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

Beasley, Henry

Date:: 1856

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

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$Solutio Ferri Alumtnosa. Swediaur. Calcined sulphate of iron 9x, alum £)v, water q. s. to dissolve them, sulphuric acid 15 drops. Dose, 10 to 15 drops. [Once a celebrated nostrum in Germany, under the name of Tinctura Nervosa.~\ Solutio Ferri Bromidi. Mohr. Mix 1 part of iron filings with 3 of water in a stopped vial, add 1 part of bromine, and shake till the solution has assumed a greenish hue. It must be kept on the iron, and decanted or filtered when wanted for use.' Solutio Ferri et Quints Phosphatis. Dr. Cattell states that it contains phosphoric acid, quina, and oxide of iron; but he has not given the quantities or process. Solutio Hydrargyri Composita. Cut. H. Corrosive subli- mate Jvj, arsenious acid Jiiss, hydrochloric acid ^j, boiling water f^xxxij; boil, and make up ^xxxiv. Dose, rt^iij to x. Solutio Hydrargyri Bichloridi. Mialhe. Bichloride of mercury 1 part, muriate of ammonia 2 parts, chloride of sodium 2 parts, distilled water 1000 parts. Dissolve. Dose, f3J 3 or 4 times a day. Spiritus. Spirits. Under this head are placed distilled spirits, simple and compound; with a few alcoholic solutions, and asthe- real spirits. In preparing the distilled spirits, the seeds, &c, are to be bruised j the E. P. and other Ph. direct previous ma- ceration for two or more days. D. now substitutes for most of the distilled spirits, solutions of 1 part of essential oil in 9 of rectified spirit. See Essentia. [The spirit which forms the basis of these compounds is not prepared by pharmacists, but is a separate branch of manufacture. The Colleges, however, have indicated, by their densities, the strength of the spirits to be employed. The following table shows the specific gravity of the spirits used in the following compounds:] Alcohol, D., . -795 E-> I .796 Alcool Absolu. Paris Codex, . . $ Alcool at 40° P. C, -810 Spiritus Vini Alcoholisatus. Prus. Ph., . '810 to -813 Spiritus Fortior, D., -818 Spiritus Rectificatissinius. Hann. Ph., . -822 Prus. Ph., . -833 to -835 Spiritus Rectificatus. L. and E, . . . -838 D., . . . . -840 Spiritus Vini. Prus. Ph., . . . . -840 to -845 Alcohol du Commerce, 33°. P., *863$