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Physician's Materia Medica on Pancreatin
EUPEPTIC HYPOPHOSPHITES
An admirable general tonic having a wide range of usefulness in de bilitated conditions. Its active constituents are in each fluidrachm; Calcium Hypophosphite,1/2 gr.; Potassium Hypophosphite, 1 gr.; Manganese Hypophosphite, 1/4 gr.; Ferric Hypophosphite, 1/4 gr.; Quinine Hypophosphite, 1-16 gr.; Strychnine Hypophospbite, 1-80 gr.; Pancreatin Saccharated, 1 gr.; Pepsin Saccharated, 1 1/2 grs. The combination has therefore, 1st the specific action bf the hypo phosphites as restoratives, supplying1
An admirable general tonic having a wide range of usefulness in de bilitated conditions. Its active constituents are in each fluidrachm; Calcium Hypophosphite,1/2 gr.; Potassium Hypophosphite, 1 gr.; Manganese Hypophosphite, 1/4 gr.; Ferric Hypophosphite, 1/4 gr.; Quinine Hypophosphite, 1-16 gr.; Strychnine Hypophospbite, 1-80 gr.; Pancreatin Saccharated, 1 gr.; Pepsin Saccharated, 1 1/2 grs. The combination has therefore, 1st the specific action bf the hypo phosphites as restoratives, supplying1
PANCREATIN
An extract from the PANCREATIC gland of an animal, generally the hog. It has the power of peptonizing albuminoids, of converting starch into sugar and of emulsifying fats. 1t has therefore a far wider range of usefulness than pepsin. It is prescribed as an aid to intestinal digestion, but is preferably used to prepare predigested foods for the use of invalids. To peptonize a pint of milk, warm the milk to a blood heat, add 1.3 Grm. ( 20 grains) sodium bicarbonate and 0.3 Grm. (5 grains) “pure” p1
An extract from the PANCREATIC gland of an animal, generally the hog. It has the power of peptonizing albuminoids, of converting starch into sugar and of emulsifying fats. 1t has therefore a far wider range of usefulness than pepsin. It is prescribed as an aid to intestinal digestion, but is preferably used to prepare predigested foods for the use of invalids. To peptonize a pint of milk, warm the milk to a blood heat, add 1.3 Grm. ( 20 grains) sodium bicarbonate and 0.3 Grm. (5 grains) “pure” p1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.