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 solution in vacuo to the consistency of syrup, and set it aside for two or.three days, Press the crystalline mass between folds of blotting paper, and purify by repeated crystallization from hot water. Dose, er. i to ij. ALLoxanuM. Alloxane. To nitric acid of 1:45 to 1°5 density, in a porcelain vessel, gradually add half its weight of dry uric acid, mixing each portion very carefully and waiting till the effervescence is over, and the liquid cold, before adding more. Put the mass on porous paper, or brick, for 24 hours, to dry ; then dissolve it by heat in its own weight of water, filter, and set aside in a warm place, that crystals may form. Diuretic; dose and uses unde- termined. ALUMEN Exsiccatum. L. E.—Siccatum, D. Dried or burnt alum. Melt alum in an earthen (porcelain, D. or iron, E.) vessel, and increase the heat till it ceases to boil. [Reduce to powder FE. & D.] ALUMEN SaccHaRInuM. Alum 3vj, whitelead 3vj, sulphate of zinc 3iij, white sugar iss. Mix the powder into a paste with vinegar and white of egg. Used in eye-waters and cosmetic washes. Atumina. Harth of Alum. Dissolve alum in water, and precipitate by carbonate of potash; wash the precipitate freely with distilled water; re-dissolve it in hydrochloric acid, precipitate by ammonia, and wash it as before. ALUMIN® Acretas. Dissolve fresh precipitated alumina in strong acetic acid; filter the solution, and evaporate it to a gelatinous consistence. ALUMINZ Tannas. An article has been sold under this name which does not appear to be a definite compound, and contains but little tannin. AMMONIZ Aqua. See Liquor Ammonie. AMMONIZ AcrTaTis Aqua, E.; Liquor, D. See Liquor Ammonie Acetatis. AMMONI& ARSENIAS. Saturate solution of arsenic acid with ammonia (which should be in slight excess), and evaporate by a gentle heat, that crystals may form on cooling. See Liquor Arseniatis Ammonie. AMMONIZ Bunzoas. Mix benzoic acid with eight parts of water, and add a slight excess of ammonia. Digest the
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