This section is from the book "A Manual of Materia Medica and Pharmacology", by David M. R. Culbreth. Also available from Amazon: Manual of Materia Medica and Pharmacology.
Table Giving the Maximum Quantities that should be Prescribed unless Special Directions Accompany the Prescription
Single doses. | Total amount in any one day. | |||||||
Acid Arsenous.............. | gr. 1/6 | .01 | Gm. | gr. 1/2 | .03 | Gm | ||
Acid Hydrocyanic Diluted . . . | ex | .6 | Ml. | (Cc.) | e xxx 2 | Ml. | (Cc.) | |
Acid Nitromuriatic.......... | ev | .3 | Ml. | (Cc.) | e.xxx 2 | Ml. | (Cc.) | |
Aconite Leaf, Extract of..... | gr. 1 1/2 | .1 | Gm. | gr. 10 | .6 | Gm | ||
Aconite Root, Fluidextract of | ev | .3 | Ml. | (Cc.) | exv 1 | Ml. | (Cc.) | |
Aconite Root, Tincture of ... . | ej | .4 | Ml. | (Cc.) | exv 1 | Ml. | (Cc.) | |
Aconite Root, Fleming's Tine, of | eiij | .2 | Ml. | (Cc.) | ex | .6 | Ml. | (Cc.) |
Aconitine and its salts.....'. . | gr 1/50 | .0013 | Gm. | gr. 1/10 | .006 | Gm. | ||
Arsenic Chloride, Solution of. . | evj | .4 | Ml. | (Cc.) | exv 1 | Ml. | (Cc.) | |
Arsenic Iodide.............. | gr. 1/6 | .01 | Gm. | gr. 1/2 | .03 | Gm. | ||
Arsenic and Mercury, Solution of Iodides of ............. | exx | 1.3 | Ml. | (Cc.) | elx 4 | Ml. | (Cc.) | |
Arsenite of Potassium, Solution of........................ | exv | 1 | Ml. | (Cc.) | exlv 3 | Ml. | (Cc.) |
Single doses. | Total amount in any one day. | |||||||||
Atropine and its salts ...... | gr. | 1/60 | .001 | Cm. | gr. | 1/20 | .003 | Gm. | ||
Belladonna, Extract of ..... | gr. | 1 | .06 | Gm. | gr. | 5 | .3 | Gm. | ||
Codeine .................. | gr. | 2 | .13 | Gm. | gr. | 5 | .3 | Gm. | ||
Coniine................... | gr. | 1/16 | .004 | Ml. | (Cc.) | gr. | 1/2 | .03 | Ml. | (Cc.) |
Conium, Extract of........ | gr. | 2 | .13 | Gm. | gr. | 8 | .5 | Gm. | ||
Croton Oil................. | eij | .13 | Ml. | (Cc.) | ||||||
Digitalin.................. | gr. | 1/60 | .001 | Gm. | gr | 1/20 | .003 | Gm. | ||
Digitalis, Extract of........ | gr. | 1/2 | .03 | Gm. | gr. | 1 | .06 | Gm. | ||
Hyoscyamus, Extract of..... | gr. | 3 | .2 | Gm. | gr. | 10 | .6 | Gm. | ||
Ignatia, Extract of......... | gr. | 3 | .2 | Gm. | gr. | 10 | .6 | Gm. | ||
Cannabis, Extract of........ | gr. | 1 | .06 | Gm. | gr- | 5 | .3 | Gm. | ||
Corrosive Sublimate........ | gr. | 1/4 | .016 | Gm | gr. | 3/4 | .05 | Gm. | ||
Mercuric Iodide, Red ...... | gr. | 1/4 | .016 | Gm | gr. | 1 | .06 | Gm. | ||
Mercurous Iodide, Yellow . . . | gr. | 1 | .06 | Gm | gr. | 3 | .2 | Gm. | ||
Morphine and its salts...... | gr. | 1/2 | .03 | Gm | gr. | 2 | .13 | Gm. | ||
Nux Vomica, Extract of................ | gr. | 2 | .13 | Gm | gr. | 8 | .5 | Gm. | ||
Opium ................... | gr. | 2 | .13 | Gm | gr. | 10 | .6 | Gm. | ||
Opium, Extract of ......... | gr. | 1 | .06 | Gm, | gr. | 4 | .26 | Gm. | ||
Opium, Tincture of ........ | exxx 2 | Ml. | (Cc.) | ecxx 8 | Ml. | (Cc.) | ||||
Phosphorus ............... | gr. | 1/5 | .013 | Gm. | gr. | 1/2 | .03 | Gm. | ||
Physostigma, Extract of..... | gr. | 1/4 | .016 | Gm. | gr. | 1 | .06 | Gm. | ||
Potassium Cyanide ........ | gr. | 1/4 | .016 | Gm. | gr. | 1 | .06 | Gm. | ||
Sodium Arsenate .......... | gr. | 1/3 | .02 | Gm. | gr. | 1 | .06 | Gm. | ||
Stramonium Leaves, Ext. of. . | gr. | 2 | .13 | Gm. | gr. | 5 | .3 | Gm. | ||
Stramonium Seed, Ext. of... . | gr. | 1 | .06 | Gm. | gr. | 3 | .2 | Gm. | ||
Strychnine and its salts..... | gr. | 1/12 | .005 | Gm. | gr. | 1/4 | .016 | Gm. | ||
Tartar Emetic............. | gr. | 2 | .13 | Gm. | ||||||
Veratrum viride, Fldext. of.. | eiij | .2 | Ml. | (Cc.) | ex | .6 | Ml. | (Cc.) | ||
Veratrum viride, Tincture of. | ev | .3 | Ml. | (Cc.) | exij | .8 | Ml. | (Cc.) |
 
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