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.

  • Karl Binz
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.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    stem, wMch may be three feet and upwards in length, possesses the property, when dried, of swelling up con- siderably under the influence of heat and moisture, and it is used in the form of tents for dilating the os uteri, &c. Care should be taken that all irritating sea salt is thoroughly removed by maceration. The stem of the officinal gentian has been recommended for the same purpose. Mastiche, B.P., U.S. MasticJi, A resinous exudation from artificial incisions in the bark of Pistacia Lentiscus (Terebinthinacese), a shrubby tree growing in the South of Europe. Used chiefly in the preparation of pills and plasters, and [as a solution in aether (4:1) applied on cotton wool as a temporary stopping for decayed teeth.] Mel. Honey. It consists chiefly of inverted sugar, a mixture of syrupy levulose (fruit sugar), and crystallisable dextrose {grape sugur), and also contains some acid substances, with lime and gum. When heated with water, filtered, and after- wards evaporated, the latter constituents are almost entirely removed. It is chiefly used as an addition to other medicines and as a vehicle for powders. Preparations :— (1.) Mel Depuratum, B.P. ; Despumatum, U.S.; Clarified honey. (2.) Mel Boracis (Sodii Boratis). (Borax, 1 pt., clarified honey, 7 pts., B.P. j 1 and 8, U.S.) [Used to destroy the didium albicans, in infants' mouths, but is inferior to the glycerin of borax for that purpose.] (3.) Oxymel, B.P, Clarified honey, acetic acid, distilled <