Indian and colonial addendum to the British pharmacopoeia 1898 / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom.

  • General Medical Council.
Date:
1900
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Credit: Indian and colonial addendum to the British pharmacopoeia 1898 / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PULVIS KALADAN^ COMPOSITUS. Compound Powder of Kaladana. Kaladana, in powder Acid Potassium Tartrate, in powder Ginger, in powder Mix. IMPERIAL 5 ounces 9 ounces 1 ounce Dose.—20 to 60 grains. India. Eastern Colonies. METRIC 100 grammes 180 grammes 20 grammes SAPPAN. Sappan. The heart-wood of Caesalpinia Sappan, Linn. [Boxburgh, Cowman. PI. plate 16]. Characters and Test.—In hard, heavy sections of variable size, or in the form of chips, of a fine orange-red colour. A transverse section exhibits well-marked concentric rings, numerous narrow medullary rays, and large vessels which are readily seen with a lens. It is cut Avith difficulty transversely, but is easily spUt longitudinally, showing distinctly the grain due to the medullary rays. The wood has no odour, and only a slightly astringent taste. It communicates a red colour to alcohol (90 per cent.) and to ioater; this colour becomes a carmine-red, and not purple, upon the addition of sohction of potassium hydroxide (distinc- tion from Logwood). India. Eastern Colonies. SUOOUS ACALYPH^. Juice of Acalypha. Bruise fresh Acalypha; press out the juice; to every three volumes of juice add enough Alcohol (90 per cent.)