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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    crocus is also formed in the first part of the L. process for Antim. p.-tartras. Antimonium Diaphoretic um Ablutum. See Antimonium Calcinatum. The Prus. Ph. directs 4 parts of nitre, to 1 of sesquisulphuret of antimony. Antimonii Oxychloridum. Antimonii Oxydum Nitro-Muria- ticum. D. Algaroth's Powder. Prepared sulphuret of anti- mony 20 parts, muriatic acid 100 parts, nitric acid 1 part. Digest the sulphuret with the mixed acids in a glass vessel, (avoiding the fumes,) with a gradually increased heat. Boil for an hour, and pour the cooled and filtered liquid into a gallon of water. Wash the precipitate with plenty of water till the latter no longer reddens litmus paper, and dry the oxide on bibulous paper. Antimonii Oxydum. E. Sesquioxide of Antimony. Powdered sesquisulphuret of antimony ^iv, muriatic acid Oj. Dissolve as in the last; and having poured the solution into Ov of water, collect the precipitate in a calico bag, wash it well with cold water, then with a weak solution of carbonate of soda, and again with water. Dry over a vapour-bath. [L. 1809 directs subcar- bonate of potash. P. Bicarbonate of potash with heat. M.Tyson recommends sesquicarbonate of ammonia.] Dose, gr. i to 1. Antimonii Oxydum. L. 1815. Dissolve separately ^j of tar- tarized antimony, and Jij °f sesquicarbonate of ammonia in water. Boil the mixed solutions, collect and wash the precipi- tate, and dry it. [These oxides are much more active than the calx of antimony. A crystallized oxide is obtained by heating metallic antimony, and condensing the vapours in a suitable apparatus.] Antimonium Oxysulphuretum. L. Oxysulphuret, or Precipi- tated Sulphuret of Antimony. Take of sesquisulphuret of an- timony, in powder, ^vij, solution of potash Oiv, distilled water Cij. Mix, and boil them over a slow fire for two hours, stirring frequently, and adding more water as it wastes. Filter the so- lution through linen, and add gradually diluted sulphuric acid q. s. to throw down the oxysulphuret, avoiding the poisonous fumes. Wash the preceipitate with water, and dry it with a gentle heat. [If the solution be allowed to cool slowly, before adding the acid, Kermes mineral is deposited, and the acid afterwards added throws down golden sidphur of antimony. Each of them requires to be washed with distilled water, pressed, and dried. In the P. and other foreign Ph., soda is directed 3*