Thomson's Conspectus of the British pharmacopoeias.

  • Anthony Todd Thomson
Date:
1852
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    Use. Internally in gout, instead of colchicum, dropsy, anasarca ; also in small diseases externally by friction. Dose. nix. to Ulxxv. UNGUENTUM ARS£NICI IODXDI. Ointment of Iodide of Ar- senic. (Rub gr. iij. of iodide of arsenic with 3j. of lard.) Oper. Stimulant, alterative, detergent. Use. In tubercular cutaneous affections, carcinoma. UNGUENTUM POTASSlI BROMIDI. Ointment of Bromide of Potassium. (Mix gr. xxjv. of bromine of potassium, and from ttlvj. to TTlxij. of bromine, with 3j. of lard.) Oper. Stimulant, deobstruent. Use. In scrofulous swellings. Dose. 3ss. to 3j. by friction. UNGUENTUM ZINCI IODIDI. Ointment of Iodide of Zinc. (Mix 3j. of iodide of zinc with Q. of lard.) Oper. Stimulant, deobstruent. Use. In scrofulous swellings, bronchocele, enlargement of joints. VINUM CINCHONIiE. F. Wine of Cinchonia. (Take of cinchonia gr. xjv. Madeira wine fjxxxj.) Use. In intermittents. Dose. From f3j. to f^iij. VINUM QUINJE. F. Wine of Quina. (Take of disulphate of quina gr. ix., Madeira wine ft»ij.) Dose. From f3jv. to fsjv. XANTHORIZA. U.S. Yellow Root. (Xanthoma Apiifolia. Pen- tandria Polygyria. N. O. Ranunculacece. North America. T?.) The root. Comp. Resin, gum. Prop. Taste intensely bitter. Oper. An excellent tonic. Dose. 9ij. of the powdered root. XANTHOXYLUM. U. S. Prickly Ash. (Xanthoxylum Fraxineum. Pentandria Pentagynia. United States. T?.) The bark. Prop. Acrid ; bitter taste, with a slightly aromatic flavour. Oper. Stimulant, diaphoretic. Use. In chronic rheumatism. Dose. From gr. x. to 9j. of the powder ; of a decoction made by boiling 3j. of the bark in Oij. of water, for fifteen minutes ; fjjv. to fjviij. every three or four hours. ZINCI CYANIDUM. Cyanide of Zinc. (Add gradually a filtered and recent solution of cyanide of potassium to a solution of sulphate of zinc, so long as there is any precipitate; wash, and carefully dry the precipitate.) Oper. Tonic, sedative, antispasmodic, vermifuge. Use. In dyspeptic irritability of stomach, in spasmodic cough, asthma, pertussis, neuralgic affections of stomach, worms, and diseases of den- . tition. Dose. Gr. \ gradually increased to gr. jss. ZINCI IODIDUM. Iodide of Zinc. (Heat 20 parts of zinc with 170 parts of iodine in a glass vessel to sublimation.) Prop. White, deliquescent needles, very soluble in water ; taste styptic and disagreeable. Oper. Stimulant, deobstruent, discutient. Use. As a substitute for iodide of potassium. Off. Prep. Unguenium Zinci Iodidi.
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