The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, MDCCCXXIV / Translated ... by Sir George Leman Tuthill.
- Date:
- 1824
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, MDCCCXXIV / Translated ... by Sir George Leman Tuthill. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![PLASTERS, 431. To; the Pitch; the yellow Resin, andthe Wax melted together, add first..the,Resin of the Spruce Fir, and then the Oil of Nutmegs, the Olive Oil; and the Water. Lastly; mix them all, and evaporate until they venue, a proper consistence. ~“EMPLA STRUM PLUMBI. Take of semi-vitreous Oxyd of Lead i in.very { fine powder, five pounds, Olive Oil, a gallon, | Water, two pints, Boil them. together over a slow fire, constantly stirring them, until the Oil and Oxyd, of Lead unite, and the whole acquires the consistence of a Plaster; adding a little more boiling Water, if that which was at first employed should be nearly consumed before the end of the process. EMPLASTRUM RESINE. RESIN PLASTER, pare. of yellow Resin, half a pound, | ~ Lead Plaster, three pounds; To the Lead Plaster melted over a slow nies add the Resim im: powdet, ‘ie mix:, gAs'] EMPLASTRUM SAPONIS. SOAP PLASTER. be Take of hard Soa sliced, half a ound, Lead Plaster, three pounds;](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22023367_0147.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
