pulv.
Americanabbreviation
Etymology
Origin of pulv.
From the Latin word pulvis
Example Sentences
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Balls composed of camphor, pulv. uva ursi, tinct. ferri mur., mass purg., and pulv. lini. et gum. arab., were administered morning, noon, and night.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
He was ordered 12 grains of pulv. fol. cicutæ and 1 of Digitalis twice a day.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William
Give the following powder: Soda salicylate, 3 ounces; salol, 2 ounces; pulv. gentian root, 2 ounces.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)
Give internally the following powder: Pulv. gentian, 4 ounces; puv. slippery elm, 1 ounce; puv. charcoal, 1 ounce; pulv. hyposulphate of soda.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)
Digital, pulv. with 2 gr. of merc. alcalis. were ordered night and morning, and an infusion of bark and rhubarb with steel wine to be given in the day time.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William
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