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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    water Oiv. Proceed as in making liquor potassae; and concen- trate the clear solution, by boiling in an iron vessel, till an oily- looking liquid remains; then stir in ^v of finely-powdered mi- neral coal) remove from the fire, and continue stirring till the whole is reduced to an uniform powder, which is to be immedi- ately put into small dry bottles. Dose, 2 gr. twice or thrice a day, for skin diseases, scrofula, chronic rheumatism, &c. Anthracokali Sulphuratum. As the last, adding, with the coal, Jiv of sulphur. Dose and uses the same. Antimonium Calcinatum. L. 1788. Diaphoretic Antimo- ny. Calx of Antimony. Sesquisulphuret of antimony ^viij, powdered nitre ^xxiv. Mix and deflagrate by spoonfuls, in a crucible heated to redness. Burn for half an hour, and when cold, powder. [When washed with distilled water it forms Calx Antimonii Lota. The washings yield Antimonic Acid by the addition of sulphuric acid.] Antimonii Calx Sulphurata. Hufeland. Mix 10 parts of burnt oyster shells, 4 of sulphur, and 3 of crude antimony; and calcine them in a luted crucible for an hour. Antimonii Cerussa. Bate. As Antimonium Calcinatum, sub- stituting metallic antimony for the sulphuret. The Ant. Cerussa Solaris was made by igniting antimony by means of a lens. Antimonii Chloridum. Sesquichloride, Muriate, or Butter of Antimony. Distilled from a mixture of 1 part of sesquisulphu- ret of antimony, and 2 of corrosive sublimate, (L. 1745,) or from 1 part of crocus of antimony, 2 of common salt, and 1 of sulphuric acid, (L. 1788.) But the liquid chloride is more usually obtained by dissolving the crude or roasted sulphuret in muriatic acid. (See Antimonii Oxychloridum.) P. directs the muriatic solution to be evaporated to one-third, and the remain- der heated in a retort, so long as what passes over does not precipitate with water. Then change the receiver for a dry one, and preserve what passes over in long narrow vials. The chlo- ride of the shops contains iron and free acid. Antimonii Cinis. Antimony Ash. The roasted sesquisulphuret. Antimonii Crocus. L. 1788. Crocus, or Saffron of Antimony. Powdered sesquisulphuret of antimony Ibj, nitre flbj, common salt ^j. Mix and deflagrate by portions in a heated crucible. Pour out the fused mass, and separate it from the scorise. When reduced to powder, boiled, and afterwards repeatedly washed with water, it forms Crocus Antimonii Lotus. This