Thomson's Conspectus of the British pharmacopoeias.

  • Anthony Todd Thomson
Date:
1852
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Credit: Thomson's Conspectus of the British pharmacopoeias. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Use. To flavour medicines, and to prepare Syrup. Limonis, D. Dose. f3ss. tof3ij. TINCTURA LOBELIiE. L. E. D. Tincture of Lobelia. (Lobelia contritce 3v., Spiritus ten. Oij. Macerate for seven (fourteen, D.) days, express, and strain.) Use. For the administration of the Lobelia in minute doses in spas- modic asthma. Dose. Tllxv. to f3j. TINCTURA LOBeLIJE JETHEREA. L. E. Ethereal Tincture of Lobelia. (Lobelice contritce 3v., JEtheris f3xjv., Spiritus Rectificati f^xxvj. Macerate for seven days, express and strain, L. Lobelice cont. 3v., Sp. Mther. Sulph. Oij. E.) Use. In asthma, chronic bronchitis, and the bronchitis of infants after the acute stage. Dose. For an adult ttlxv. to $xxx., for an infant ttlv., gradually increased till vomiting occurs. TINCTURA LUPULI. L. E. Tinctura Lupulinae, D. Tincture of Hops. (Lupuli 3vj., Spir. ten. {rectificati, D.) Oij Macerate for seven (fourteen, D.) days, express, and strain, L. D. Take any convenient quantity of hops recently dried, separate by friction, and sifting the yellowish-brown powder attached to their scales; then take of this powder 3j., and of rectified spirit fjviij., and prepare the tincture by percolation or digestion, E.) Oper. Tonic, sedative. Use. In gout and rheumatism ? Dose. t'3ss. to f3iij. TINCTURA MATICO. D. Tincture of Matico. (Matico foliorum in pulverem crassum redact. 3viij., Spiritus tenuioris Oij. Macerate for fourteen days, strain, express, and filter.) Prop. Astringent, styptic. Use. To arrest haemorrhage, whether internal or external; in catarrhus vesicae and mucous discharges. Dose. f3j.tof3ij. TINCTURA MYRRHiE. L. E. D. Tincture of Myrrh. (Myrrhce contritce 3iij- (jv. D., iijss. E.), Spir. Beet. Oij. Macerate for seven (fourteen, D.) days, and strain.) Oper. Tonic, deobstruent, antiseptic, detergent, emmenagogue. Use. In the same cases as the powder ; but it is chiefly used exter- nally, united to infusion of roses and acids, in gargles ; applied to foul ulcers, and exfoliating bones; and as a wash for the mouth when the gums are spongy. Dose. f3ss. tof,5j. TINCTURA NUCIS VOMICA. Tincture of Nux Vomica. (Fructus Strychnos Nucis Vomicce rasi 3U-, Spiritus Rectificati 3viij. Macerate for seven days ; then strain.) Dose. From lu>. to Hlxx. TINCTURA OPII. L. E. D. Tincture of Opium. (Opii contriti 3iij., Spir. ten. Oij. Macerate for seven (fourteen, D.) days and strain, L.D. Opii concisi ?iij., Spiritus rectificati Oj. 3vij., Aquce f^xiij. Digest the opium in the water at a temperature near 212° for two hours ; break down the opium with the hand; strain and express the infusion ; macerate the residuum in the rectified spirit for about twenty hours ; then strain and express very strongly. Mix the water and spirituous infusions, and filter. This tincture is not easily obtained by perco- lation, E.) Tltxix. contain about one grain of opium. Oper. Anodyne, narcotic. Use. To allay pains, relax spasms, and procure sleep. Externally this tincture has a considerable effect when it is rubbed upon the skin, as we have seen in a case of repeated temporary lock-jaw, which always yielded to it. In fever it should be given when moisture begins to appear on the skin. Dose. HUj. to Hlxxx. or more.
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