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Physician's Materia Medica on Capsicum
CAPSICUM
The fruit of CAPSICU M FASTIGIATU M, Blume. Internally a powerful stimulant and revulsive; externally rubefacient and counter-irritant. Prescribed in delirium tremens, in dyspepsia, in bowel complaints and frequently in combination with cathartics as a car minative. Dose, 0.06 to 1.0 Grm. (1 to 15 grs.) or more.1
The fruit of CAPSICU M FASTIGIATU M, Blume. Internally a powerful stimulant and revulsive; externally rubefacient and counter-irritant. Prescribed in delirium tremens, in dyspepsia, in bowel complaints and frequently in combination with cathartics as a car minative. Dose, 0.06 to 1.0 Grm. (1 to 15 grs.) or more.1
CHLORODYNE
A popular combination of anodynes much used for relief of colic, cholera morbus and spasmodic pains in general. Each fluidrachm contains; Morphine Hydrochloride, 3-8 gr.; Tincture Cannabis Indica 11 1/4 M; Acid Hydrocyanic, diluted, 1 1/8 M; Chloroform, 5 3/4 M]; Oil Peppermint, 3-16 M; Tincture Capsicum, ยง/3 Ill. Dose for an adult, 0.3 to 1.0 c. c. (5 to 15 M), repeated in % to 1 hour when necessary to control pain.1
A popular combination of anodynes much used for relief of colic, cholera morbus and spasmodic pains in general. Each fluidrachm contains; Morphine Hydrochloride, 3-8 gr.; Tincture Cannabis Indica 11 1/4 M; Acid Hydrocyanic, diluted, 1 1/8 M; Chloroform, 5 3/4 M]; Oil Peppermint, 3-16 M; Tincture Capsicum, ยง/3 Ill. Dose for an adult, 0.3 to 1.0 c. c. (5 to 15 M), repeated in % to 1 hour when necessary to control pain.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.