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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    lard §j ; mix> an(l keep it in a wide-mouthed stopped bottle. In neuralgia. Unguentum Exsiccans. Han. Ph. Wax Jiss, 0iive oil 3j; melt, and add prepared bole 5J> oxide of zinc Jss. Unguentum Ferri Oxydi Nigri. Brefeld. Beef suet ^xvj, lard §xvj, black oxide of iron ^ij ; heat them together in an iron vessel, constantly stirring them with an iron rod till the mixture becomes black ; let the sediment subside, pour off the liquid ointment, and add to it Venice turpentine ^ij, oil of ber- gamot Jj, b°le (rubbed with a little olive oil) £j ; mix tho- roughly. (A modification of Wahler's Ointment for Chil- blains.) Unguentum Qallje. D. Galls in very fine powder Jj; oint- ment of white wax 3vij; rub together until a uniform mixture is obtained. Unguentum Heder^e. Bruise fresh ivy leaves and boil them with 2 or 3 times their weight of lard until the leaves become crisp; then strain and press. A stimulating application to in- dolent ulcers and to corns. Unguentum Hydrargyri. L. E. & D. {Ting. Hydrargyri Fortius, L. 1836.) E. Mercury Ibij, lard ^xxiij, suet ^j. L. The same, but half the quantity. Rub the mercury with the suet and a little of the lard until the globules disappear; then add the rest of the lard, and mix. D. directs Ibj each of pure mercury and prepared lard. [This ointment is not well prepared so long as metallic globules may be seen in it with a magnifier of 4 powers. E.] D. & P. omit the suet. [The extinction of the quicksilver may be greatly facilitated by triturating it with a portion of old mercurial ointment, as re- commended by Mr. Higginbottom of Northampton, in 1814, and as adopted in the last edition of the Prussian Pharmaco- poeia ; or otherwise by employing lard which has been long ex- posed in a finely divided state to the action of the air. See Adeps oxygenatus. Several other modes of abridging the time and labor required in accomplishing this object have been pro- posed ; but none of them are more effectual, or freer from ob- jection, than these.] Unguentum Hydrargyri cum Amylo. M. Briquet. Mer- curial ointment ^j, powdered starch Jij. Mix. To prevent pitting in small-pox; smeared over the face night and morning. Unguentum Hydrargyri cum Belladonna. Manch. H.