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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    ANTIMONTI ET SoODII SULPHURETUM. SCHLIPPE’s Antimo- nial Salt. M. VANDEN Corput. Mix 8 parts of efflo- resced sulphate of soda, 6 of sulphuret of antimony, and 3 of charcoal, and expose to a red-heat, in a covered Hessian crucible till the fused mass ceases to throw up ascum. Boi] the residue in a porcelain vessel with 1 part of sulphur, and sufficient distilled water, and set the filtered liquor aside for crystallization. ANTIMONII SUBHYDROSULPHAS. See Kermes Minerale, Antimonii Tannas, Add to a decoction of cinchona bark a solution of potassio-tartrate of antimony as long as a precipitate is thrown down; collect and dry the precipitate. It may also be made with a solution of tannin instead of the decoction. Dose, iij to viij grs. in some mucilaginous liquid, as a contra-stimulant. ANTIMONIUM TaRTARIzATUM. E. & D. See Antimonii Po- tassio-tartras. AnTIMoNIUM ViTRIFAcTUM. Glass of Antimony. L. 1788. Burn powdered (sesquisulphuret of) antimony in a shallow earthen vessel till the sulphurous vapours cease. Put it into a crucible, of which it will occupy two-thirds, and, having fitted a cover, apply a gradually increased heat till the matter fuses; and pour it on to an iron plate, Uncertain and violent in its operation. ANTIMONII ViTRUM CrRATuM. L, 1746 and Dr. Youna. Melt 3j of yellow wax in an iron ladle, and add 3j of glass of antimony infine powder. Keep it over a genile fire, free from flame, for about half an hour, or till it becomes nearly the colour of snuff. Pour it out on white paper, and when cold, reduce it to powder. Dose, from gr. iv—x, in dysentery. ApozEMA ANTIscoRBUTICUM. P, Roots of burdock, pa- tience, and horseradish, fresh leaves of scurvy-grass, buck: bean, and water-cress, each 3ss, boiling water Oiijss. Infuse for 2 hours, strain, and press; let the sediment subside, and decant, By wine-glassfuls. ApozEMA ANTI-coLicuM. DxEGLAND’s mixture for Lead Colic. Senna 3ij, sulphate of soda 3j, syrup of buckthorn 3ij, water 3xvj. By glassfuls, ApozEMA ConTRA-STIMULANS. Lannnec. See Mistura Antimonialis,
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