Tannin is often given as a medicine
in pill for diarrhua and for hemorrhages.
A good astringent pill is made with three
grains of tannin and a little opium, from
one-twelfth to one-half a grain of the latter,
according to the case.
Tannin is also frequently made part of
an astringent gargle, particularly in rather
<:/zr6';^/<: (prolonged) cases of sore throat.
Tar. — An old-time remedy for chronic
bronchial trouble ; especially likely to do
good by inhalation. A tin cup containing
tar may be kept over a slow flame, in the
room with the invalid, so as to give off tar
vapor into the air. A goc d way is to have
the cup of tar in a vessel of hot water ; the
heat acting upon the water, so that it never
heats the tar so much as to decompose it.
Or it may be used with a simple inhaler.
(See Inhalation).
Tar Ointment is a valuable preparation
in some skin diseases. It will generally cure
ri)igzi'orm. For this purpose, it should be
rubbed gently but thoroughly over the ring-
worm at night (the part being, if practic-
able, then covered with a soft rag, over
which is oiled silk), and cleaned off care-
fully with warm water and castile soap in
the morning.
Taraxacum. — Everybod}^ knows the dan-
delion plant. Taraxacum dens Iconis is its
botanical name. The leaves are liked by
some people as a kind of ' ' greens ' ' for the
table. The root has long been known,
when chewed or drunk in the form of a tea,
to act upon the kidneys, increasing the flow
of water. Besides this diuretic action, it
appears also to aid in relieving torpor of the
liver.
Extract of taraxacum is the most con-
venient preparation. In ten- or twent}^-
grain does it may be taken by those who
have symptoms threatening bilious colic, or
who, from nausea, dizziness, a bitter taste,
and yellow ej^es and tongue, appear to suf-
fer from imperfect removal of bile from the
system. It is thus a mild and safe assistant
to, or perhaps substitute for, blue mass.
Tarrant's Powders. — A moderately
active and not unpleasant cooling purgative.
Dose, from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful,
according to the amount of effect desired.
Tartar Emetic. — A very harsh drug in
its effects upon the human body, unless it
be given in very small doses. Other emetics
are alwaj^s to be preferred when vomiting is
to be produced. Its greatest value is in
small doses as a sedative and expectorant in
highly inflammatory cases of pneumonia or
acute bronchitis. From one-sixteenth to
one-fourth of a grain for an adult will be
enough, every two or three hours. For
children, tartar emetic is too prostrating to
be used unless for quite exceptional reasons.
Coxe's hive syrup, formerly a common
medicine for croup, should be excluded
from the family medicine-chest, on account
of its containing tartar emetic. Aiitimonial
icine is open to the same objection ; icinc
of ipecac, is similar in effect, but much
safer.
Tartar emetic ointment is occasionally
employed as a powerful counter-irritant,
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applied to the chest or spine . It causes a sore
pustular eruption, more severe even than that
made by croton oil used in the same way.
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Presented as published in 1901. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Tannin is often given as a medicine in pill for diarrhua and for hemorrhages. A good astringent pill is made with three grains of tannin and a little opium, from one-twelfth to one-half a grain of the latter, according to the case.
Tannin is also frequently made part of an astringent gargle, particularly in rather (prolonged) cases of sore throat.
Tar. — An old-time remedy for chronic bronchial trouble ; especially likely to do good by inhalation. A tin cup containing tar may be kept over a slow flame, in the room with the invalid, so as to give off tar vapor into the air. A goc d way is to have the cup of tar in a vessel of hot water ; the heat acting upon the water, so that it never heats the tar so much as to decompose it. Or it may be used with a simple inhaler. (See Inhalation).
Tar Ointment is a valuable preparation in some skin diseases. It will generally cure ringworm. For this purpose, it should be rubbed gently but thoroughly over the ringworm at night (the part being, if practicable, then covered with a soft rag, over which is oiled silk), and cleaned off carefully with warm water and castile soap in the morning.
Taraxacum. — Everybod}^ knows the dandelion plant. Taraxacum dens Iconis is its botanical name. The leaves are liked by some people as a kind of ' ' greens ' ' for the table. The root has long been known, when chewed or drunk in the form of a tea, to act upon the kidneys, increasing the flow of water. Besides this diuretic action, it appears also to aid in relieving torpor of the liver.
Extract of taraxacum is the most convenient preparation. In ten- or twent}^- grain does it may be taken by those who have symptoms threatening bilious colic, or who, from nausea, dizziness, a bitter taste, and yellow ej^es and tongue, appear to suffer from imperfect removal of bile from the system. It is thus a mild and safe assistant to, or perhaps substitute for, blue mass.
Tarrant's Powders. — A moderately active and not unpleasant cooling purgative. Dose, from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful, according to the amount of effect desired.
Tartar Emetic. — A very harsh drug in its effects upon the human body, unless it be given in very small doses. Other emetics are alwaj^s to be preferred when vomiting is to be produced. Its greatest value is in small doses as a sedative and expectorant in highly inflammatory cases of pneumonia or acute bronchitis. From one-sixteenth to one-fourth of a grain for an adult will be enough, every two or three hours. For children, tartar emetic is too prostrating to be used unless for quite exceptional reasons. Coxe's hive syrup, formerly a common medicine for croup, should be excluded from the family medicine-chest, on account of its containing tartar emetic. Antimonial iodine is open to the same objection ; icinc of ipecac, is similar in effect, but much safer.
Tartar emetic ointment is occasionally employed as a powerful counter-irritant,
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applied to the chest or spine . It causes a sore pustular eruption, more severe even than that made by croton oil used in the same way.