The prescription : therapeutically, pharmaceutically, and grammatically considered / by Otto A. Wall.

  • Otto Augustus Wall
Date:
1888
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    acetolotivum, i, n., an acidulated fluid , An infusion made with such a menstruum, instead of water, was an acetolatum, ^, n .; or a tincture containing vinegar w^as an acetolatura, ce, f.; a mixture of a medicated vinegar with honey was called oxymel or acetomel [see Honeys] , and foods made with vinegar, such as salads or pickles, were acetaria, orum, n.; acetositas, atis, f., the sour, that which is sour, was a term occasionally employed, as, for instance, acetositas citri, lemon juice, literally, the sour of lemons. Only four vinegars are pharmacopoeial: Lobelias Acetum, Sanguinarise Acetum, Opii Acetum, Scillae Acetum. Waters (Aqua, ce, t.) . This class of preparations is often spoken of in the dispensatories as *' Medicated Waters'' (Aquce medicatoe) , although that is not the pharmacopoeial title. Waters which have been made aromatic with volatile oils, are also called '' Aromatic Waters '' {Aquae, aromatic(B) . These latter are simply usee as diluents in extemporaneous prescrip- tions . The plqral of aqua, or aquce, arum, f., formerly meant mineral waters, or watering-places. In this sense, Saratoga or Hot Springs were *' aquse.'' We now speak of mineral waters as aquce minerales, and of waters charged with carbonic acid as aquce aeratce. Artificial mineral aerated waters are much used, and are dispensed in syphons. In the prescriptions they are commonly designated by their vernacu- lar names, and not by Latin titles . Well-made artificial mineral wa- ters are to be preferred to the natural waters, except when the latter are drunk fresh at the springs. In the Pharmacopoeia we find the following: Ammoniae Aqua. Cinnamomi Aqua, Ammonise Eortior Aqua, Creasoti Aqua, Amygdalae Amaras Aqua, Destillata Aqua, Anisi Aqua, Fceniculi Aqua, Aqna, Menthae Piperitse Aqua, Aurantii Plorum Aqua, Menthas Viridis Aqua, Camphorae Aqua, EosseAqua. Chlori Aqua, Wines (Vinum, i, n.) . Natural wines are frequently prescribed by physicians . There is, however, also a class of pharmaceutical preparations, consisting of tinctures, in which wine is used as a menstruum, and these prepara- tions are called medicated wines'' in the dispensatories, while the