Tartaric Acid
From London's Ghost Acres
Tartaric Acid
Contents
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
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Classified as a Refrigerant and Cooling (remedies which abate thirst or unnatural heat) (415/394)
Used as a refrigerant, antiseptic, diuretic, and a weak aperient. Can be combined with sugar, essence of lemon, and water to form a “pleasant fever drink.” When combined with bicarbonate of soda, and spring water, it can form a substitute for soda water, making it slightly aperient.
Remedies Containing or to be used with Tartaric Acid
- Soda, Bicarbonate of (157/136): combined with tartaric acid and water to make an effervescing draught, and is slightly aperient.
Medical Articles Containing Tartaric Acid
- Lemonade (323/302): tartaric acid
Prescriptions Containing Tartaric Acid
Aperients and Cathartics
- Effervescing Aperient Draught (333/312): tartaric acid or lemon-juice can be added