Materia medica : a manual for the use of students / by Isambard Owen.
- Owen, Isambard, Sir.
- Date:
- 1883
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Materia medica : a manual for the use of students / by Isambard Owen. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![retains the minute portion of the oil it is capable of dissolving. The Pharmacoposia prescribes processes for distilling these luaters from veget- able drugs or essential oils, but they are practically procured as above. Aqua Camphorffi and Aqua Chloroformi are prepared simply by shaking the two drugs up with water. Syrups {Syrupi). The Pharmacopceial syrups are prepared by adding large proportions of sugar or syrup to the fresh juices of Lemon, Mulberry, and Buckthorn fruit; Solutions of Chloral, of Phosphate, and of Iodide, of Iron; Specially made infusions of Semidesmua, Poppy, Zed Poppy, Red Hose, and Senna; A special decoction of Tolu; A speciitl tincture of Rhubarb ; The officinal Tinctures of Orange Peel and Cringer; ,, ,, Vinegar of Squill j Orange Flower Water. To some a little spu-it is added for preservation. Simple Syrup (Syrupus) is jorepared by dissolving sugar in half its weight of water, the product giving 6 parts of sugar in 7. Mucilages {Mucilagines) are solutions of colloid substances in water. The Pharmacopojia prescribes three, of Gum-arabic, Starch, and Tragacanth. Glycerines (Glycerina) are solutions in glycerine. The Pharmacopoeia prescribes four such solutions, of Borax, of Tannic, Gallic, and Carbolic Acids, each prepared by dissolving 1 part in 4, making 4^. ' Also a translucent jelly, Glyceriiium Amyli, for use as an ointment, pre- pared by heating 1 part of starch with 8 of glycerine. Oils {Olea) are solutions in fixed oils. The Pharmacopoeia prescribes one only, Oleum Phosphoratum;—Almond Oil saturated with Phosphorus, containing grain in 10 minims. Honey {Md). Mel Boracis is a solution of Borax in 7 parts of Clarified Honey. Oxymel is a mixture of Clarified Honey Avith an eighth part of Acetic Acid and the same of water. Oxymel Scillfe is a mixture of Clarified Honey with Vinegar of Squill, evaporated to a thick consistency. Dilute Acids {Adda Diluta) are Acids diluted with water to a strength convenient for dispensing. The Pharmacopoeia prescribes Ac. Sulp]|iuricum Dil., containing Sjp.c. of the''Acidvmi. ,, Aceticum Dil., ,, ISj p.c. „ ,, „ Nitricum Dil., „ 20 p.c. ,, „ „ Hydrochloricum Dil. „ 30 p.c. ,, ,, Phosphoricum Dil., „ 13.8 p.c of Phosphoric Acid, H3 PO *. „ Hydi'ocyanicum Dil., ,, 2 p.c. of Prussia Acid HON. {The last two are prescribed in the Pharmacopeia in the diluted form only.) Also: —Ac. Sulphuricum Aromaticum,—7 p.c. of the Acidum in Rectified SpMt, flavoured with Cinnamon and Ginger,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20399728_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
