If the oil be pure and freed from all extraneous matters, and the livers from which it is procured be in a recent and not in a putrid state, there is little apprehension as to any disagreeable effects following its exhibition; in some cases, however, it has been found to disorder the bowels in a slight degree upon commencing its use, but that speedily subsides, and has rarely required the aid of remedies to counteract such effects.
Externally it may be used by itself, or in combination with ammonia, or camphor, spermaceti, wax, &c., according to the intention with which it is employed, and which it is hardly necessary to say should be under the direction of a professional adviser.
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A COMPENDIUM of DOMESTIC MEDICINE, and COMPANION to the MEDICINE CHEST. Comprising Plain Directions for the Employment of Medicines—their Properties and Doses—Brief Descriptions of the Symptoms and Treatment of Diseases—Disorders incidental to Infants and Children—Directions for restoring Suspended Animation—Counteracting the Effects of Poison—A Selection of the most Efficacious Prescriptions and various Mechanical Auxiliaries to Medicine.
By JOHN SAVORY, Member of the Society of Apothecaries, and late President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.