This section is from the book "Materia Medica And Therapeutics Inorganic Substances", by Charles D. F. Phillips. Also available from Amazon: Materia medica and therapeutics.
In cases with vomiting of glairy mucus, alum is a cheap and efficient remedy. Sir J. Murray, one of the principal advocates for its use, pointed out that it acted better when given in substance than in solution: thus a pill with gentian extract is a good form, or an electuary with honey.
 
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