Volume 174702

The British dispensatory, containing a faithful translation of the new London Pharmacopoeia, published by the College of Physicians ... To which are joined, in a compendious manner, the whole contents of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia; with notes explanatory and additional.

Date:
1747
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Credit: The British dispensatory, containing a faithful translation of the new London Pharmacopoeia, published by the College of Physicians ... To which are joined, in a compendious manner, the whole contents of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia; with notes explanatory and additional. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Jeaft as much acid before it is fatiate, as volatile alkaline fait, and-will therefore. feparate a quantity from fal am- - snoniac equal to its owns it appears thence an unnecef- _ farysexpence, toadd more than.a quantity. equal in H) weight to;the fal ammoniac.. ys yp ay aye | pe , The Edinburgh difpenfatory judicioufly (from the _ xeafon abovementioned) orders equal quantities of fal ba i ‘ hoe -_ ammoniac and fait of tartar. aoe Se ; ‘ is jt ° e . 2 i Spiritus falis ammoniaci dulcis. ae “in wii shor’ oRTERE fpirit of fal ammoniac. | Take of any fixed alkaline falt half a pound, fal ammoniac four, ounces, proof fpirit three pints 5. the fpirit, may be obtained by diftillation, with a. gentle heat, in the proportion of a pint.and half. (c): ee (c) Unlefs fpirit of wine is fuppofed capable of dul- _ cifying all other fpecies of ‘bodies, as well as acid fpirits, one muf wonder whence this new name came to be given to this compofition; as it is evident from experiment, ’ that volatile fale fuffers. no, change on being mixed . with fpirit of wine, ' except the being diffolved by its: aqueous part. = ul 46 : «Spiritus volatilis foetidus, © Feetid volatile fpirit. ™ Take‘of fixed alkaline falt one pound and half, ‘fal ammoniac one pound, afa feetida four ounces, proof fpirit fix pints ; the fpirit may be procured by __ diftilling with a gentle heat, in the quantity of five ey” Con, t Spiritusvolatilis aromaticus, Aromatic velblopistt Take of effence of lemons, and eflential oil of ~ nutmegs, each two drachms, effential oil of cloves. halfa drachm, fweet fpirit of fal ammoniac two _. pints; diftil them with a very flow fire. (4): aie . . Ui ow rs pe ‘ Si i a yee i oat (a) This is the moft elegant and confiftent compo- ~~ fision which has ever been inferted in any difpenfatory, — A As, li oa ei YT aa iy ' eF we ” A ‘ We i] ,