ELIXIR CHLOROFORMI COMPOSITUS

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1479, 10 September 1883, Page 2

ELIXIR CHLOROFORMI COMPOSITUS

By W. F. McNutt, M.D., L.R.C.P., Ed., Etc., Em' , . ■ Professor ■ Principles and [ Practice ,of '< Medicine, University-of California.

[Reprinted from the Westeii Lancet for August] I liavo been in the kbit for several jears of prescribing Collis Browne's chlorodyne in certain cksbs of asthma, •>. colic, dimrliea, neuralgia, rheumatism, hysteria, etc. it has seldom failed, to be of some benefit, and often acted like a charm; in fact I found it a most excellent and reliable anodyne, antispasmodic and sedative. ■On'account of'several objections to ''"' its use, I have, alter a great deal of : experimentation, adopted the following • formula as a substitute for chlorodyne, viz: R Msrpb. mur... '.. ",.' «, l Ohleral hyd ... Chloroform ... 5a 3es Tiaot cinnib. ind , Tinot, capiioi... ■„. ,„ Acid hydoocyan. dil... ... a mix. Spt, month, pip mx.' ' Syr. SMsap 00. ad. J" .','.' 2j " This 1 have named Elixir Chloroformi ; Compositus, and can heartily recommend it those who havo beon in the.. habit of using chlorodyne. To those ' ! who have never used chlorodyne,' I. may say that they will find elix. chlorof. comp. a most efficient remedy for many ' purposes and under many circumstances; for instance, in whooping : : ' cough, asthma, emphysema, cough of many phthisical patients, in many .; ! cases of hysteria,, and especially in many casfts of .'dysraenorrheai it, oer : tßinly has no .equal., Given'as an . anodyne, it seldom produces headache ■' or disturbance of the digestion, as does -morphine; or depresses the heart's action, as doe 3 hydrate of chloral. In diarrhea accompanied with cramping ,t pains and tormina, in teaspoonful doses' repeated every two or three hours, it generally acts quickly and satisfactorily. In many casesof diarrhea in children, ft few drops of the olixir, together with . a few drops of castor oil and vini. ipe:ac, in syrup of acacia, make a most ■_■ '•• efficient remedy. The objections to chlorodyne are— ...v 1. It is very expensive in this country. 2. It is not a porfect mixture, as it soparatcs, 3. It is too concentrated to be safe for general use. 1 And, principally, it is ' & patent medicine, the. exact formula for which - is unknown. ■■■■'',