Thomson's Conspectus of the British pharmacopoeias.

  • Anthony Todd Thomson
Date:
1852
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    bitter ; colour liver-brown ; solid, brittle, deliquescent; decomposed by water, and exposure to the air. Oper. Expectorant, diaphoretic ; externally detergent. Use. It has been given in chronic asthma, but without much benefit ; chronic catarrh and rheumatism ; arthritic cases ; herpetic, and other cutaneous diseases ; and cancer. Its solution is useful as a wash in scabies, lepra, psoriasis, and tinea capitis. It was formerly improperly used as an antidote against arsenical and saturnine poisons. Dose. Gr. iij. to gr. v. combined with soap, or extract of conium, in pills twice or thrice a day. Incomp. Acids, acidulous salts, metallic and earthy salts. PRUNUM. L. Pruna, D. E. Prunes. (Prunus domestica. Icosan- dria Monogynia. N. O. Rosacea. {Drupacece, Lindley.) South of Europe. Prop. Odour weak; taste sweet, acidulous. Oper. Cooling, laxative, nutrient. Use.. In costiveness attended with heat and irritation; an article of diet and in fever. Off Prep. Confectio Senncs, L. E. D. PRUNUS LAURO-CERASUS. D. Cherry Laurel. (Cerasus Lauro- Cerasus. Icosandria Monogynia. N. O. Rosacece. {Drupacece, Lind- ley.) %.) Prop. Taste bitter ; odour, when bruised, that of bitter almonds : contains hydrocyanic acid and an essential oil — hydruret of benzule. Oper. Sedative, diuretic. Use. In spasmodic coughs, and all affections in which hydrocyanic acid is useful. PTEROCARPUS. L. E. D. Red Sanders Wood. (Pterocarpus San- talinus (Erinaceus, D.). Diadelph. Decand. N. O. Legumino&ce* {Fabacece, Lindley.) East Indies. lj>.) Prop. Aromatic odour, nearly insipid ; colour bright deep red. Use. As a colouring material. PULEGII OLEUM. See Oleum Pulegii. PULeGIUM. L. E. D. Pennyroyal. {Didynamia Gymnospermia, N. O. Labiatce. {Lamiacece, Lindley.) Indigenous. 1L.) Prop. Odour aromatic; taste warm, pungent; not unlike that of spearmint. Oper. Carminative, expectorant, diaphoretic, emmenagogue. Use. Nausea, cardialgia, flatulent colic, in amenorrhcea, and formerly in asthma and pertussis. Dose. Gr. x. to 3j. Off Prep. Aqua Pulegii, L. E. Aqtia Menthce Pulegii, D. Oleum Pulegii, L. E. Oleum Menthce Pulegii, D. Spiritus Pulegii, L. Essentia Menthce Pulegii, D. PULVERES EFFERVESCENTES. E. Effervescing Powders. {Tar- taric Acid Bicarbonate of Soda 3). gr. 54: to be kept separately in powder ; l-16th of each to be dissolved and mixed.) PULVERES EFFERVESCENTES CITRATI. D. Citrated Effer- vescing Powders. (Acidi Citrici Crystallizati 5jx., Sodce Bicarbonatis 3xj. {vel Potass^ Bicarbonatis 3xiij.) Reduce the acid and alkaline bicarbonates separately to a fine powder, and divide each into eighteen parts. The acid and alkaline powders should be kept in papers of different colours.) PULVERES EFFERVESCENTES TARTARIZATI. D. Tarta- rized Effervescing Powders. {Acidi Tartarici Crystallizati 3x., Sodce Bicarbonatis 3xj. {vel Potassce Bicarbonatis 3xiij.) Powder and pre- serve in the same manner as the preceding.) Oper. and Use. This and the two preceding preparations are similar. Refrigerant and antiphlogistic in febrile affections. PULVIS ALOES COMPOSITUS. L. Compound Powder of Aloes. {Aloes Socotrince vel Hepaticce 3jss., Guaiaci Res. Pulv. Cinmm.
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