Thomson's Conspectus of the British pharmacopoeias.

  • Anthony Todd Thomson
Date:
1852
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    or Palma Christi. Moncecia Monadelph. N. O. Euphorbiacece. Indies. Comp. Ricinine, elaiodine, raargaratine. Small quantity of volatile acrid principle in seeds. Prop. Seed inodorous; taste acrid, slightly sweetish; kernel white; oily, with a thin, dry cuticle; contained in a prickly, tricoccus capsule. Soluble in its own weight of alcohol. Oper. Cathartic; sometimes emetic. Use. For obtaining the oil. One or two of the seeds swallowed entire operate briskly; but are not used in this country. See Oleum. Qff'. Prep. Oleum Ricini, L. ROCELLA TINCTORJA. Litmus. Lacmus, L. E. Dyer's Lichen. (Cryptogamia Algce. N. O. Algce. Portland Island. %.) Use, For preparing litmus, which is chiefly employed as a dye stuff, and a test of acids : it has been exhibited internally in phthisis pul- monalis. _ ROSA CANINA. L. Rosae Caninae ; Fructus, E. Dog Rose, or Hip Pulp. (Icosand. Polygyn. N. O. Rosacece. Indigenous. T?.) Prop. Inodorous ; taste sweet, acidulous, depending on the presence of uncombined citric acid and sugar. Oper. Cooling. Use. Vide the Confection. Off. Prep. Confcctio Rosce Canines, L. ROSA CENTIFOLlA. L. E. D. Damask Rose Petals. (Class and order as above. Place unknown. T? •) Prop. Odour extremely fragrant; taste subacidulous. Oper. Laxative. Use. Scarcely used for any purpose, except for the distillation of rose water, and the formation*of a syrup. Off. Prep. Aqua Rosce, L. E. D. Syrupus Rosce, L. E. ROSA GALLICA. L. E. D. Petals of the Red Rose. (Class and order as above. Europe. T?.) Prop. Odour less fragrant than that of the damask rose ; taste bitter- ish, astringent. Oper. Astringent, tonic. Use. See the preparations of it. Off Prep. Confectio Rosce, L. E. D. Infusum Rosce, L. E. D. Mel Rosce, L. D. Syrupus Rosce, E. ROSiE OLEUM. D. E. Attar of Roses. (Volatile oil of Rosa centi- folia.) Use. A scent. ROSMARINUS. E. Rosmarinus Officinalis, D. Rosmarini Oleum, L. Rosemary. (Diandria Monogvn. N. O. Labiatce. (Lamiacece, hind- ley.) South of Europe. %.) Prop. Odour fragrant, grateful; taste aromatic, warm, bitterish ; de- pending on an essential oil, combined with camphor. Oper. Tonic, stimulant, emmenagogue, resolvent. Use. In nervous headaches, and in chlorosis, under the form of in- fusion ; but it is now scarcely ever used, unless as an adjunct, to give odour to sternutatory powders. Dose. Of the powders gr. x. to 3ss. Off Prep. Oleum Rosmarini, L. E. D. Spiritus Rosmarini, L. E. D. RUTA. L.E.D. The Leaves of Rue. (Decand. Monogyn. N. O. Rutacece. South of Europe. If.) Prop. Odour strong, ungrateful; taste bitter, pungent: acrid, so as to blister the skin ; contains a volatile oil. Oper. Acrid, narcotic, tonic, stimulant, antispasmodic, emmenagogue ? Use. In hysteria and flatulent colic, amenorrhcea; but chiefly in the form of strong infusion in clysters, in the convulsions of children. Dose. Gr. xv. to 9ij. Off. Prep. Oleum Rutce, E. D. Extractum Rutce Graveolentis, E. D. Confectio Rutce, L. D.
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