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.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Pills containing volatile ingredients or drugs with strong odours should be directed to be dispensed in phials instead of boxes. If they contain substances liable to deteriorate upon contact with the atmosphere {e.g.^ pilula ferri iodidi^ pilula phosphori) they should be coated with French chalk if time permits, or, if required urgently, they should be varnished. Two kinds of varnish are common in pharmacies ; one is an ethereal solution of balsam of tolu, and the other may be an ethereal or an alcoholic solution of sandarach resin. Practical Exercises. ^. Pil. Hydrargyri gr. iv or 25 cgm. Ft. pilula mitte vj Let the patient take one at night and a saline aperient draught the following mornmg. Observe that in prescriptions for pills it is usual to write the formula for a single pill and afterwards specify the number to be sent. Pulv. Rhei gr. j or 6 cgm. Pulv. Zingib. gr. j „ 6 cgm. Pil. Hydrargyri gr. iij „ 18 cgm. Fiat pilula mitte vj One to be taken when needed. The dry ingredients must be triturated together in the mortar before the addition of the semi-solid ingredient. ]^. QuininjE Sulphatis gr. ij or 12 cgm. Fiat pil. mitte xij Take one twice a day between meals. White substances should be massed with colourless ex- cipients. In this case glycerin of tragacanth, or glucose, is suitable. ]^. Pulv. Antimonialis Pulv. Ipecacuan. Co. ana gr. ij or 12 cgm. Excipientis q.s. Fiat pilula mitte vj Let two be taken at bed-time.
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