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DENTAL MEDICINE. —
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a matter of time only. Its advantages over other svstems are
well recognized.
RULES FOR REGULATING DOSES.
The doses given in this work are applicable to adult age unless
the contrary is specified ; and for the convenience of students,
the rules of Gaubins and Young for determining the proper dose
of medicines for children are furnished below.
Take the dose for an adult as unity, and for other ages as
follows :
The dose for a person of middle age being i, or i drachm,
That for a person from 14 to 21 years will be %, or 2 scruples.
It l< " yitOt yi & drachm.
7 to 14
41 « >^, or I scruple.
4 to 7 "
«« a child of 4 " %,ox 15 grains.
X 3
ti II 2 « ^, or 8 grains.
The following simple rule by Dr. Young will be found
convenient : " For children under twelve vears, the doses of
most medicines must be diminished in the proportion of the
age to the age increased by 12; thus, at two years to ^; viz:
2 I. At twenty-one the full dose may be given."
i+iz 7
Hence—
I I
For one year,
I + 12- 13
2 I
For two years,
2+12—
7
3 I
For three years,
3+ " 5
4 I
For four years,
4+ la 4
6 I
For six years.
6+12 3
At twelve years the dose is one half that of the adult. The
U. S. Dispensatory states that " To the above rules some excep-
tions are offered, in particular medicines, which require to be
DENTAL MEDICINE. —
30
a matter of time only. Its advantages over other svstems are
well recognized.
RULES FOR REGULATING DOSES.
The doses given in this work are applicable to adult age unless
the contrary is specified ; and for the convenience of students,
the rules of Gaubins and Young for determining the proper dose
of medicines for children are furnished below.
Take the dose for an adult as unity, and for other ages as
follows :
The dose for a person of middle age being i, or i drachm,
That for a person from 14 to 21 years will be %, or 2 scruples.
It l< " yitOt yi & drachm.
7 to 14
41 « >^, or I scruple.
4 to 7 "
«« a child of 4 " %,ox 15 grains.
X
ti II 2 « ^, or 8 grains.
convenient : " For children under twelve vears, the doses of
most medicines must be diminished in the proportion of the
age to the age increased by 12; thus, at two years to ^; viz:
2 I. At twenty-one the full dose may be given."
i+iz 7
Hence—
I I
For one year,
I + 12- 13
2 I
For two years,
2+12—
7
3 I
For three years,
3+ " 5
4 I
For four years,
4+ la 4
6 I
For six years.
6+12 3
At twelve years the dose is one half that of the adult. The
U. S. Dispensatory states that " To the above rules some excep-
tions are offered, in particular medicines, which require to be
