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

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    ripe crab-apples, and beat them to a pulp; add ibj of coils of iron wire; digest in a vapor bath for 8 days, take out the wire and express. Evaporate the liquor, when clear, in porcelain vessels, with constant stirring to a soft extract. Dissolve it in 4 parts of water, filter, and evaporate with constant stirring. Dose, gr. v—x, daily. Extractum Filicis. Dr. Ebers. Digest dried root of male fern (Aspidium Filix mas) in rectified spirit, strain, distil off most of the spirit, and evaporate what remains to an extract. Dose, 9j to £)ij (?) in tapeworm. See the next. Extractum Filicis Ethereum. See Oleum Filicis. Extractum Granati [Fruetus Corticis]. From the decoction. Extractum Hyoscyami Alcoholicum. U. S. & P. As Ex- tractum Aconiti Alcoholicum. Dose, i gr. to ij. Extractum Lini Cathartici. Dr. B. Lane. Macerate the dried herb in 8 or 10 times its weight of boiling water for a few hours, strain with pressure, and evaporate the clear liquor by a gentle heat. Dose, 5 to 10 grains twice a day, as a laxa- tive and diuretic. It yields one-sixth of extract. Extractum Malti. Pour over ground malt sufficient hot water (between 170 and 200°) to cover it -, leave it for 24 hours, strain without pressure, and evaporate the clear liquor imme- diately, to the thickness of treacle. Extractum Nucis Vomicae Aquosum. Prus. Ph. Macerate the coarsely powdered nuts in four parts of boiling water for 24 hours, express; macerate the residuum in three parts of boiling water, and express. Evaporate the mixed and clear liquor to a soft extract by a gentle heat, and dry it in a warm place. Extractum Parietarl^:. From fresh pellitory of the wall, as Extractum Aconiti. Extractum Piperis Fluidum. U. S. From black pepper, as Ext. Cubeb^ Fluidum, separating the piperine by expression through a cloth, and keeping the liquid portion for use. Extractum Rhei Fluidum. U. S. Mix §viij of coarsely powdered rhubarb with the same weight of sand; add f^xij of proof spirit, and let the mixture stand for 24 hours. Transfer the mass to a percolator, and gradually pour upon it proof spirit until the liquid which passes has little of the odor or taste of