The British pharmacopoeia / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, pursuant to the Acts XXI. & XXII. Victoria, CAP. XC. (1858) and XXV. & XXVI. Victoria, CAP. XCI. (1862).

  • General Medical Council.
Date:
1899
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Credit: The British pharmacopoeia / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, pursuant to the Acts XXI. & XXII. Victoria, CAP. XC. (1858) and XXV. & XXVI. Victoria, CAP. XCI. (1862). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Peel may be used in preparing Compound Infusion of Orange Peel, Compound Infusion of Gentian, Syrup of Lemon, and Tincture of Lemon. SupposiTOEiA.—More or less White Beeswax, according to prevailing temperatures, may be used in place of an equiva- lent amount of Oil of Theobroma in India and the Colonies, when otherwise the Suppositories of the Text of the Pharma- copoeia would be too soft for convenient use. Syrupus Ehceados.—In India and the Colonies, when prevailing high temperatures render this preparation liable to ferment, the proportion of Alcohol (90 per cent.) may be increased, but not to more than double the proportion stated in the Text of the Pharmacopoeia, an equivalent quantity of Distilled Water being omitted. Unguenta.—In India and the Colonies, more or less Indurated Lard, Prepared Suet, Yellow Beeswax, or White Beeswax, may be employed in the preparation of the Oint- ments of the Text of the Pharmacopoeia or of the Addendum, when prevailing high temperatures otherwise render the basis too soft for convenient use ; but the official proportion of the active ingredient must in all cases be maintained. II. ARTICLE EMPLOYED IN CHEMICAL TESTING. PYROGALLOL. Synony^n.—Fyrogallic Acid. The pure light feathery crystals, C6H3(OH)3, of commerce. III. LIST OF BOOKS BEFEBBED TO, CONTAINING PLATES OF OFFICIAL PLANTS ETC. *,* Books not given here will be found in the list contairted in Appendix X. oj the Briiish Fharn7aco])ocia 1898. Asiatick Researches. ^0 vols. 8vo. Calcutta, 1788—1839. Beddome, K. H., Flora SyVvatica for Southern India. 2 vols. 4to, 359 PI. Madras, 1869—1873.
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