A conspectus of the pharmacopoeias of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin colleges ... being a practical compendium of materia medican and pharmacy / [Anthony Todd Thomson].

  • Anthony Todd Thomson
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1816
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    i] break, dry, not deliquescent, foliaceous; of a fine blueish: green colour; taste salt; completely soluble in sulphuric acid.— Oper. Tonic, emetic, escharotic, detergent. — Use. Scarcely ever used internally ; applied to the callous edges of sores, and to consume fungous, but now seldom used. It is sometimes used as a lotion, gr. j. in rose or elder _ flower water fj. in scorbutic ulcerations of the mouth, but it cannot be much recommended. — Dose. As a tonic | under gr. ss.; as an emetic from gr. j. to gv. ij. OF Prep: fErugo Preparata. D. Unguentum Subacetitis Cupri.. E. Emplast. Meloes Vesicatorii Comp. E. #EUGO PREPARATA. D. Prepared Verdigris.—The former preparation freed from impurities, in a state of minute mechanical division. ‘Dose. Gr. } to gr. 1. Sugar is a certain antidote for verdigris taken as a poison. 6 ESCULI HIPPOCASTANI SEMEN, E. D. Cortex, D, _ The Horse Chesnut, and Bark of the Tree. ( Heptand. Monogyn. N. O. Trihilate, L. Acera, J. Asia. hb). ‘Prop. Taste of the fruit acrid, biting; of the bark, bitter, austere.— Oper. Of the fruit errhine ; the bark tonic, astrin- gent, antiseptic.— Use. In ophthalmia and head-ach an infusion of the fruit snuffed up the nostrils. The bark has cured ague ; and, externally, is useful in gangrene. — Dose, 3ss. to 3}. of the bark in powder. ETHER SULPHURICUS. L. D. Sulphuric AZther. ASTHER RECTIFICATUS. L. ASther Sulphuricus, E. Rectified ther. Comp. Oxygen 19, carbon 59, hydrogen 22 parts, (from alcohol and sulphuric acid).— Prop. A limpid, colourless, _ very inflammable, volatile liquor ; odour penetrating and - fragrant ; taste hot and pungent ; inflammable ; spec. gray. 9.758 ; readily mixes with alcohol; soluble in ten parts of B