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Robert Kemp Philp
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Purgatives
never
act
so
well
upon
persons
accustomed
to
take
them
as
upon
those
who
are
not,
therefore
it
is
better
to
change
the
form
of
purgative
from
pill
to
potion,
powder
to
draught,
or
aromatic
to
saline.
Purgatives
should
never
be
given
when
there
is
an
irritable
state
of
the
bowels.
680.
Use
of
Alcohol.
Stimulants
and
narcotics
never
act
so
quickly
upon
persons
accustomed
to
use
spirits
freely
as
upon
those
who
live
abstemiously.
681.
Climate.
The
action
of
medicines
is
modified
by
climate
and
seasons.
In
summer,
certain
medicines
act
more
powerfully
than
in
winter,
and
the
same
person
cannot
bear
the
dose
in
July
that
he
could
in
December.
682.
General
Health.
Persons
whose
general
health
is
good
bear
stronger
doses
than
the
debilitated
and
those
who
have
suffered
for
a
long
time.
683.
Idiosyncrasy.
By
this
is
meant
a
peculiar
temperament
or
disposition
not
common
to
people
generally.
For
example,
some
persons
cannot
take
calomel
in
the
smallest
dose
without
being
salivated,
or
rhubarb
without
having
convulsions;
others
cannot
take
squills,
opium,
senna,
&c.;
and
this
peculiarity
is
called
the
patient's
idiosyncrasy,
therefore
it
is
wrong
to
insist
upon
their
taking
these
medicines.
684.
Forms
best
suited
for
Administration.
Fluids
act
quicker
than
solids,
and
powders
sooner
than
pills.
685.
Best
Method
of
Preventing
the
Nauseous
Taste
of
Medicines.
Castor
oil
may
be
taken
in
milk,
coffee,
or
spirit,
such
as
brandy;
but
the
best
method
of
covering
the
nauseous
flavour
is
to
put
a
tablespoonful
of
strained
orange
juice
in
a
wineglass,
pour
the
castor
oil
into
the
centre
of
the
juice,
and
then
squeeze
a
few
drops
of
lemon
juice
upon
the
top
of
the
oil.
The
wineglass
should
first
be
dipped,
rim
downwards,
into
water,
so
that
the
interior
may
be
wetted.
Cod
liver
oil
may
be
taken,
like
castor
oil,
in
orange
juice.
Peppermint
water
neutralizes,
to
a
great
extent,
the
nauseous
taste
of
Epsom
salts;
a
strong
solution
of
extract
of
liquorice,
that
of
aloes;
milk,
that
of
cinchona
bark;
and
cloves
that
of
senna.
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