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.

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    STRYCHNIA ACETAS. —♦ and evaporate to consistence of thin syrup; add lime, previously mixed with a pint of ■water; boil for ten minutes, often stirring. Pour mixture into a double linen bag, and wash well with water; press, dry, and powder the precipitate. Treat repeatedly with boiling alcohol, till it loses its bitter- ness ; mix the solutions, and distil off the alcohol in a water-bath; mix the residue with water; apply heat; add suf&cient di- luted sulphuric acid to dissolve the strych- nia; treat with animal charcoal at boiling temperature; filter, evaporate, and crystal- lize. Dissolve the crystals in water; add solution of ammonia to precipitate the strychnia. Dry on bibulous paper. U. S. Ph. nine pounds suflicient ten ounces fifteen pints Powdered nux vomica Water Sulphuric acid, each, Powdered quicklime Alcohol Mix the nux vomica with sufficient water to form a thin paste, and keep at the tem- perature of 70 or 80°, until gas ceases to form; express, and boil the residue in several successive portions of water, and express. Set liquid aside to deposit; de- cant, and evaporate to three gallons. Add nine ounces of quicklime, and after six hours contact, express strongly; heat the liquid to the boiling point, and add a slight excess of sulphuric acid; separate the liquid by decantation, and evaporate to four pints; add one ounce of quick- lime, and act as before, adding this pre- cipitate to the former; dry, and powder ; digest in five pints of alcohol diluted with five pints of water, at a gentle heat; separate precipitate, and boil in five pints of alcohol twice; mix, and filter solu- tions ; distil off four-fifths, and set aside to crystallize. ^^^^y'^' Very active and dangerous. Dose, one-six- teenth to one-tenth of a grain, at first carefully watching the effects, and slowly increasuig. Compound Powder of Strychnine.^ R. Strychnine one gram Black oxide of iron Gum'^Arabic, each, one drachm Rub well together, and divide into twelve or sixteen powders. JSrera. Pills of Strychnine. R. Strychnine two grams Conserve of roses thirty-six grains Mix, and make twenty-four piUs. One to two, morning and evening, in para- lysis. Magendir. R. Strychnine two grains Extract of valerian sufficient Mix well, and make thirty-two pills. One early in the morning, for five days, then one, morning and evening, in amau- rosis. Furnari. Stimulant Pills. R. Strychnia one grain Acetic acid one minim Crumb of bread one scruple Mix thoroughly, and make ten^ pills. One to be taken every six hours, in the paralysis arising from lead. ^ A. T. Thomson. Tincture op Strychnine. R. Strychnine three grains Alcohol (.842) one fl. ounce Dissolve. Dose, from six to twenty-four drops, twice a-day. Magendie. Mixture of Strychnine. R. Strychnine one grain Distilled water two fl. ounces White sugar two drachms Acetic acid three drops Mix. One fl. drachm contains one-six- teenth of a grain. Beasley. OiNTHiENT OF Strychnine. R. Strychnine sixteen grains Lard ounce Rub well together. As a friction on pa- ralyzed parts. Bouchardaf. Strychnia Collyrium. R. Strychnia two grains Diluted acetic acid one drachm DistiUed water one ounce Mix. A few drops of this applied to the eye, several times a-day, is stated to be beneficial in amaurosis. Henderson. Liniment of Strychnine. R. Strychnine thirty grains Olive oil one ounce and a-hali Rub well together. Ten drops to be rubbed on the temples, in amaurosis. Ndigan. 110= I. Strjtli ^ J( STRYCHNIiE ACETAS. Acetate of Strychnine. R. Strychnine J,t wil Acetic acid f^^^^^^nt to dissolve; evaporate, and crystallize. Solution of Acetate of Strychnine R. Acetate of strychnine three grama Alcohol one fl. drachm SI] ^1 3l i