Practical prescribing and dispensing for medical students / by William Kirkby.

Date:
1906
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    Quininae Hydrochloridum Acidum, gr. j—gr. x (6 to 60 cgm.) Solubility—Water, i in i. Quininae Sulphas, gr. j—gr. x (6 to 60 cgm.) Solubility—Water, i in 800. Quinine Salts are given in mixtures (Tinctura Quininae, 3ss—6]), pills (Pilula Quininae Sulphatis, gr. ij—gr. viij), cachets, powders and as a hypo- dermic injection, for which the Acid Hydrochloride is suitable because of its ready solubility in water Quinine is also administered as a wine (Vinum Quininae^ 5ss—gj) and as an ammoniated tincture (Tinctura Quininae Ammoniata, 3ss—3j), of which the dose may be directed to be taken in Carbonated Water or Soda Water with which it forms a clear solution. Small quan- tities of the Sulphate are usually given in mixtures in solution formed with the aid of at least an equal quantity of Dilute Sulphuric or Hydrochloric Acid. If the latter acid is used the well-known fluorescence is suppressed. Acids appear to intensify the bitterness of Quinine, therefore when moderate quantities are required in mixtures the Sulphate should be finely triturated and suspended in the water. Incompatibles. Alkalis and their Carbonates, Iodine, Iodides, Tannic Acid and Vegetable Astringents, Rhei Radix, gr. iij—gr. x (2 to 6 dgm.) for repeated doses, gr. xv—gr. xxx (i to 2 grm.) for a single dose. Given in mixtures (Infusum Rhei, gss—3]; Elixir Rhei, B.P.C., 3j—5iij; Liquor Rhei Concentratus,