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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    Aqua Alexiteria Simplex. L. 1746. Fresh mint Ifej, tops of sea wormwood Ibj, angelica leaves Ibj, water q. s. Distil Cong, ijss. Aqua Alexiteria Spirituosa. See Spiritus Alexiterius. Aqua Aluminosa Bateana. Liquor Aluminis Compositum. Aqua Ammonite. See Liquor Ammoniae. Aqua Amygdalae Amar^e. P. Mix tbij of fresh cake of bitter almonds (from which the oil has been expressed) with enough water to form a thin pap. In 24 hours distil Ibiv, by means of steam conducted to the bottom of the still by a tube connected with a boiler. Filter the distilled water through wet paper. Another method is to add the above thin pap (after 24 hours' maceration) to water already boiling in the still, which is to be immediately luted. The Prus. and Hamb. pharmaco- poeias (Aqua Amygd. am. Concentrata) direct Ibij of the water to be drawn from Ibij of bruised bitter almonds, ^ ij of spirit, and Ibij of water. It is estimated to contain, when fresh, about one grain of real Prussic acid (equivalent to 50 grains or 55n£ of Ac. Hydrocyan. dil. L.) in ^j. There are many other for- mulae for this water in the foreign pharmacopoeias, differing widely in strength, but most of them very powerful. M. ELenle proposes to mix Jss 0f essential oil of bitter almonds, and Jx of diluted hydrocyanic acid (L.) with ^xij of distilled water. The mixture to be well shaken, and then filtered. For another substitute see Emulsio Amygdalae cum Amygdalina. Dose, from 10 to 40 drops. A concentrated water, obtained in distilling the essential oil, is sometimes used to flavour confectionary, and as an external application : but for internal use it is scarcely ever pre- scribed in this country, not often in France, but more frequently in G-ermany, in the above doses. An overdose proves rapidly fatal. A very dilute almond water is sometimes sold for Aqua Cerasi Nigri. Aqua Anethi. L. & E. Bruised dill seed Ibjss, proof spirit f ^vij, [rect. spt. f ^iij, E.] water Cij, distil Cj. It may also be made with the oil without distillation. See Aquae Destil- latae, above. Aqua Angelica. P. Angelica seeds Ibiij, water q. s. Distil Cj. [G-uibourt directs the root.] Aqua Anthemidis. Dried chamomile flowers Ibviij, water Iblxxij. Distil Ibxlviij.