New remedies : the method of preparing and administering them : their effects on the healthy and diseased economy, &c. / by Robley Dunglison.

  • Robley Dunglison
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1841
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Credit: New remedies : the method of preparing and administering them : their effects on the healthy and diseased economy, &c. / by Robley Dunglison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The distilled water of the garden lettuce probably contains no- thing to recommend it over common distilled water. Dr. Joy* advises the following lotion, in Acne and Impetigo, to correct itching; and in ulcerated cancer to diminish pain. R. Acid hydrocyan. dil. 31—3*v« Decoct, malvse. tjy. M. The bottle should be shaken before each application. All these formulae are objectionable for the reasons before as- signed, and it is consequently better to drop the acid at the time of using it, taking care that it has not lost its properties. ACIDUM LACTIS. Stnonymes. Acidum Lacteum, Lactic Acid, Acid of Milk. French. Acide Lactique. German. Milclisaure. This acid is recommended as a therapeutical agent by Magendie in the last edition of his Formulaire.] METHOD OF PREPARING. Lactic acid may be obtained either from milk or from the juice of the red beet. In the latter case, the juice is put in a situation the temperature of which is between 77° and 86° Fah. After the lapse of a few days, a commotion is observed in the mass, which is known under the name viscous fermentation, {fermentation visqueuse,) and hydrogen and carburetted hydrogen are evolved in considerable quantity. When the mass has become fluid again, and the fermentation has ended, which generally requires about two months, it is evaporated to the consistence of syrup; the whole then becomes traversed by a multitude of mannitic crystals, which, when washed with a small quantity of water and dried, are en- tirely pure. The mass,moreover, contains a saccharine matter, which affords all the ,signs of the sugar of the grape. The product of the evaporation is next treated with alcohol; this dissolves the lactic acid, and precipitates several substances, * Tweedie's Libr. of Med., v. 288, Lond. 1840. f Formulaire pour la preparation et l'emploi de plusieura nouveaux medi- caraens, &c. Edit. 9eme. Paris, 1836.
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