Thomson's Conspectus of the British pharmacopoeias.

  • Anthony Todd Thomson
Date:
1852
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    unctuous. Sp. grav. 9*433; melts at 112° of heat; partially soluble in alcohol. Oper. Demulcent, emollient. Use. In coughs and dysentery; and in the composition of ointments. Dose. 3ss. to 3jss. rubbed up with sugar, or with an egg, in emulsion. Off Prep. Ung. Simplex, E. Ceratum Cetacei, L. Ung. Cetacei, L. D. CETRARIA. L. E. Cetraria Islandica. D. Lichen Islandicus, E. Liver- wort. (Cetraria Islandica. Cryptosamia. Algce. N. O. Lichenacece. (Lichenales, Lindley.) Iceland. 1L) Prop. Inodorous, taste bitter, mucilaginous. Oper. Tonic, demulcent, nutritive. Use. See Decoct. Cetrarice. Dose. 3j. to 3jv., first steeped in water, holding in solution Carb. Potash to extract the bitter ; then boiled in milk, chocolate, or cocoa. CHIMAPHILA. L. Chimaphila Umbellata, D. Pyrola, E. Her- baceous part of winter green. (Chimaphila Umbellata. Decandria. Monogynia. N. O. Pyrolacece. North America. 1L.) Comp. Bitter extractive, resin, tannin. Prop. Bitter, slightly aromatic, inodorous when dry. Oper. Astringent, tonic, diuretic, vesicating skin. Use. In renal affections and dropsy. Dose. Of the Decoct. Chimaphilae Sj. to 3ij- thrice a day. Off. Prep. Dec. Chimaphilee, L. Dec. Pyrolce, D. CHLORlNlI LIQUOR. D. See Liquor Chlorinii. CHLOROFORMYL. L. Chloro-formum. D. Terchloride of Formyl. Chloroform. (Calcis Chlorinates fbjv., Spiritus rectificate Oss., Aquce Ox., Calcii Chloridi in fiustula contusi 3j. Put the chlorinated lime, first mixed with water, in a retort, and add the spirit, so that it may be a third part full. Place upon a sand-bath, and as soon as the materials begin to boil, remove the fire, lest the retort should burst. Let the liquid distil into a receiver as long as there is no sediment, adding heat if required. To the distilled liquor add four times as much water, and shake the whole well together. Cautiously separate the heavier part which subsides, add the chloride to it, and shake it from time to time for an hour. Lastly, distil the liquor a second time from a glass retort into a glass vessel.) Comp. 2eq, of carbon, 1 of hydrogen, and 3 of chlorine. (C2 H+Cl3.) Prop. Colourless, pleasant odour; specific gravity not less than 1*48 (1*496 D.); scarcely soluble in water. Does not redden litmus paper ; when rubbed on the skin, soon evaporates, almost without leaving any odour. Oper. Sedative, anaesthetic. Use, Internally, in asthma, spasmodic cough, some forms of cardiac disease, cancer, chorea, tetanus, obstinate vomiting, hysteria. Ex- ternally, to allay pain and local irritation. But it is principally ordered to be inhaled for the prevention of pain during surgical operations, and in childbirth. It should always be administered most cautiously, and never without proper assistance. When it proves fatal, it does so suddenly. Dose. Internally, TUv. to TTtxxx.; being volatile it should be administered in draught, suspended in water by mucilage with a little spirit. Ex- ternally, f3j. to f3jv. to Oss. of any liniment, or f3ss. to 3j. of an ointment. Anaesthesia is usually produced from the inhalation of the vapour from f3j. to f3ij. If fainting or sinking occur, atmospheric air with ammonia to the nostrils quickly restores the patient. CHIRETTA. E. D. Chiretta. (Agathotes Chirayta.) CINCHONA FLAVA. L. D. Yellow Bark. {Pent. Monogynia. N. O. Cinchonacece. South America. %.) Calasaya of the Spaniards: the real plant is unknown. Prop. Odour aromatic; taste bitter, slightly astringent; in pieces a span long, not always rolled, often without the epidermis, which is very thick and inert; light, friable, fracture fibrous ; internally of a
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