Excerpt from Medical Compend: For Masters of the Naval Auxilary Service (Medicine Box, U. S. N.) Brown mixture tablets (1 dram). For coughs and bronchial afisc tions. Dose: One tablet every hour dissolved on the tongue. Limit, 10 tablets in 24 hours. Calomel tablets, one-half grain. Cathartic in fevers. Dose: One every hour until five are taken. Should be followed in a few hours or the next morning by a dose of salts (magnesium sulphate). Cathartic vegetable tablets. Purgative. Dose: One to three tablets. Poison. Chlorodyne tablets (contain morphin). Should be used with care. For spasmodic pain. Dose: One tablet; repeat in an hour if necessary. Stop when three tablets have been taken. For diarrhea: One tablet every 3 hours until four tablets have been taken. Coryza tablets. For commencing colds in head and throat. Dose One tablet every 15 minutes until four tablets have been taken, then one tablet every 30 minutes for four doses, and then one every hour for four doses. Limit, 12 tablets taken as directed. Poison. - Dover's powder, 5 grains (contains opium). Should be used with care. Dose: Two tablets. Phenacetin, 5 grains. For neuralgia or fever. Dose: One tablet, may be repeated in an hour. Stop when four tablets have been taken. Potassium chlorate and borax. For sore throat: Dissolve on tongue or dissolve tablet in a little water and use as a gargle. Potassium bromid, 5 grains. For sleeplessness or as a sedative. Dose: Two to four tablets, repeated in an hour or two if necessary. Quinin sulphate, 3 grains. For malarial fevers. Dose: One to three tablets every 4 hours. Limit, 12 tablets in 24 hours. Soda-mint tablets. For sour stomach and heartburn. Dose: One every 2 hours dissolved on the tongue. Sodium salicylate, 5 grains. For rheumatism. Dose: Two tablets every 4 hours. Limit, 12 tablets in 24 hours. Argyrol. Prepare solution of 1 part of argyrol to 10 parts of water. To be used as injection in gonorrhea (clap). Solution should be prepared in small quantities as it soon deteriorates. Aromatic spirits of ammonia. For stimulating purposes. Dose One-half to 1 teaspoonful in a little water. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.