On the Use of Strychnine in the Treatment of Malarious Fevers
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Strychniaj gr. i. Acid: phosphoric dil: ... 5j. Sp:vinirect: ... ... 5jjj. Aquas ... 3jj, Misce Dose, 60 minims, three times a day. Each dose therefore contains 2^th of a grain of strychnine and three minims of dilute phosphoric acid. I have given it in many cases after a course of quinine, when that remedy seemed to have lost its power ; and in some patients the fever has been cut short after a few doses of the
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