_For children under twelve years, 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 ⅐—viz.
2 1
—————— = —
2 + 12 7
At 21 the full dose may be given.
Every general rule however respecting the doses of medicines will have
exceptions. Thus children will bear larger doses of _Calomel_ than even
adults, and many medicines which do not affect adults, although
exhibited in considerable quantities, prove injurious even in small
doses to children.[292]
In concluding this part of the subject, it is proper to impress upon the
practitioner the importance of writing his prescriptions in legible
characters, and of avoiding all those abbreviations which are not
generally understood, or which are capable of misconstruction.[293]
ON THE PARTICULAR FORMS OF REMEDIES, AND THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES UPON
WHICH THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND ADMINISTRATION ARE TO BE REGULATED.
_SOLID FORMS._