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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    comfrey root Ibss, plantain leaves tbss ; bruise, express the juice, boil to half, and make a syrup with an equal weight of sugar. Syrupus Valeriana. P. Bruise tbj of valerian root, and put it into a still with Ibviij of water. In 12 hours distil off fbiss; strain and filter what remains, mix the liquor with ibviij of simple syrup, evaporate to ibviss, and add the distilled water. Taffetas Anglicum. Court Plaster. See Emplastrum Ichthyo- collae. Taffetas Yesicans. Oettinger. Stretch taffeta on a frame, and brush it over twice with a solution of isinglass; when quite dry brush it over twice, at short intervals and in the same di- rection, with the following solution, repeating the application a third and fourth time, at intervals of 24 hours. Cantharidal aether, sulphuric aether, of each 5s) boiled turpentine and black resin, of each 3ss; mix and dissolve. It is recom- mended to apply over it, some days after the last coating of the cantharidal solution, a solution of isinglass of a gelatinous con- sistence. This is to be wiped off before applying it to the skin, with a wet rag. [The same method answers for paper, which should be laid on a smooth plank.] Tamarindus Pr^paratus. L. Tamarinds fibj, water q. s. to cover them : macerate with a gentle heat for four hours, then finish as directed for Prunes. [See Pulpa Prunorum.] Terebinthina Colata. Common raw turpentine, melted in a still, and strained while warm. Terebinthina Cocta. P. Put Yenice (larch) turpentine in a basin with water, and boil, until a portion thrown into cold water assumes a pilular consistence. When required to form it into pills, soften it by warm water, and roll the pills in pow- dered starch. Prus. Ph. describes Ter. Cocta as the resin left in distilling oil of turpentine. Theriaca Andromachi. L. 1746. Venice Treacle. It con- sists of 61 ingredients, and contains 1 grain of opium in 75. The Theriaca of P. consists of 72 ingredients, and contains gr. j of opium in 72. For these polypharmic electuaries (which are rarely prescribed in this country, and probably never made according to the authorized formulae) may be substituted the following: