Pharmacopoeia medici / [John Berkenhout].

  • John Berkenhout
Date:
1766
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Credit: Pharmacopoeia medici / [John Berkenhout]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ALKALI FOSSILE Nitrum vel Natron antiquorum, eft pro¬ ductio nativa, qure in Afia & Africa utplu- rimum invenitur. Obtinetur a Sale Marino, Sale Glauberi, Borace, ex Aquis Mineralibus, &■ plantis marinis; etiam a quadam efflorefcentia qu^ fuper muros cryptarum fubterranearum fepe apparet. Ab Alkali Vegetabili parum difcrepat, praster quod, acidis commixtum, alia pro¬ ducit neutra. ALKALI VOLATILE Obtinetur per diflillationem ex omnibus corporibus animalibus vegetabilibufque; ex his tamen parce, nifi poft putrefa&ionem : a Sale etiam Ammoniaco. Proprietates. 1. Aerem avidiflime attrahit; hinc commu¬ niter eft cryftallizatum, ergo mite; namque ' ubi caufticum fit, femper fluit. 2. Cum Sulphure diftillatum dat TinCh Sulph, Hoffmanni. 3. Mite5
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