The elements of therapeutics : a clinical guide to the action of medicines / by C. Binz ; tr. from the 5th German ed., and ed., with additions, in conformity with the British and American pharmacopoeias, by Edward I. Sparks.

  • Binz, Carl, 1832-1913.
Date:
1877
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Credit: The elements of therapeutics : a clinical guide to the action of medicines / by C. Binz ; tr. from the 5th German ed., and ed., with additions, in conformity with the British and American pharmacopoeias, by Edward I. Sparks. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    filtrate, and sugar 3viij. added, and enongii dilute acetic acid to make Oij.) Dose, TT]^v.—x. (16.) Suppositoria Opii, U.S. (Extract of opium, oil oi tlieobroma ; 1 grain in each.) (17.) Vinum Opii. (Extract of opium, cinnamon bark, cloves, sherry wine; gr. j. of extract opii in Hlxxij., B.P. ; 1 pt. dried opium in 7i, U.S.). Dose, TTlx.—xl., B.P.; ^\Y. —Ix., U.S. The following preparations also contain opium :— (1.) Tindura CawpliorcB Composita, B.P.; Tinctura Op)ii CampjliOTcda, U.S. (Opium, benzoic acid, camphor, oil of anise, proof spirit; contains 1 pt. powdered opium in 240, or gr. ij. in §j. The U.S. preparation has clarified honey and dilute alcohol, without proof spirit; gr. iss. in §j.) Dose, iri_xv.—Ix., B.P. ; 3j.—iv., U.S. The three expectorant drugs which this preparation contains appear to act upon the bronchial secretion, while the opium reduces the severity of the reflex irritation to which the cough is due. This remedy is therefore applicable to cases in which the expectoration is scanty and laborious, and the cough hacking and weari- some. It is best given uncombined with any other drug, being in itself a sufficiently complicated preparation. (2.) Ptdvis Ipecacuanhce Compositus. Dover's Powder. (Ipecacuanha, 1 pt., opium, 1 pt., sulphate of potash, 8 pts.) Dose, gr. v.—x. This preparation is said to be rendered less constipating and heating than the preceding prepara- tions by the sulphate of potash which it contains, and a better antispasmodic by the ipecacuanha. It is, however, doubtful whether the small quantity of these two substances which it contains in addition to the opium really exerts any material action. We must not lay much stress on the state- ment that Dover's powder does not constipate. (3.) Pllula Ipjecacuanhm cum Scillce, B.P. (1 in 23). Dose, gr. v.—x. (4.) PilulaPlumUcumOpio,B.P. (1 in8). Dose,^.iv.—viij.