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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    Magnesia Tartras. Pereira. Saturate a solution of tartaric acid with carbonate of magnesia, and evaporate to dryness. Dose, 9j to 9iij, in chronic maladies of the spleen. [Rad- MACHER.] Magnesia Potassio-tartras. Maillier. Boil 30 parts of cream of tartar, 8\ (or q. s.) of carbonate of magnesia, in 700 of water, and set aside to crystallize. Magnesia et Potass^ Boro-tartras. M. Garot. Boro- tartrate of potash 100 parts, water 600, carbonate of magnesia 24; boil, filter, evaporate to a paste, and dry at a gentle heat. It is taken in the following form : the above paste ^j, citric acid Jss, gyrup of lemon peel ^ij, water Oss. Malorum Succus. Verjuice. Bruise wild apples (crabs), and express the juice. Manganesii Acetas. Dissolve the carbonate of manganese in strong acetic acid, and evaporate, that crystals may form. Dose, 5 to 10 grains. Manganesii Chloridum vel Mtjrtas. Saturate muriatic acid with carbonate of manganese, and evaporate to dryness by a gentle heat. Preserve it in closely-stopped bottles. Dose, 3 to 10 grains. Manganesii Iodidum. Digest recently precipitated carbonate of manganese with fresh hydriodic acid, filtering and evapo- rating, the access of air being prevented. See Pilulse Manga- nesii Iodidi, and Syr. M. I., for the best method of exhibit- ing it. Manganesii Malas. From the fresh carbonate and malic acid, as Mang. acetas. Dose, 2 to 6 grains. Manganesii Oxydum Hydratum. It may be precipitated from the sulphate by caustic potash or ammonia, and the precipitate well washed. It requires to be used while fresh, mixed with syrup, or an oily emulsion. Manganesii Phosphas. Into a solution of sulphate of manga- nese drop a solution of phosphate of soda, collect, wash, and dry the precipitate, and keep it in well-closed bottles. Manganesii Tartras. Saturate a solution of tartaric acid with fresh carbonate of manganese, and evaporate. See Syrupus Mang. Tartratis. [These compounds of manganese are em- ployed by M. Hannon, in Ancemia, Cachectic diseases, &c.