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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    Ifej of beef, free from fat, be minced very small, as for sausage- meat ; mix it with an equal weight of cold water, and heat it slowly to boiling; let it boil for a minute or two, and strain it through a cloth. It may be colored with roasted onion or burnt sugar, and salted to the taste. See also, Jusculum cum Carne Bovis. Infusum Carthami. Safflower %ij, boiling water f^xvj; infuse for an hour. By wineglassfuls, as a diaphoretic. Infusum Carui. Dr. Wood. Bruised caraways 3ij, boiling water f^xvj. A wineglassful, in flatulence. Infusum Catarle. Dry catmint ^ij, boiling water Oj. Infusum Cinchona. L. Bruised yellow cinchona gj, boiling distilled water Oj; macerate for 2 hours in a covered vessel, and strain. E. directs under this name ^j of any species of cinchona, according to prescription, in coarse powder, to infuse in Oj of boiling water for 4 hours. D. Coarsely powdered crown or pale bark ^j, boiling water Oss; infuse 1 hour, and filter. Infusum Cinchona Pallidas. L. With pale cinchona, as Inf. Cinchonse. Dose, of either infusion, f^j to f^iij. Infusum Cinchona Spissatum. L. Macerate Ibiij of coarsely pulverized yellow bark in Ovj of [cold] distilled water, as di- rected for Extract of Bark, and strain. Evaporate the mixed infusions to one-fourth, and set aside for the dregs to subside. Pour off the clear liquor, and strain the remainder. Then mix, and again evaporate till the specific gravity becomes 1-200. To this, when cold, gently drop in rectified spirit in the proportion of f3iij to each f^j of liquid. Lastly, set aside for 20 days, that the dregs may entirely subside. [f3J is equivalent to fgj of bark, or Oj of the infusion.] Infusum Cinchonje Pallida Spissatum. L. In the same manner, from pale bark. Infusum Copalchi. Dr. Stark. Bruised bark of copalkecroton ^ss, boiling water Oj; infuse for 2 hours, and strain. Dose, fjss 3 times a day. A warm bitter. Infusum Contrayerv^e. Dr. Pereira. Powdered contrayerva 3iv, boiling water f^vj. Dose, f^j to f^ij. Infusum Cotulje. From dried flowers of Anthemis cotula, as Inf. Anthemidis.