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• It had cost him a silver drachm, he once told Hasdrubal. —  The African Quest
• The fourth dose caused an entire cessation of pain, whereas half-drachm doses of bismuth had never procured the same relief in less than three hours. —  Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery
• Give upon the tongue, or in drink, half-drachm doses of nitrate of potassa, every three or four hours, until relief is obtained. —  Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure
• Half-drachm doses of the iodide of potash, dissolved in water, to be given three times daily, will be found useful in this disease PLEURO-PNEUMONIA This disease, as its name implies, is an inflammatory condition of the lungs and the pleura_, or the enveloping membrane of the lungs and the lining membrane of the chest. —  Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure
• Used as a sedative in tincture; ten to twenty drops in water THIOPS MINERAL.--[_Hydrargyri Sulphuretum._] One to two drachms ALCOHOL.--A stimulant; three to six ounces ALLSPICE.--[_Pimento berries._] Aromatic; two to four drachms ALOES.--Cathartic and tonic; tonic dose, one half to one drachm--cathartic, one to two ounces ALUM.--[_Alumen._] Irritant, astringent, and sedative; two to four drachms AMMONIA.--[_Aqua ammonia_; Liquor ammonia_; Hartshorn_.] —  Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure

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