A new supplement to the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Paris; forming a complete dispensatory and conspectus. Including ... the pharmacopoeia of the Veterinary College / [James Rennie].

James Rennie

Date:: 1829

Credit: A new supplement to the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Paris; forming a complete dispensatory and conspectus. Including ... the pharmacopoeia of the Veterinary College / [James Rennie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$42 AMMO ‘moniac. Procured in the East by subliming. the soof formed by burning the dung of camels; and in Europe by directly combining ammonia and the hydrochloric (muriatic) acid, or by decomposing ‘the sulphate of ammonia by means of the hydrochlorate (muriate) of . soda, or the muriates of lime and magnesia by means of ammonia. Adulterated with sulphate of ammonia, which may be detected by muriate of barytes, which will throw down a precipitate. When pure, a low heat will wholly volatilize. it. Chemically it, is said to consist of chlorine and ammonium (the sup- posed base of ammonia). Incompatible with the sulphuric and. nitric: acids, all the. carbonates, the nitrate of silver, and the acetate of lead. ; Medicinally it is chiefly used in. external applications, as a refri- gerant in inflammations, or as a discutient and resolvent in the proportion of 3] to Ibj of liquid. In head-ache, a lotion made of 3] in 3j of alcohol and -3ix of water is useful. Internally as an aperient, vermifuge, deobstruant, and diaphoretic, in a of the prime viz in doses of gr. x to. Dj. - Enters. into Ammonie Carbon. L. E. D. Ag: Carbon. Ammonie. E. D. Lig. Ammon. L. E. D. Ferr. Ammoniatum. L. E.. D. - Alcohol Ammoniat. E. D. Sulphuretum Ammon, D. Ag. Cup. Ammoniati. D. Mur. Ammon. et Ferr. D. Ammonve Suspcarponas. L. E.D.P. Subcarbonate of Ammonia. Sal volatile, and Ammonia preparata. O. Prepared by mixing bj muriate, of ammonia with {bjss of prepared chalk dried, and then subliming them by a heat gradually increased till it becomes red. It contains from 25 to 50 per cent of alkali, and is Soluble in thrice its weight of cold water, but not in alcohol. Incompatible with magnesia, potassa fusa, and liquor potasse. Adulterated with the residue sold by the gas-light companies ; but if it has any foetor, it may be removed by subliming it by means of powdered charcoal. Exposure to the air renders it opaque, friable, and bad. Medicinally it is strongly antacid, stimulant, saitispnssisei and diapho- retic, in doses of gr. v to gr. xv in pill or in any bland fluid, not con- taining potass, magnesia, acids, acetates, muriates, or carbonates. It is a good antidote to acid poisons. It is emetic in doses of 3s. - _ Externally it is epispastic, corrosive, and resolvent in paralysis an tumours. In syncope and hysteria it is used as smelling salts. ‘Enters into Lig. Ammon. Acetat. L. E. D. Lig. eaters Carbon. L.E. D. Cup. Ammoniatum. L. E. D. AmmoniaRETUM Curri. E. Sce Currum ais Sanaa Lik$