MIXTURE, HOPE'S
\mˈɪkst͡ʃə], \mˈɪkstʃə], \m_ˈɪ_k_s_tʃ_ə]\
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A mixture recommended by Mr. Hope in diarrhoea and dyseutery. It is essentially a nitrate of morphia. Although the proposer employed the acidum nitrosum of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia, nitric acid is generally used. Dose, a fourth part every three or four hours.
By Robley Dunglison
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