The medical formulary : comprising standard and approved formulae for the preparations and compounds employed in medical practice / by Henry Besley.

  • Beasley, Henry.
Date:
1856
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    JEthiops Yegetabilis. Bladder-wrack (Fucus Vesiculosus) dried, and burnt in a covered crucible, with a perforated lid, till the vapours cease. Dose, gr. x. to ^ij- Alcohol. Chloride of calcium (dried muriate of lime) Ibj, rec- tified spirit Cj, mix and distil Ovij f gv. Sp. gr. 0-815. The E. process affords a stronger spirit. Rectified spirit Oj, fresh lime broken small, ^xviij. Put them into a glass matrass, and heat gently till the lime begins to slake; withdraw the heat till the slaking is finished, keeping the upper part of the matrass cool with damp cloths. Then attach a proper refrigeratory, and with a gradually increasing heat, distil f ^xvij. [Sp. gr. 0-796.] Alcohol Ammoniatum. See Spiritus Ammonige. Alcohol Dilutius, and Alcohol Fortius. E. The former names of proof and rectified spirit. See Spiritus. Alcohol Sulphuricum. P. See Acidum Sulphuricum Alco- holisatum. Alloxanum. Aloxane. To nitric acid (sp. gr. 1-45 to 1-5) in a porcelain vessel, gradually add half its weight of dry uric acid, mixing each portion very carefully, and waiting till the efferves- cence is over, and the liquid cool, before adding more. Put the mass on porous paper, or brick, for 24 hours, to dry; then dissolve it by heat in its own weight of water, filter, and set it aside in a warm place, that crystals may form. [Liebig sug- gests its use in some diseases of the liver. Its dose is undeter- mined, but it does not appear to be poisonous. It is diuretic] Aloe Colata. Aloes heated by steam in a tinned vessel, and strained, while warm, through a hair sieve. Alumen Exsiccatum. L. E. & D. Dried or burnt alum. Melt alum in an earthen (or iron, E.) vessel, and increase the heat till it ceases to boil. [Reduce to powder, E. & D.] Alumen Saccharinum. Alum ^vj, white lead Jvj, sulphate of zinc Jiij, white sugar ^iss. Mix the powder into a paste with vinegar and white of egg. Used in eye-waters and cosmetic washes. Alumina. Earth of Alum. Dissolve alum in water, and precipi- tate by carbonate of potash; wash the precipitate freely with distilled water; redissolve it in hydrochloric acid, precipitate by ammonia, and wash it as before. Alumenle Acetas. Dissolve fresh precipitated alumina in strong 3