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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    be obtained in very minute crystals. Wash these with cold distilled water till that which trickles through ceases to give a precipitate in sol. of nitrate of silver. Dry it in an oven. Dose, gr. v to £ij. Potassii Iodidi Liquor Compositus. D. See Liquor, &c. Potassii Sulphuretum. E. & U. S. Sulphur ^j, carbonate of potash ^iv [£ij, U. S.]; triturate them well together, and heat them in a covered crucible till they form a uniform fused mass, which, when cold, is to be broken into fragments, and kept in well-closed vessels. L. 1836, directed the same proportions. D. (Hepar Sulphuris) directs £iv of sublimed sulphur to ^vij of carbonate of potash. Dose, gr. iij—x. Ptisana Mezerei. Mezereon bark Jij, water Oiiss; boil to Oil, and strain. Ptisana Oryz^. P. Rice Water. Infuse 3nj °f liquorice root in Oij of a decoction of J v of washed rice. Pruntjm Prjeparatum. L. See Pulpa Prunorum. Pulvina Lupuli. A pillow containing dried hops: used to allay restlessness. Pulvis Aerophorus. Prus. Ph. Bicarbonate of soda £iv, tartaric acid 3^j> refined sugar 5vy- Reduce them sepa- rately to powder, dry well, and mix. Keep them in a close vessel. Pulvis Aerophorus Laxans. Prus. Ph. (English Seidlitz Poioders.~) Rochelle salts 5^j? bicarbonate of soda ^ij; mix, In a separate paper give Jss 0f tartaric acid (all in powder). Pulvis Antiarthriticus. Duke of Portland's Powder. Round birthwort, gentian, tops of lesser centaury, tops of ground pine, and germander, of each equal parts. Dose, Jj. Pulvis Calamine [cum Amylo]. Cut. H. True calamine powder 5J, starch ^j. Mix. Pulvis Calcis Phosphatis Saccharatus. Precipitated phos- phate of lime gr. xv, white sugar gr. lxxxv; triturate, and di- vide into 20 packets. 2 or more daily, according to age of child. In rickets, &c. Pulvis Capucinorum. Niemann. Cevadilla, stavesacre, pars- ley-seed, and snuff, of each equal parts; mix. To destroy ver- min in the head; but requires caution.