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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    Syrupus Anticatarrhalis. M. Mouchon. To 3000 parts of boiling water add 250 parts of red poppy petals; infuse, strain with pressure, filter, mix it with 8000 parts of simple syrup previously reduced by boiling to 7500, and add a filtered solu- tion of 30 parts of extract of henbane in 500 parts of orange- flower water. Syrupus Atropine. Bouchardat. Atropine gr. iss, water (acidulated with a few drops of muriatic acid) 5^ss? syrup fjxxv. Dose, fjiv, equivalent to gr. ^\. Syrupus Caff^^e. Concentrated infusion of fresh-roasted cof- fee ^iv, refined sugar ^viij; dissolved in a closed vessel by a gentle heat. Syrupus Caffeine Citratis. Hannon. Citrate of caffein 9j, syrup ^j. See Mistura Caffeinae Citratis. Syrupus Cannabin^e. Bouchardat. Tincture of cannabine (1 part of the resin to 10 of r. spirit) 1 part, simple syrup 100 parts. By spoonfuls. Syrupus Castorei Compositus. M. Lebrou. Valerian water ^v, cherry-laurel water ^iiss, castor (dissolved in spirit q. s.) 3iij, white sugar %xv. In spasmodic asthma, &c. Syrupus Chimaphil^:. Mr. Procter. Macerate ^iv of bruised leaves of umbellate winter-green in f^viij of water for 36 hours, then subject it to percolation till f^xvj of liquid have passed; reduce to half, and dissolve in it ^xij of sugar. Dose, gss to %j. Syrupus Codeine. Codeia 9j, water f^iv; sugar ^viij. Dose, a tea-spoonful, in lioojping-cough. Syrupus Croci [Vinosus]. P. Saffron gj, Malaga wine ^xvj; macerate, strain, and add sugar >jxxiv. Syrupus Ferri Acetatis. Mr. Roper. Dissolve Ibij of white sugar in Oss of water by water-bath, and add f^xj of solution of acetate of iron. [Mr. Roper's acetate of iron is thus made: Dissolve 5J of iron wire in f^iv of muriatic acid diluted with fjiv of water; add Oiv of water, and precipitate with fgv of liquid potassse : set aside for 24 hours, draw off the supernatant liquid with a syphon; fill again with water, and repeat the pro- cess a third time. Collect the precipitate on a linen filter, dis- solve it in f^ij of strong acetic acid, add water to make up f^x, set aside for 24 hours, and filter. To make the ammonio-acetate 43