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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    Comp. B.P.C. gr. iij—gr. v) in which it is combined with Caffeine and Sodium Bicarbonate is useful for prescribing in cachets. Incompatibility. It should be a rule with but few exceptions that synthetic remedies should not be ordered with chemically active substances. Acidum Aceticum. Given in mixtures (Acid. Acetic, dilutum^ 3ss—3ij ', Oxymel, 3j—3ij) for internal use. For outward application it may be ordered as a lotion, a liniment (Linimentum Terebinthinae Aceticum) or a pigment (Acid. Acetic. Glaciale) for cutaneous excrescences. Incompatibles. Alkalis, Alkaline Salts, Hydrates, and Carbonates. Acidum Arseniosum, gr. —g^- tV (i to 4 mgm). Solubility—Water, i in 100; Glycerin, i in 5. It may be ordered in pills (also as Ferri Arsenas gr. yg—gr. \) or in tablets. When prescribed in mixtures regard must be had to the reaction of the other ingredients in order that the proper solution may be ordered (Liquor Arsenicalis [alkaline], TT]^ij—lT(_viij; Liquor Arsenici Hydrochloricus [acid], TH^ij—ITj^viij; Liquor Sodii Arsenatis [alkaline], 17]^ij—TT]^viij). Incompatibles. Lime Water, Magnesia, Iron Oxide and Astringent matters. Acidum Benzoicum, gr. v—gr. xv (0-3 to i grm.) Solubility—Water, i in 400; Alcohol, i in 3. When prescribed in a mixture it must be rubbed down to a fine powder and suspended with a large