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Dover's powder was a traditional medicine against cold and fever developed by Thomas Dover. It is no longer in use in modern medicine, but may have been in use at least through the 1960s. A 1958 source describes Dover's Powder as follows:"Powder of Ipecacuanha and Opium (B.P., Egyp. P., Ind. P.). Pulv. Ipecac. et Opii; Ipecac and Opium Powder (U.S.N.F.); Dover's Powder; Compound Ipecacuanha Powder. Prepared ipecacuanha, 10 g., powdered opium 10 g., lactose 80 g. It contains 1% of anhydrous morphine. Dose: 320 to 640 mg. (5 to 10 grains). Many foreign pharmacies include a similar powder, sometimes with potassium sulphate or with equal parts of potassium nitrate and potassium sulphate in place of lactose; max. single dose 1 to 1.5 g. and max. in 24 hours 4 to 6 g."

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  • Dover's powder was a traditional medicine against cold and fever developed by Thomas Dover. It is no longer in use in modern medicine, but may have been in use at least through the 1960s. A 1958 source describes Dover's Powder as follows:"Powder of Ipecacuanha and Opium (B.P., Egyp. P., Ind. P.). Pulv. Ipecac. et Opii; Ipecac and Opium Powder (U.S.N.F.); Dover's Powder; Compound Ipecacuanha Powder. Prepared ipecacuanha, 10 g., powdered opium 10 g., lactose 80 g. It contains 1% of anhydrous morphine. Dose: 320 to 640 mg. (5 to 10 grains). Many foreign pharmacies include a similar powder, sometimes with potassium sulphate or with equal parts of potassium nitrate and potassium sulphate in place of lactose; max. single dose 1 to 1.5 g. and max. in 24 hours 4 to 6 g." Named from Doctor Thomas Dover, an English physician of the eighteenth century who first prepared it, the powder was an old preparation of powder of ipecacuanha (which was formerly used to produce syrup of ipecac), opium in powder, and potassium sulfate. The powder was largely used in domestic practice to induce sweating, to defeat the advance of a "cold" and at the beginning of any attack of fever. It was also known by the name pulvis ipecacuanhae et opii. To obtain the greatest benefits from its use as a sudorific, it was recommended that copious drafts of some warm and harmless drink be ingested after the use of the powder. The following excerpt from a report penned by a Doctor Sharp, employed in the British naval service in the West Indies, in this case, in Trinidad, in 1818, illustrates its use. He writes : At this period, thirty cases of acute dysentery also occurred amongst them and although nineteen of the number were men who arrived in the island from Europe on the 1st and 12th of June, yet, the symptoms even in them were equally as mild as in the assimilated soldier, and the disease yielded to the common remedies – viz – bleeding when the state of the vascular system appeared to indicate the use of it, but in general, saline purgatives in small and repeated quantities were only necessary with small doses at bed time, of calomel and opium, infusion of ipecacuanha or Dover’s powder, and this with tonics, moderate use of port wine and a light farinaceous diet generally and speedily accomplished a perfect case. (en)
  • La poudre de Dover, ou poudre d'ipécacuana opiacée, est un médicament traditionnel présenté sous forme de poudre et constitué d'un mélange d'ipécacuana (utilisé autrefois pour produire le sirop d'ipéca), d'opium en poudre et de sulfate de potassium. Mise au point par un médecin anglais du XVIIIe siècle, Thomas Dover, d'où son nom, elle était employée contre le rhume et la fièvre. Elle n'est plus utilisée en médecine depuis les années 1960. La poudre de Dover, connue également sous le nom de pulvis ipecacuanhae et opii ou pulvis doveri, avait un grand usage domestique pour induire la sudation, pour freiner l'avancée d'un rhume et au début des attaques de fièvre. Pour favoriser son pouvoir sudorifique, il était recommandé d'ingérer de grandes gorgées d'une boisson chaude et inoffensive après son absorption. En France, la poudre de Dover a été inscrite au Codex français de 1837. Sa composition avait été modifiée avec le retrait de la poudre de réglisse. (fr)
  • La polvere di Dover era una medicina tradizionale utilizzata contro le sindromi da raffreddamento e la febbre. La polvere veniva ampiamente utilizzata nella pratica domestica per indurre sudorazione e sconfiggere l'avanzare del "freddo" all'inizio di un attacco di febbre. Era anche conosciuta con il nome di pulvis et ipecacuanhae opii0. Non è più in uso nella medicina moderna. (it)
  • 杜佛氏散(英語:Dover's powder)別稱吐根阿片散或複方吐根散,是一種用來醫治感冒和發燒症狀的傳統藥物,得名於其開發者英國醫師湯瑪士·杜佛,並約在1960年代後完全不再應用於現代醫學中。 (zh)
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  • La polvere di Dover era una medicina tradizionale utilizzata contro le sindromi da raffreddamento e la febbre. La polvere veniva ampiamente utilizzata nella pratica domestica per indurre sudorazione e sconfiggere l'avanzare del "freddo" all'inizio di un attacco di febbre. Era anche conosciuta con il nome di pulvis et ipecacuanhae opii0. Non è più in uso nella medicina moderna. (it)
  • 杜佛氏散(英語:Dover's powder)別稱吐根阿片散或複方吐根散,是一種用來醫治感冒和發燒症狀的傳統藥物,得名於其開發者英國醫師湯瑪士·杜佛,並約在1960年代後完全不再應用於現代醫學中。 (zh)
  • Dover's powder was a traditional medicine against cold and fever developed by Thomas Dover. It is no longer in use in modern medicine, but may have been in use at least through the 1960s. A 1958 source describes Dover's Powder as follows:"Powder of Ipecacuanha and Opium (B.P., Egyp. P., Ind. P.). Pulv. Ipecac. et Opii; Ipecac and Opium Powder (U.S.N.F.); Dover's Powder; Compound Ipecacuanha Powder. Prepared ipecacuanha, 10 g., powdered opium 10 g., lactose 80 g. It contains 1% of anhydrous morphine. Dose: 320 to 640 mg. (5 to 10 grains). Many foreign pharmacies include a similar powder, sometimes with potassium sulphate or with equal parts of potassium nitrate and potassium sulphate in place of lactose; max. single dose 1 to 1.5 g. and max. in 24 hours 4 to 6 g." (en)
  • La poudre de Dover, ou poudre d'ipécacuana opiacée, est un médicament traditionnel présenté sous forme de poudre et constitué d'un mélange d'ipécacuana (utilisé autrefois pour produire le sirop d'ipéca), d'opium en poudre et de sulfate de potassium. Mise au point par un médecin anglais du XVIIIe siècle, Thomas Dover, d'où son nom, elle était employée contre le rhume et la fièvre. Elle n'est plus utilisée en médecine depuis les années 1960. En France, la poudre de Dover a été inscrite au Codex français de 1837. Sa composition avait été modifiée avec le retrait de la poudre de réglisse. (fr)
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  • Dover's powder (en)
  • Polvere di Dover (it)
  • Poudre de Dover (fr)
  • 杜弗氏散 (zh)
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