Thomson's Conspectus of the British pharmacopoeias.

Anthony Todd Thomson

Date:: 1852

Credit: Thomson's Conspectus of the British pharmacopoeias. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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${Cinchona Pallida cont. 3viij , Spiritus ten. Oij. Macerate for seven days, express, and strain.) Oper.y Use, and Dose. Same as Tinct Cinchonae. TINCTURA CINNAMOMI. I,E. Tincture of Cinnamon. (Cinna- momi contusi Siijss-, Spirit, tenuioris Oij. Macerate for seven days, express, and strain.) Oper. Astringent, stomachic. Use. As an adjunct to astringent infusions ; in chronic diarrhoea and dysentery ; in dyspepsia, added to bitter infusions. Dose. f3j. to i'3ij. TINCTURA CINNAMOMI COMPoSXTA. L. E D. Compound Tincture of Cinnamon. (Cinnam. cont. 3j-> Cardam. cont. 3ss.. Piperis Longi contrita, Zingiberis contusi sing. 3ijss., Spir, ten. Oij. Ma- cerate for seven days, express, and si rain. L. Cmnamomi Car- damomi $}., Zingiberis 3ss., Spir. tenuior. Oij. Macerate for fourteen days, D. Seminum Cinnamomi et Cardamomi crasse conti itor. sing, 3j., Piperis Longi tenuiter contriti 3iij«, Spiritus tenuior Oij. Digest seven days, or percolate, E.) Oper. and Use. The same as the simple tincture: but it is more cordial, and therefore more useful in languors and weakness. Dose. f5j. to f3ij. TINCTURA COCCI CACTI. D. Tincture of Cochineal. (Cocci Cacti in pvlverem subtilissimum redacti 3'j-i Spiritus tenuioris Oj. Macerate for fourteen days, strain, express., and filter.) Use. In pertussis and neuralgia on the Continent, but chiefly as a colouring agent. Dose. f3ss. to f3ij. TINCTURA (SEMINUM, D.) COLCHiCI. L. E. Tincture of Col- chicum. (Seminis Colchici contusi 3v., Spiritus tenuioris Oij. Mace- rate for seven (fourteen, D.) days, and then strain.) Oper. and Use, The same as those of the dried bulb. Dose. From Hlx. to f3jss. TINCTURA COLCHICI COMPOSITA. L. Compound Tincture of Colchicum. (Colchici Seminis cont. 3v., Spiritus Ammonia Aro- matici Oij. Macerate for seven days, and strain.) Use. In rheumatism and gout, where acidity and flatulence prevail. It has been questioned whether the ammonia may not prevent the colchicia dissolving. Dose, tttxx. to f3ij. TINCTURA CONII. L.E. Tincture of Hemlock. (Conii exsiccati 3v., Spir. ten. Oij. Macerate for seven days, express and strain. L. Conii foliorum recent. §xij., Tinctures Cardamomi Oss., Spiritus recti- Jicati Ojss. Bruise the leaves, express the juice strongly ; bruise the residuum ; pack it firmly into a percolator ; transmit, first, the tinc- ture of cardamom, and then the rectified spirit, allowing the spirituous liquors to mix with the expressed juice as they pass through. Add gently water enough to the percolator for pushing through the spirit left in the residuum. Filter the liquor after agitation. E.) Use. The same as that of the leaves and extract. Dose. Ttlxx. to ntxl. TINCTURA CROCI. E. D. Tincture of Saffron. (Croci con. 3ij., Spiritus tenuioris Oij. Digest fourteen (seven, E.) days, and strain, express, and filter.) Oper. Stimulant, diaphoretic Use. As an adjunct to mixtures in typhoid fevers, and to camphor mixture in nervous languors. Dose. f3j. to f3iij. TINCTURA CUBEB^. L. D. Tincture of Cubebs. (Cubebce conL Ibj. (3v. D.), Spir. ten. (rectificat. D.), Oij. Macerate for seven (four- teen, D.) days, then express and filter.) Oper. and Use. The same as the powder and oil. Dose. 3jss, to 3ij.$

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