Thomson's Conspectus of the British pharmacopoeias.

  • Anthony Todd Thomson
Date:
1852
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    AMMCfNLE ACETATIS AQUA. E. See Lfquor Ammonia acetatis. AMMONITE BICARBoNAS. D. Bicarbonate of Ammonia. {Am- monia Sesquicarbonatis Venal, quantum velis. Reduce it to a fine powder, and having spread it on a sheet of paper, expose it to the air for 24 hours. Let it be now enclosed in a well-stopped bottle.) Prop, and Use. The same as the sesquicarbonate. AMMONLE HYDROCHLGRAS. L. Murias Ammonia?, E. D. Hy- drochlorate of Ammonia. Sal Ammoniac. Sal Ammoniacus. Comp. Hydrochloric acid 9-55, ammonia 31*95, water 18-50 parts ; or 1 eq. ammonia=17*15+l of hydrochloric acid 36-42 : equiv.=53'57. Chemical symbol, NEP + HCl. Prop. Inodorous: taste acrid, pungent, bitterish, urinous: 3 pts. of cold water dissolve 1 pt.; usually in the form of a hard, translucent, striated cake; soluble also in 4-5 pts. of alcohol. Oper. Aperient, diuretic, alterative ; externally to produce cold during its solution ; stimulant. Use. In rheumatic neuralgia; seldom used internally; externally while dissolving, to abate the heat and pain of inflammation ; to allay headache: in lotion, composed of the salt 3j- alcohol f3j. water f3ix. to indolent tumours, gangrene, scabies, and chilblains. Dose. Gr. x to 3ss. Incomp. Sulphuric and nitric acids, acetate of lead, potassa, carbonates of soda and potassa, lime. Off. Prep. Ammonice Sesquicarbonas, E. Liquor Ammonia, E. D. Liq. Ammonia sesquicarbonatis, L. E. D. Liquor Ammonia fortior, D. Ferri Ammonio-Chloridum, L. E. Hydro-Sulphuretum Am- monia, D. AMMONiiE HYDROSULPHURETUM. D. See Hydrosulphuretum Ammonia. AMMONITE SESQUICARBONAS. L. D. Ammonias Carbonas, E. Sesquicarbonate of Ammonia. Comp. Ammonia 21-52, carbonic acid 55*70, water 22*78=100 parts, or 3 eq. carb. acid. G6*36+2 ammonia=34*30+2 water=18: equiv. 118*67 : but the quantitv of acid varies according to the heat employed in the preparation. Chemical symbol 2AM (or NH3) 3C02 2HO. Prop. A white, striated, crystallized mass ; odour and taste pungent and ammoniacal; turns turmeric brown; soluble in 4 pts. of water at 62° ; insoluble in alcohol; effloresces in the air ; sublimed by heat. Gives no precipitate with chloride of barium or nitrate of silver, when nitric acid is added in excess. Oper. Stimulant, antacid, diaphoretic, antispasmodic. Use. In hysteria, dyspepsia, chronic rheumatism, typhus, atonic bron- chitis ; applied to the nostrils in syncope. Incomp. Acids, potassa fusa, liquor potassa?, magnesia, carbonates, alum, chloride of calcium, bitartras and bisulphas potassa?, salts of iron with exception of the potassio-tartrate, bichloride of mercury, salts of lead, sulphate of zinc. Dose. Gr. v. to 9j. in pills, or in any bland fluid. Gr. xxx. are emetic. Off. Prep. Liquor Ammonia, D. Liquor Ammonia Sesquicarbonatis. L. Aqua Ammonia Carbonatis, E. Liquor Ammonia Acetatis, I/. E. D. Liquor Ammonia Citratis, L. Linim. Ammonia Sesqui- carb. L. Cupri Ammonio-Sulphas, L. E. D. AMMONLE SESQUICARBONATIS LIQUOR. L. Ammonia? car- bonatis aqua, E. Solution of Sesquicarbonate of Ammonia. {Am- monia Sesquicarbonatis 3iv.; Aqua distillata Oj. Dissolve the Car- bonate of Ammonia and strain.) Prop, and Use. The same as that of the sesquicarbonate. Dose. TTlxxx. to f3j. in any bland fluid. AMMONLE SPIRlTUS. E. (Ammon Hydrochloratis 3viii., Calcis recens usta, 3xij., Spir. rect., Oij., Aqua? fjvj. Let the lime be slaked with the water, and covered till the powder is cold; mix it quickly and thoroughly with the muriate of ammonia in a mortar, and transfer
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