The dispensatory of the United States of America / by Geo. B. Wood and Franklin Bache.

Date:
1883
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Credit: The dispensatory of the United States of America / by Geo. B. Wood and Franklin Bache. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I PART I. Absiradum Belladonnie.—Absiradum Digitalis. 7 lower orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, macerate for forty-eight hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed, gradually adding Alcohol, until the Belladonna Root is exhausted. Reserve the first one hundred and seventy parts [or three and one-half fluidounces] of the percolate, evaporate the remainder to thirty parts [or half a fluidounce], at a temperature not exceeding 50° C. (122° F.), and mix with the reserved portion. Place the mixture in an evaporating dish, and having added Ji/ty parts [or one ounce av.] of Sugar of Milk, cover it with a piece of thin muslin gauze, and set aside in a warm place, where the temperature will not rise above .50° C. (122° F.), until the mixture is dry. Lastly, having added enough Sugar of Milk to make the mixture weigh one hundred parts [or two ounces av.], reduce it to a fine, uniform powder. Preserve the powder in a well-stopped bottle.'* U. S. This preparation is of a very light brownish-red color, and may be given in the dose of one-half to one grain (0*03 to 0-06 Gm.). ABSTRACTUM COXII. U.S. Abstract of Qynium. (ab-strXc'tu3i co-xi'i.) Conium, in No. 40 powder, fico hundred parts [or four ounces av.] ; Dilated Hydrochloric Acid, six parts [or fifty minims] ; Sugar of Milk, recently dried and in fine powder, Alcohol, each, a sufficient quantify, To make one hundred parts [or two ounces av.]. Mix the Hydrochloric Acid with eighty parts [or one and three-quarter fluidounces] of Alcohol, and, having moistened the Conium with the mixture, pack firmly in a cylindrical glass percolator ; then add enough Al- cohol to saturate the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, macerate for forty-eight hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed, gradually adding Alcohol, until the Conium is exhausted. Reserve the first one hundred a)id seventy parts [or three and one-half fluidounces] of the percolate, evaporate the remainder to thirty parts [or half a fluidounce], at a temperature not exceeding 50° C. (122° F.), and mix with the reserved portion. Place the mixture where the temperature will not rise above 50° C. (122° F.), until the mixture is dry. Lastly, having added enough Sugar of Milk to make the mixture weigh one hundred parts [or two ounces av.], reduce it to a fine, uniform powder. Preserve the powder in a well-stopped bottle. U. S. This is the best solid preparation of conium. being superior to the extract on account of the dissipation of the volatile alkaloid during the evaporation of the ex- tract, which to a great extent is avoided in the process for the abstract. The conium seed is preferred to the leaves as more reliable; the hydrochloric acid is used to fix the alkaloid. The commencing dose is from one to two grains (0-06 to 0-12 Gm.). ABSTRACTUM DIGITALIS. U. S. Abstract of DigUalis. (AB-STK.\C'TVM Dig-I-TA'LIS.) Digitalis, recently dried and in No. 60 powder, tico hundred parts [or four ounces av.] ; Sugar of Milk, recently dried and in fine powder, Alcohol, each, a sufficient quantity, To make one hundred parts [or two ounces av.]. Moisten the Digitalis with eighty parts [or one and three-quarter fluidounces] of Alcohol, and pack firmly in a cylindrical percolator; then add enough Alcohol to saturate the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, macerate for forty-eight hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed, gradually adding Alcohol, until the Digitalis is exhausted. Reserve the first one hundred and seventy parts [or three and one-half fluidounces] of the percolate, evaporate the remainder to thirty parts [or half a fluidounce], at a temperature not exceeding 50° C. (122° F.), and mix with the re- served portion. Place the mixture in an evaporating dish, and, having added fifty parts [or one ounce av.] of Sugar of Milk, cover it with a piece of thin muslin
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