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

Date:
1906
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Credit: Practical prescribing and dispensing for medical students / by William Kirkby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Stramonii Semina. Prescribed in pills (Extractum Stramonii, gr. J—gr. j)- Strophanthi Semina. Administered in pills (Extractum Strophanthi, gr. J— gr. j) and mixtures (Tinctura Strophanthi, n\^v—n]^xv). Incompatibilty. The tincture is gradually decom- posed in an aqueous mixture. Acids, Tannic Acid. Strychnina, gr. —gr. j\ (i to 4 mgm.) Almost insoluble in Water. Strychninae Hydrochloridum, gr. -^o—gr. (i to 4 mgm.) Solubility—Water, i in 35. Given in pills and mixtures (Liquor Strychninse Hydrochloridi, ITl^ij—0] viij). Occasionally used in hypodermic injections. Incompatibles. Vegetable Astringents, Alkalis and their Carbonates, Iodine, Iodides, Bromides and other Alkaloidal precipitants. Sulphonal, gr. x—gr. xxx (6 to 20 dgm). Solubility— Water, i in 450; Alcohol, i in 50. Ordered in powders, cachets, capsules, tablets and in mixtures. In the latter case it must be suspended with some agent such as compound tragacanth powder. Sulphur Praecipitatum, gr. xx—gr. Ix (i to 4 grm.) Used in ointments, lotions and lozenges (Trochiscus Sulphuris). Sulphur Sublimatum, gr. xx—gr. Ix (i to 4 grm.) Prescribed in confections (Confectio Sulphuris, gr. Ix—gr. cxx), ointments (Unguentum Sulphuris) and powders (Pulvis Glycyrrhizse Compositus, gr. Ix—gr. cxx).