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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Liquorice

LIQUORICE
   The root of GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA, Lin. Demulcent, with the peculiar property of masking the bitterness of quinine; used to relieve bronchial irritation and irritation of the urinary tract.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.