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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    AmMmonti® Succinas. Mix one part of pure succinic acid with four parts of water, and add ammonia in slight ex. cess; filter, evaporate, and crystallize. This compound is also prepared in a liquid form by saturating spirit of hartshorn with succinic acid. Antispasmodic and sudorific. AMMONIO-cITRAS FERRI. See Ferri Ammonio-citras. AMMONIACUM Prz=paRaTUM. L. Boil lump ammoniacum in sufficient water to cover it, strain through a hair sieve, and evaporate it so far that it shall be hard when it is cold. AMYGDALINA. Boil well pressed cake of bitter almonds twice in strong alcohol; strain through linen, and press. the residue. Remove any oil that may appear, heat the liquid again, and filter. In a few days, part of the amygda- line crystallizes. Concentrate the residuary liquor to a sixth part, and add ether, which will throw down the amygdaline. Press it between blotting-paper, wash it with ether, re-dissolve in boiling alcohol, and set aside to crystallize. [Seventeen grains with fZiss of sweet almond emulsion form a substitute for (strong) Aqua Amygdale Amare. This quantity is equivalent to one grain of real prussic acid, or 50 grains (55m) of Ac. Hydroe, dil. Ps L.] Amy. Iopipum. Dr. Bucuanan. Triturate 24 grains of iodine with a little water, and gradually add 3} of powdered white starch. Continue the trituration till the compound assumes a deep and uniform colour. Dose, from 43ss, gradually increased to 5iv or more. AMYLUM CUM CERA. Melt wax, and stir it into four times its weight of starch or arrow-root. Demulcent. ANTHRACOKALI. Poyna. Carbonate of potash, <vj, lime, Siiiss, water, Oiv. Proceed as in making liquor potassee, | and concentrate the clear solution by boiling i in an iron vessel, till an oily-looking liquid remains; then stir in’ sv of finely-powdered mineral coal; remove ‘from the fire, and continue stirring till the whole is reduced to an uni- form powder, which is to be immediately put into small dry bottles. Dose, gr.ii, twice or thrice a day, for skin” diseases, Bgretiia, chronic rheumatism, &c.
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