Pharmaceutical formulas : a book of useful recipes for the drug trade, comprising formulas for toilet preparations and specialties and preparations for the hair, dentrifices, perfumes, household and culinary requisites, beverages, antiseptics and disinfectants, inks, varnishes, confectionery, medicinal compounds, and many other preparations related to the art of pharmacy collated chiefly from The chemist and druggist and The chemists' and druggists' diaries / with annotations by Peter MacEwan.

Date:: 1898

Credit: Pharmaceutical formulas : a book of useful recipes for the drug trade, comprising formulas for toilet preparations and specialties and preparations for the hair, dentrifices, perfumes, household and culinary requisites, beverages, antiseptics and disinfectants, inks, varnishes, confectionery, medicinal compounds, and many other preparations related to the art of pharmacy collated chiefly from The chemist and druggist and The chemists' and druggists' diaries / with annotations by Peter MacEwan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Cocaine Drops Cocain. hydrochlor. . gr. v. Aq. chloroformi . • 5J- S. To be applied to the cavity with a camel-hair pencil. Toothache Ball and Stopping Resin, flav. . . . %]. Jvj. Gum. juniper. . . §j. 5yj. Spt. rectificat. . . £j- Spt. setheris . . • 5vj- Acid, carbol. . . . gj. Mix and dissolve. Toothache-pills 1 Cocainse hydrochlor. gr. xvj. Pulv. opii . . gr. lxiv. Menthol. . . gr. xvj. Pulv. althsese . . gr. xlviij. Muc. acacise . . inviij. Ft. massa. Divide into |-gr. pills, one of which is to be put into the hollow of the tooth and covered with cotton-wool. 11 Pulv. opii • Biv. Pulv. rad. belladon. • Biv- Pulv. pyrethri • Biv- Ol. caryophyll. . gtt. XV. Ol. cajuput. . gtt. XV. Ol. amygdal. . • 5SS- Cerse flav. • 5'J- With the wax melted in the almond oil by heat incorporate the other ingredients, and divide into 500 pills. Toothache-sticks Cerae flav. . . . §ss. Acid, carbol. . . . 5^j- Ol. caryoph. . . . 5SS- Melt the wax and add to it the acid and oil. While still liquid immerse thin layers of absorbent cotton in the fluid, and when suf- shape, of rods. For use snip off a little piece, warm it gently, and introduce into the hollow tooth. Toothache-snuff Sodae bicarb. . Pulv. amyli Pulv. verat. alb. Cocain. hydroch. M. 5»j* SJ- SJ- gr. x Two-drachm boxes of this are sold for a penny. Toothache-wax Powdered chloral hydrate P)iv. Powdered opium . . jiss. Powdered mastic . . jiiss. Venice turpentine . . Jvj. Beeswax .... §ij. The last three substances are melted together, then the chloral and opium are introduced, and the mixture stirred until it becomes plastic. It is then rolled out into rods or formed into pellets. Toothache-powders The following recipes are typical of many articles now sold for re- lieving toothache : — 1 Acetanilidi Caffeinse. Pulv. sacch. alb. Carmini . gr. v. gf- j- gr- ij- q.s. Just enough carmine is to be added to give a faint pink colour. A powder may be taken every four hours. 11 Quininse sulph. . . gr. ij. Ammonii chlorid. . . gr. x. M. Every four hours. Old-fashioned, but good. The majority of neuralgic and headache powders which we have examined consist solely of acetani-

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