A pharmacopoeia including the outlines of materia medica and therapeutics for the use of practitioners and students of veterinary medicine / by the late Richard V. Tuson.

  • Tuson, Richard V.
Date:
1904
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Credit: A pharmacopoeia including the outlines of materia medica and therapeutics for the use of practitioners and students of veterinary medicine / by the late Richard V. Tuson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ACIDUM BORICUM BORIC ACID Synonyms.—Boracic Acid ; Hydrogen Borate. Composition.—H3B03. Mode of Preparation.—By purifying the acid found naturally in the volcanic districts of North Italy. See Borax. Characters and Tests.—A transparent, colourless solid which crystallises in six-sided plates. It has a feebly acid taste. It dissolves in 25 parts of water or 15 of alcohol, and in 3 parts of boiling water or 5 of boiling alcohol. An alcoholic solution burns with a green flame. Actions and Uses.—Externally :—Antiseptic, used as a dressing for wounds. The saturated solution is used in the treatment of scaly and parasitic skin-eruptions. Preparations.—Boroglyceride, a combination of boric acid (62 parts) and glycerin (92 parts). This diluted with an equal quantity of glycerin makes the 50 per cent, boroglyceride, in which form it is used as an antiseptic. Lister’s antiseptic ointment for dressing wounds is made by adding 1 part each of boric acid and white wax to 2 parts each of paraffin and almond oil. Borated lint or borated cotton-wool is made by steeping the substance in a saturated solution of the acid and allowing it to dry. ACIDUM CARBOLICUM CARBOLIC ACID Synonym.—Phenol. Composition.—C(iH3OH. Mode of Preparation.—Those portions of coal-tar oil which distill between 300° and 400° F. are mixed
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