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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    Catechu, gr. v—gr. xv (3 to lo dgm.) Administered in the form of mixture (Tinctura Catechu, 3ss—3j)- powder (Pulvis Catechu Compositus, gr. X—gr. xl), and lozenge (Trochiscus Catechu). Sometimes used in an injection. Cerii Oxalas, gr. ij—gr. x (i to 6 dgm.) Prescribed as a powder or in cachets. Chirata. Always given in mixtures (Infusum Chiratae, gss—5]; Liquor Chirata3 Concentratus, 3ss—3j; Tinctura Chiratae, 3ss—3j). Chloral Hydras, gr. v—gr. xx (3 to 12 dgm.) Sokibility—Water, 4 in i ; Glycerin^ 2 in i ; Chloroform, i in 3. Used in mixtures (Syrupus Chloral, 3ss—3ij; Liquor Bromo-Chloral Compositus, B.P.C., 3ss—31]), supposi- tories and as a pigment (Chloral Camphoratum, B.P.C.) Incompatibles. Alkalis, Phenazone, Carbolic Acid, Alcohol and Potassium Iodide. Chloroformum, iiLj—iT]^v (0-05 to 0-3 c.c.) Prescribed in mixtures (Aqua Chloroformi, Spiritus Chloroformi, TTl^v—n^xx, a single dose, TTJ^xxx—11(^x1); Tinctura Chloroformi et Morphinse Composita, ]\y— l\xv), and liniments (Linimentum Chloroformi). It is largely used as an anaesthetic. Chrysarobinum. It is used in the form of an ointment (Unguentum Chrysarobini) or as a pigment, which may be formed by dissolving it with some caoutchouc in chloroform.