Archifau Sir Powys
Master A Gibbs
| Rx | Camphor spirit ½ drachm Lemon syrup ½ oz Acacia powder 5 grains Water to 3 ounces 2 tbsp every 4 hours |
Camphor spirit - "It is a popular remedy, either
taken by the mouth or used as a snuff, for the relief of colds." (BPC)
Lemon syrup - "Used as a flavouring agent in acid
mixtures." (BPC)
Acacia powder - "Gum acacia . . . is a variety of
gum arabic obtained from certain species of Acacia . . ." (BPC)
- used to make syrupy mixtures
Archifau Sir Powys
Mrs Hopkins
| Rx | Mercuric nitrate ointment
10 grains Vaseline 1 drachm Whale oil ointment 2 drachm Make an ointment. The eye salve to be applied to the margin of the lids every night. |
| Rx | Wine of opium ½ drachm Aluminium 12 gr Glycerin 1 ½ drachms Distilled Rose water to 4 oz. The eye lotion to be applied twice daily |
Mrs Williams, Brighton Place
| Rx | Zinc sulphate 12 grains Dilute phosphoric acid 3 drachms Liquor of strychnine 40 minims Syrup of Mori 1 oz Water to 6 oz. 1 tbsp. twice a day |
Mrs Hopkins
Unguentum Hydrargyri Nitratis, or Citrine Ointment,
was used for skin complaints e.g. psoriasis, acne.
Vaseline - "an excellent basis for ointments" (Potter)
Whale oil - "Spermaceti is a constant component of
domestic cerates and cold creams, as represented by Unguentum Cetacei.
. ." (BPC). A cerate is "an unctuous preparation for external application,
of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster,
so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does
not melt when applied to the skin." (Datasegment.com)
Vinum Opii, Wine of Opium (Sydenham's Laudanum)" was
used for "pain from any cause" (Potter) - in this case probably conjunctivitis
Aluminium - poss. Alum, used as an astringent
Glycerine & rosewater - emollient, used in skin lotions
Mrs Williams
Zinc sulphate - "The Sulphate is a specific emetic, acting promptly. . ." (Potter)Phosphoric acid - "The agent is an excellent remedy for the so-called nervous dyspepsia. It adds tone to the nervous structure of the stomach, digestive and assimilative organs, materially aiding these functions." (Ellingwood). Also, "Phosphorus is used in . . . Chronic Nervous Exhaustion, when the nerve centres are implicated." (Potter)
Liquor of strychnine - used as nerve stimulant and stomachic tonic
Syr Mori - Syrup of mulberries - used to flavour and colour medicines
Archifau Sir Powys
Miss Bebb
| Rx |
Potassium bicarbonate 2 drachms |
| Rx |
Citric acid powder 10 grains Two tablespoonfuls to be taken every 3 hours with one of the powders as directed |
Potassium bicarbonate - "used in -- Acidity and Atonic
Dyspepsia, the Bicarbonate, or Liquor Potassae with a bitter, in small
doses before meals. If given after meals larger doses are required for
temporary alleviation by neutralizing the food acids." (Potter)
Ac Hydrocyan dil - Acidum hydrocyanicum dilutum, also
known as prussic acid - "Taken internally its action exerted on the stomach
is especially useful in gastrodynia [pain in the stomach], the vomiting
of pregnancy, and other forms of vomiting."(BPC). "Hydrocyanic Acid is
a very useful and pleasant remedy. It is well employed in . . . Gastralgia,
. . . it is one of the most efficient remedies, also in Headache and Vertigo
due to stomachal derangement; and in Nervous Vomiting."(Potter)
Tincture of ginger - Tinctura zingiberis - used to
"promote the secretion and flow of saliva" (Potter) - and as carminative
& stimulant to "aid in the expulsion of gas from the stomach and intestines,
by increasing peristalsis, stimulating the circulation, etc. They are
also diffusible stimulants." (Potter)
Tr. Gent. Co. - Tinctura gentianae composita, or compound
tincture of gentian, was made from rhizomes & roots of Gentiana lutea
(Gentian) - "Compound tincture of gentian is used as an aromatic bitter
and flavouring agent" (BPC). A bitter was used to increase appetite.
Pulv. Ac citric - Acidum citricum - "It is commonly
administered in effervescing mixtures, in which the citric acid is directed
to be added in the form of a powder, or solution, to an alkaline mixture."
(BPC). Also used to neutralise the mixture, to keep it from being too
alkaline, and as an antacid.