth,

&c. Toothache. Extraction of teeth. Lancing

the gums. Tooth instruments

SECT. 4.-Terms relating to Plasters, &c. Plasters,

malagmata, pastilli, cataplasms, epispastics,

blisters

SECT. 5.-Terms relating to Friction, &c. Friction,

inunction and dusting or besprinkling..

SECT. 6.-Terms relating to Shaving, &c. Hairs,-

shaving, a razor...

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SECT. 7.-Terms relating to Issues, Setons, Acu-

puncture, &c. Issues, mode of production.

Setons. Seton needle. Acupuncture...

SECT. 8.-Terms relating to Electricity, &c. Elec-

tricity, positive and negative.-Apparatus for

electrization,-different modes of electrifying.

Voltaic electricity. Electro-magnetism. Elec-

tro-puncture. Magnetism

SECT. 9.-Terms relating to Purging, &c.

Stools

or Excrements,-purging,-constipation,-to

purge, to bind the bowels. Clysters. Suppo-

sitories..

SECT. 10.-Terms relating to Vomiting, Sweating,

Sneezing, &c. Vomiting,-to promote it, to

suppress it; infusion of emetics into the veins.

-Sweating, to promote it, to suppress it.-

Sneezing, to excite it.- Diuresis, to promote it.

Catheters to draw off the urine.-Menses, to

promote them

SECT. 11.-Of Worms. Intestinal worms (and other

entozoa), to expel them.

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SECT. 12.-Terms relating to Baths, Fomentations,

&c. Baths, different kinds of; ancient baths,

local baths. Affusion. Fomentation. Wash-

ing. Dry fumes. Aqueous vapours

SECT. 13.-Terms relating to Doses. Doses or por-

tions. Spoonfuls, cupfuls, glassfuls. Volume

of solid medicines. Different modes of ad-

ministering medicines

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SECT. 14.-Terms relating to Time. Months, weeks,

days, hours. Immediately, occasionally, &c. 72

SECT. 15.-Terms relating to Parts of the Body.
Head, neck, body, chest, abdomen, extremities,
&c.

SECT. 16.-Terms relating to the Symptoms of Dis-

eases. Cough, pain, watchfulness, tenesmus,

fever, spasm, hiccup, &c...

SECT. 17.-Terms relating to the Powers and Uses
of Remedies. To cure, to prevent relapses, to

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appease pain, to promote urine and the menses,
to correct acidity, to fumigate, to allay spasm,

to expel worms, to cauterise, &c.

SECT. 18.-Terms used in General Therapeutics and

Pharmacology. Dr. Duncan's Classification of

the general terms used by writers on general

therapeutics and pharmacology, with additions 93

SECT. 19.-Terms relating to Food, &c. Food or

aliment. Diet. Corn and its alimentary pre-

parations. Drinks: broth, milk, spirit, wines,

beer, aqueous drinks

SECT. 20.-Terms relating to Pharmaceutical In-

struments. Thermometer, syringes, sponges,

rods, camel's-hair pencils, funnels, bandages,

splints, trusses, boxes, gallipots, bottles, corks

and bungs, papers

SECT. 21.-Terms relating to Surgical Instruments. 113

SECT. 22.-Terms relating to Pharmaceutical Ope-

rations......

CHAP. VI.- Nomenclature employed in Prescrip-

tions. Scientific, classical, and barbarous

names. Origin of the nomenclature now used

in natural history and chemistry. Advantages

and disadvantages of the modern pharmaceu-

tical nomenclature. Germs of a new nomen-

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clature.........

CHAP. VII.—Abbreviations and Contractions used in

Prescriptions. Dangers arising from the use

of abbreviations. List of abbreviated names

which refer to two or more dissimilar sub-

stances. Directions for writing labels for

medicines. Table of abbreviations used in

prescriptions and pharmacy

CHAP. VIII.-Symbols or Signs used in Prescrip-

tions. List of those in most frequent use.

Mistakes from the similarity between the sym-

bol for an ounce and that for a drachm

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CHAP. IX.-On the Grammatical Construction of

Prescriptions:

1. Rules of Syntax. Concords

Government..

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2. Grammatical Explanation of Prescriptions.. 157

CHAP. X.-On the Pronunciation of Pharmaceutical

Terms

SECT. 1.-Pronunciation of Letters. General rules.

Exceptions...

SECT. 2.

Pronunciation of Syllables: Accent.

English mode of accenting Latin words. Rules

usually followed

SECT. 3.-Length or Quantity of Syllables or Vowels.

English scholars do not usually retain in all

cases the Greek and Latin quantities in pro-

nouncing Greek and Latin words. General

rules commonly followed

Prosodiacal Vocabulary

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