The pocket formulary, and synopsis of the British & foreign pharmacopœias : comprising standard and approved formulæ for the preparations & compounds employed in medical practice / by Henry Beasley.

  • Beasley, Henry
Date:
1851
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Credit: The pocket formulary, and synopsis of the British & foreign pharmacopœias : comprising standard and approved formulæ for the preparations & compounds employed in medical practice / by Henry Beasley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [The commercial acid may be concentrated by distilling © it with an equal measure of oil of vitriol, until two-thirds of the nitric acid are brought over. Mr. Repwoop. ] Acipum Nitricum Fumans. Prvus. Pu. Distilled from — Tbiv of nitre and tbij of oil of vitriol. Acipum Nitrricum Ditutum. L. Nitrie acid [sp. gr. 1-42] f3iij, distilled water fZxvij. Mix. [Although the proportions are different the strength is nearly the same as in the former Pharmacopeeia, a weaker acid being used. ] Dose, from xx to mxl. E. Pure nitric acid (density 1:5) f3j, distilled water fZix. D. Pure nitric acid f3iv, distilled water fZxxix. [In the former editions of D. and E. a much stronger acid was directed under this name: EK. 1839, and D. 1826, fziij commercial nitric acid, and fsiv of water. Acidum Nitrosum Dilutum, L. 1788, was of a similar nature; equal weights of nitrous (fuming red nitrous) acid: and water. Care must be taken to dis- tinguish between these and the diluted acid of the present Pharmacoperias. | ActpumM Nirrosum. The red fuming nitric acid (nitric acid with nitrous acid gas) is so termed. See Ae lum Nitricum Fumans. In its weaker forms it is termed Aqua Fortis. Acipum Nirricum Axnconorisatum. P, Nitric acid, com- mercial, one part; rectified spirits, 3 parts. Mix. Dose, f5ss, in sugared water. Acipum Nirro-muriaticum. D. Nitro-hydrochlorie acid. Aqua Regia. Nitric acid f3j, muriatic acid fZij. Mix in a green-glass bottle, furnished with an accurately ground stopper, and keep in a cool place. Dose, 5 to 15 drops, properly diluted. Acipum Nirro-HypRocHLoricum [N1ITRO-MURIATICUM | Ditutum. Mrip. H. Mariatie acid f3iij, nitric acid f3ij, water f3v. For making the acid bath, see Balneum Acidum. Actpum Oxaticum. Acid of Sugar. Put into a glass or earthen retort equal weights of bruised sugar and nitric acid, (sp. gr. 1:286.) Connect with an adopter, and a re- ceiver furnished with a tube to convey the vapours into a chimney. Heat moderately, till the vapours cease. The
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