Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Physiological and Therapeutical Action of the Bromide of Potassium, Bromide of Ammonium: In Two Parts
These facts point out three Obvious, practical, and important rules which should guide the exhibi tion of the bromide of potassium, bromide Of sodi um, bromide Of ammonium, and the bromide Of lithium, so far as their absorption by the stomach is concerned. I. They should be freely diluted with water' before they are swallowed. There should be at least a drachm of water to each grain of the salt. 2. They should be taken when the stomach is empty and practically free from acid. Their administra tion fifteen minutes before a meal, or three hours after one, secures this condition, -and is therefore the best time for taking them. 3. They should be given with caution to the stomach, when there is gastric irritation or in?ammation or degeneration.
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