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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    [crystals ^viij, E.], distilled water f^xij. Mix. Dose, from n^xv to f3J. Liquor Calcis Muriatis. L. 1824. See Liquor Calcii Chlo- ridi. Liquor Chirayt^:. Treat ^iv of bruised chirayta as directed for Liq. Calumbge. The water may be either cold or newmilk- warm: 1 part to 7 of water makes the Infusion. Liquor Cinchona. See Infusum Cinchonae Spissatum. Liquor Cornu Cervi. See Liquor Volatilis Cornu Cervi. Liquor Cornu Cervi Succinatus. P. Neutralize true spirit of hartshorn (or a solution of §j of salt of hartshorn in 3viij of water) with acid of amber. Liquor Cornu Cervi Tartarizatus. As the last, substituting tartaric for succinic acid. Liquor Creasoti. Reichenbach. Creasote gijj, rectified spirit 5iv, warm distilled water Ibiss. Liquor Ergot^e. See Essentia Secalis Cornuti. Liquor Ferri Acetatis. See Ferri Acetas, D. The Prus. Ph. directs the oxide precipitated from ^vj of liquor ferri ses- quichloridi by ammonia, to be washed, pressed, and dissolved in ^vij of strong acetic acid. Liquor Ferri Chlorati [Chloridi]. Prus. Ph. Put into a bottle sufficiently large Jij of iron wire, and add ^x of hydro- chloric acid (sp. gr. 1*12), and §v of distilled water. Set aside in a warm place for 24 hours, shaking occasionally; then filter rapidly, and add 10 drops of hydrochloric acid, and keep it in well-stopped 2-ounce bottles. It contains 10-8 per cent, of iron. Liquor Ferri Sesquichlorati [Sesquichloridi]. Prus. Ph. Heat Jxij of the last solution with ^iij of hydrochloric acid, in a porcelain vessel, gradually adding ^iiiss of nitric acid (sp. gr. 1-20), or so much that the solution shall not yield a green or blue color in a solution of red prussiate of potash. Evaporate with a gentle heat, so that it may be solid when cold; dissolve in 5vj of distilled water, adding as much hydrochloric acid as is required to produce a clear solution with the aid of heat. Evaporate to ^vj, and add ^iss of distilled water or q. s. to make the sp. gr. 1-535 to 1-540.