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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![Enemas or Clysters (Enemata). The Pharmacopoeia prescribes methods of prepariug for administration per rectum Opium, by mixing 30 min. of Tr. Opli with 2 oz. of Mucilage of Starch,— Knema Opii; Tobacco, by making an infusion of 20 grains in 8 oz. of boiling water,— Enema Tahaci. And the following purgative Clysters :— Enema AssafuetUcs.—30 grains rubbed into an emulsion with 4 oz. of water. Enema Aloes.—10 grains rubbed together with half a pint of Mucilage of Starch and 15 grains of Potassic Carbonate. Enema Terehinfliinx.—An ounce of 01. Terebinth, mixed with three-fourths of a pint of Mucilage of Starch. Enema MagnesicB Siilphatis.—An ounce of Epsom Salts dissolved in three- fourths of a pint of Mucilage of Starch, and an ounce of Olive Oil added. Suppositories [Suppositoria] are small cones of greasy matters with an intimate admixture of active drugs, for administration per rectum. The Pharmacopoaia prescribes four made with cocoa-butter, lard, and wax, vi^;.:— Snpp. MorphiaB,—Hydrargyri,—Acidi Tannici,—Plumbi Co. (Opium and Acetate of Lead) ; And three made with Curd Soap and Starch, viz.:— Supp. Ac. Carbolici cum Sapone,—Morphias c. S.,—Ac. Tannici c. S. Hypodermic Injections (Injectiones Hypodermica) are strong solutions in plain water, without spirit or appreciable amounts of free acid, for injection into the areolar tissue under the skia. The Pharmacoposia prescribes but one, Inject. Morphia Hypod., containing 5 gr. of the acetate in each drachm, or ^ gr. ia each minim. (For external application.) liOtions (Zotiones) are solutions or suspensions of drugs in water or spirit, for continuous external application. The Pharmacopoeia prescribes but two, Zotio Hydrargyri Nigra, and Lotio Hydr. Flava, containing Mercurous and Mercuric Oxide respectively, suspended in water. Xiiniments (Linimenta) are either strong tinctures, which can be painted on the skin and allowed to dry ; or mixtures containing oily matters, which enable them to be rubbed into a jDart. (See Synopsis of Compound Preparations.) Ointments (Unguenta) are admixtures of active drugs with greasy matters, preserving a soft but solid consistence, for smearing over or rubbing into the skin. (See Synopsis of Compound Preparations.) Unguentum Simplex is a mixture of white wax, lard and almond oil, without any active drug. Poultices (Cataplasmata). The Pharmacopoeia prescribes methods of making Linseed Poultice (Cat. lAni) by mixing 4 oz. of Linseed Meal gradually with half a pint of boiling water, and stirring in half an ounce of olive oil; Hemlock Poultice {Cat. ConiiJ, hj mixing an ounce of powdered Hemlock leaf with 3 of Linseed Meal, and stirring gradually into half a pint of boiling water;](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20399728_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
