Thomson's Conspectus of the British pharmacopoeias.

  • Anthony Todd Thomson
Date:
1852
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    TEREBINTHINA. L. Balsamum Canadense, E. D. Canada Balsam. An oleo-resin, obtained from the trunk after the removal of the bark. (Pinus Balsamea, palustris, ta?da. Norway Spruce Fir. Moncecia Monadelphia. N. O. Conifcrce. (Pinacece. Lindley.) Canada. J?.) TEREBINTHINA CHIA. L. E. Cyprus Turpentine. An oleo-resin, poured out from the incised trunk. (Pistacia Terehinthus. Diozcia Pentand. N. O. Terebinthacece. {Anacardiacece ?) South of Europe. T?0 TEREBINTHINA VENETA. E. Venice Turpentine. (Pinus Larix. The Larch. Class and Order of P. Balsamea. South of Europe. T?.) TEREBINTHINA VULGARIS. E. Terebinthina Vulgaris; Re- sina, D. Common Turpentine. (Pinus Silvestris, Scotch Fir. North of Europe. T? •) All these turpentines have properties in common, with something pecu- liar to each; the three former are used internally, the last only externally. Comp. Resin, volatile oil; the Canadian contains the largest proportion of oil. The rectified oil is the Camphine of chemists. Prop. Odour penetrating; taste warm, pungent, bitterish ; colour pale yellow. The Canadian and Chian are thin, limpid, transparent ; the other two thicker, viscid, and less transparent: soluble in agther and alcohol; combine with fixed oil, insoluble in water, but impart to it their flavour. Oper. Stimulant, diuretic, cathartic, astringent, rubefacient. Use. In chronic rheumatism, gleet, leucorrhcea, nephritic affections, and mucous obstructions of the urinary organs, also in haemoptysis. United with water by means of yolk of egg, they are given clysterways in colic, obstinate costiveness, and to destroy ascarides. The latter kinds enter into the composition of plasters, and are especially useful in treatment of chronic indolent ulcers. Dose. 9j. to 3j. in pills or bolus, united with powder of liquorice root; or emulsion, with mucilage or yolk of egg. Off. Prep. Oleum Terebinthince; L. E. D. Confectio Terebinthince, D. Enema Terebinthince, L. D. Linimentum Crotonis, D. Emplastra et Unguenta Varia. TEREBINTH INiE OLEUM. L. E. D. Oil of Turpentine. The vo- latile oil. Vide Oleum Terebinthince. THUS. L. D. Burgundy Pitch. Concrete resinous exudation from Pinus Palustris and Abies Excelsa. Prop. Yellow colour, agreeable odour, brittle, but, on pressure, yielding to the finger. It generally contains fragments of wood. Use. External as an ingredient of counter-irritant plaster in coughs, in lumbar pains and weakness, and in some diseases of joints. TIGLII OLEUM. L. Crotonis Olei, E. Crotonis Tiglii Oleum, D. OilofCroton. (Croton Tiglium, Moncecia Monadelphia. N. O. Eu- phorbiacece. Moluccas, j?.) An expressed oil from the seeds. Prop. Colour pale brownish-yellow ; odour none ; taste acrid, and ex- tremely permanent. Its action depends on the presence of crotonic acid. Oper. Drastic purgative, counter-irritant. Use. In apoplexy, obstinate costiveness, and whenever a quick and powerful action on the bowels is required, and externally as counter- irritant in certain diseases of chest and abdomen. Dose. From try. to THjij. made into pills with crumb of bread; or rubbed up with mucilage and syrup. TINCTURA ACETATIS FERR1. D. Tincture of Acetate of Iron, See Ferri Acetatis Tinctura. Prop. Taste extremely styptic. Oper. Tonic, astringent. Use. In dyspepsia, chlorosis, hvsteria, and rachitis. Dose. TRxx. to f5j. in a glassful of water.
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