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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Materia Medica on Calcium Carbonate

CALCIUM CARBONATE
   In two forms, Prepared Chalk and Calcium Carbonate, Precipi tated. Antacid with an astringent action. Prescribed in diarrhr-as especially of children, in dyspepsia with acid stomach, etc. Dose, 0.6 to 2.5 Grm. (10 to 40 grs.).1

TULLY POWDER
   Resembles Dover Powder (q. v.) in its action and uses. It is the Compound jllorphine Powder of the U. S. Pharmacopoeia, consisting of: Morphine Sulphate, 1 part; Camphor, 19 parts; Liquorice, 20 parts; Precipitated Calcium Carbonate, 20 parts. It is often prescribed in febrile disturbances, particularly in acute coryza or bronchitis. Dose, 0.12 to 0.30 Grm. (2 to 5 grs. ).1


References

1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.