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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    Flowers. (Anthemis Nobilis, Common Chamomile. Syngen. Super ft. N. O. Composite. {Asteracece, Lindley.) Indigenous, u..) Chamce- mcelum,flos simplex. Prop. Odour powerful, fragrant, grateful; taste bitter, warm : these properties reside in the disc of the flower. The active properties depend on essential volatile oil, bitter extractive, and piperina. Oper. Tonic, stomachic ; the warm effusion is emetic ; externally dis- cutient, emollient, antiperiodic. Use. In intermittents, dyspepsia, hysteria, flatulent colic, gout; to pro- mote the operation of emetics ; externally as fomentations in gripings, and to ripen suppurating tumours. Dose. In powder 3ss. to 3ij. twice or thrice a day. Off. Prep. Extractum Anthemidis, E. Decoctum Chamamceli, E. In- fusum Anthemidis, L. D. Oleum Anthemidis, D. E. ANTHEMIDIS OLEUM, L. E. D. Vide Oleum Anthemidis. ANTIMONII OXIDUM, E. D. {Solution of Terchloride of Antimony f3xvj., Water cong.Y)., Solution of Caustic Potash Oj. Distilled water, quantum suff. Pour the antimonial solution into the water, and having stirred the mixture well, set it by until the white precipitate which forms has subsided. Decant off the supernatant liquor. Agitate the sediment with a gallon of distilled water, and allow the whole to stand until the oxide has fallen to the bottom. Decant again, and having placed the sediment in a calico filter, wash it with distilled water, until the liquid which trickles through slightly reddens litmus paper. Shake the precipitate occasionally for half an hour with the solution of potash, and then wash on a filter with boiling distilled water, until the washings cease to give a precipitate on being dropped into an acid solution of nitrate of silver. Lastly, let the product be dried at a heat not exceeding 120°. D.) Chemical symbol, SbO3. Prop, and Use. Diaphoretic, seldom used. Dose. Gr.iij. to Gr.x. A sesquioxide. used for preparing tartar emetic. ANTIMONII TERSULPHURETUM. L. SESQUISULPHURE- TUM. E. Antimonii Sulphuretum. D. Sesquisulphuret of An- timony. Antimonium. Comp. Antimony 75 8, sulphur 26*2, in 100 pts.; or 2 eq. antimony+3 sulphur= 177-3. So2 S3. Prop. Powder of a black or bluish-grey colour; insoluble. Oper. Slightly diaphoretic, alterative. Use. In chronic rheumatism, scrofula, cutaneous diseases. Dose. Gr. x. to 3ss. after evacuating the stomach and bowels. Off. Prep. Sulphuretum Antimonii, E. D. Oxidum Antimonii, E. intimonii Oxysulphuretum, L. Pulvis Antimonii compositus. L. Antimonii Sulphuretum aureum, E. Antimonii Sulphuretum prce- cipitatum, D. ANTIMONII OXYSULPHURETUM. L. Antimonii Sulphuretum aureum, E. Prsecipitatum, D. Oxysulphuret of Antimony. Sulphur Antimonii prcecipitatum. Comp. Sesquioxide of antimony 12*00, sesquisulphuret of antimony 7G-5, and 11*5 of water. Chemical symbol, 5Sb2 S3+ Sb2 03+8 H O. Prop. Powder of an orange colour, taste scarcely metalline and styptic; insoluble. Oper. Emetic, diaphoretic, cathartic, according to the extent of the dose ; alterative; used, now, only for forming Plummer's pill. Use. In chronic rheumatism and obstinate eruptions. Seldom ordered. Dose. Gr. j. to iv. twice or thrice a day, in a pill. Off Prep. Pilulce Hydrargyri Chloridi comp., L. Pil. Calomel Co. D. E. Test. Totally soluble in hydrochloric acid emitting fumes of hydro- sulphuric acid. ANTIMONII SULPHURETUM PR^PARaTUM. D. Prepared Sulphuret of Antimony. {Antimonii Sulphureti quantum velis. Let it be reduced into powder, and treated in the manner ordered for the preparation of chalk.)
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