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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    | ee i nected with a boiler. Filter the distilled water thro wet paper. [Another method is to add the above thin pi (after 24 hours’ maceration) to water already boiling i the still, which is to be immediately luted.] Prus, Bitter almonds fbij; bruise, and free them from their fat of by expression, without heat. Let the cake, reduced powder, be rubbed with fbx of water, and Ziv of rectifier spirit added. Distil tbij,as above. It contains two-thirdt of a grain of anhydrous acid in 3j. Dose, from 10 60 drops. [There are many other formule for this wala in the foreign pharmacopeeias, differing widely in strength) but most of them very powerful. M. H#NLE proposes t mix 38s of essential oil of bitter almonds, and 3x 0) diluted hydrocyanic acid (L.) with xij of distilled water The mixture to be well shaken, and then filtered. For another substitute see Einulsio Amygdale cum Amyg dalina. Dose of the above preparations, from 10 to 4¢ drops. <A concentrated water, obtained in distilling the essential oil, is sometimes used to flavour confectionery and as an external application: but for internal use ae remedy is rarely prescribed in this country, not often in France, but more frequently in Germany, in the above doses. An overdose proves rapidly fatal. A very dilute almond water is sometimes sold for Aqua Cerasi Nigriz water slightly impregnated with the essential oil (6 drops to Oij) has also been prescribed as Aqua Amygd. Am; it is therefore important that the dispenser should ascertalm what kind is intended. ] Aqua Anetut. L. & E. Bruised dill-seeds tbjss, rrectil fied spirit fZiij, E.], water Cij; distil Cj. Or [L. ] essential oil of dill f3ij, ground flint 3ij; rab together, then with Cj, of distilled water, and filter. D. As Aqu Anisi, : Aqua ANGELICH, P, Angelica seeds fbiij, water q. s. Distil Cj. [Guibourt directs the root. ] 4 Aqua Antsi. D. Essence of anise f3j, distilled wate Oiv; mix with agitation, and filter through paper. [Ps directs it to be made from the seeds, as Aqua Angelica. ] — Aqua Antsi STELLaTI, From star-anise or badian seeds ; as: Aqua Anisi, P. 30 THE POCKET FORMULARY. i entiinjees ee Satta =e,
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