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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    Apreprs Prmparatus. L. 1842. Cnt the raw -hog’s fat into pieces, melt it over a slow fire, and strain through linen. L. 1836, and D. direct the lard of the shops to be well washed with water. ApDEps OxycEenatTus., See Unguentum Acidi Nitrosi. [An other preparation of lard, intended to facilitate its com. bination with quicksilver, may here be described. The fat is melted and poured in a shower or fine stream into a large vessel filled with cold water; it is then placed on a hair or wicker sieve, in a cool dry cellar, for a few weeks or months. | ADEPS OvitLUs Przparatus. Mutton suet is prepared in the same way as lard. Other fats are similarly treated. AiRUGO Prmparata. Verdigris (diacetate of copper) was formerly prepared in the same manner as chalk. But D. directs it to be prepared by trituration and sifting. /ATHER AcETiIcus. Prus. Pa. Take 3xx of acetate of soda, or as much as will weigh 3xij when perfectly dried ; add to it in a tubulated glass retort, 3xiv of oil of vitriol previously mixed with 3xiv of alcohol (‘810 to °813) ; distil Zxij into a receiver kept quite cold; agitate this with a solution of acetate of potash (containing 2 its weight of the salt) ; separate the ether and distil it with a gentle heat over 3] of calcined magnesia. Doseg 10 to 30 drops. Sp. gr. 885 to °890. AATHER CANTHARIDALIS. GirrinceR. Powdered cantha- rides 1 part, ether 2 parts; digest for 3 days, and express. THER CuHLoRIcUs. The so-called medicinal chloric ether is an alcoholic solution of chloroform, of variable strength. Mr. Redwood states that what is sold in this country con- sists of one part of chloroform to six or eight of aleohol. _ Dose, mxx to xxx in water, as an antispasmodic. ATHER Muriaticus. Into a retort connected with a Woolfe’s apparatus, put equal weights of alcohol and muriatic acid, and distil with a gentle heat. The first bottle should contain a little warm water, and the others be surrounded with ice. Dose, m xx to f 3ss. EtHEeR Nirricus. Nitrous, or Hyponitrous Ather. E. Rectified spirit fyxv, pure nitric acid fZvij. Put the spirit, with a little clean sand, into a quart matrass fitted
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