A translation of the pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1836. With notes and illustrations / By Richard Phillips.

  • Royal College of Physicians, London
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1837
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Credit: A translation of the pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1836. With notes and illustrations / By Richard Phillips. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    bonates of potash and soda, &c. with effervescence. It is vola- tile even at common temperatures, and its vapour, especially when arising from heated acid, is inflammable, burning with a white light. Its salts are termed acetates ; they are decomposed by most acids except the carbonic, and indeed even this happens in one or two cases. Anhydrous acetic acid, as it exists in dry acetate of soda or potash, &c., is composed of Three equivalents of Hydrogen...... 1x3 = 3 or 6 Four equivalents of Carbon ......... 6 x 4 TA, Ar] Three equivalents of Oxygen ...... 8X3 = 24 ,, 47 Equivalent ...... 51. 100 Symbol,—Berzelius and Turner...... A. Brande *<. Boo. a see Ge It has been mentioned that acetic acid cannot exist without water or a base; and glacial acetic acid, as it has been called, on account of its becoming solid and crystalline at a low tempera- ture, or about 40° of Fahrenheit, is the strongest acetic acid pro- curable ; it consists of One equivalent of anhydrous Acetic Acid = 51 or 85 Onetequivalent of. Water *)7../.i....-.3-0-- = 9, 15 Equivalent ..... 60. 100 Symbol,—Berzelius and Turner...... AH. Brandes? acta ae (ac’+q). One hundred grains of the acetic acid prepared according to the present directions, saturate 87 grains of crystallized carbonate of soda; and as 144 of this salt are equivalent to 51 of real acetic acid, it follows that this acetic acid is composed of Anhydrous Acetic Acid =:....... 30°8 NV AGED Soro eo sees nas west ions: eRe 100° A mixture of 15 parts by weight of this acid and 85 of water is equal in strength to distilled vinegar. Impurities and Tests—See Notes: Actpum AcETICUM. inceompatibles.— Alkalis, alkaline carbonates, alkaline earths and their carbonates, metallic oxides and most substances acted upon by other acids. Pharmaceutic Uses—Acetum Cantharidis, Potasse Acetas, Plumbi Acetas, Oxymel. Medicinal Uses.—Acetic Acid when diluted is refrigerant, and
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