A universal formulary : containing the methods of preparing and administering officinal and other medicines. / by R. Eglesfeld Griffith.

  • Robert Eglesfeld Griffith
Date:
1851
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Credit: A universal formulary : containing the methods of preparing and administering officinal and other medicines. / by R. Eglesfeld Griffith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    SODiE CHLORAS—SOD^ HYDROSULPHAS. 883 I. Impure carbonate of soda three drachms Slaked lime Lard . lix. As the last. [:. Carbonate of soda Slaked lime Opium Lard Mix. In prurigo. two drachms two ounces Cadet. two drachms one drachm two grains two ounces Biett. SOD^ CHLOKAS. Chlorate op Soda. . Tartaric acid five ounces Boiling water two pints issolve, and add Carbonate of soda forty-five drachms and a-half liso, dissolve Chlorate of potassa four ounces, fifteen grains Boiling water sixteen fl. ounces ■mx the solutions whilst boiling, filter, laporate, and crystallize. Hamh. Ph. Lotion of Chlorate op Soda. . Chlorate of soda two drachms Water four fl. ounces : pruritus. Darling. GrARGLE OP ChLORATE OF SODA. Chlorate of soda one to three scruples Barley water three ounces Honey of roses one ounce Radius. a-iB itli Dces all c« i. iclffl i]]]lUB2X. used internally, in doses of thirty drops to one fl. drachm, in low fevers, &c. Diluted Solution op Chloride op Soda. R. Solution of chloride of soda half a fl. drachm Distilled water four fl. ounces To be taken in spoonful doses, in the apy- rexia of intermittents. Gouzee. R. Solution of chloride soda one part Water twelve to sixteen parts As a lotion to foul and cancerous ulcers. Foy. G-ARGLE OP Chloride op Soda. R. Chloride of soda sixteen drops Hydromel one fl. ounce Distilled water seven fl. ounces Mix. Beral jSOD^ CHLORINATE LI- QUOR. j Solution op Chloride op Soda. Chlorinated lime one pound ' Carbonate of soda two pounds Water one gallon and a-half «solve the carbonate of soda in three pints tithe water, with the aid of heat. Add t!the remainder of the water the chlorin- li d lime, in powder, in small portions, at nime. Set aside for some hours, to set- jjjd ;; decant clear solution, and add that tthe carbonate of soda; decant, and liiin through linen, and keep in opaque ^Mes. u, s. Ph. < Carbonate of soda one part ' Water ten parts »8olve, and pass a current of chlorine wugh the solution. Guihourf. Vhis is known as Labarraque'a Disinfecting So ^pU^' ^' ^^'^ * disinfectant, but is also SODJE HYDROSULPHAS. Hydrosulphate op Soda. R. Carbonate of soda ten ounces Distilled water one pint Dissolve, and mix with the solution Mowers of sulphur ten drachms Then pass an excess of sulphurous acid gas into the liquid; boil for a few minutes in a matrass; filter, and evaporate to one third, and set aside to crystallize. Par. Cod. Used in diseases of the skin, in doses of ten grains to one drachm. R. Subcarbonate of soda seven hundred and thirty parts Sulphur forty-five parts ^ Water fifteen hundred parts Mix the sulphur with a small portion of the water, and add the soda, dissolved in the rest. Introduce into two two-necked bottles, so as to fill them about two-thirds. Clean iron filings fifteen hundred parts Sulphuric acid _ (1-84) three thousand parts Put into a flask, let cool, place on a sand- bath, and convey the gas by rather large tubes, first into a washing bottle, and then through the solution in the two-necked bottles. Continue the process for ten or twelve hours, mix the contents of the two bottles, filter, and evaporate to crystalli- zation. Legrip. Principally used in daguerreotyping, and as above. Syrup op Hyposulphite op Soda R. Hyposulphite of soda one ounce Water twelve fl. ounces