Pharmacopedia, a commentary on the British pharmacopoeia, 1898 / by Edmund White ... and John Humphrey.
- Edmund White
- Date:
- 1901
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Pharmacopedia, a commentary on the British pharmacopoeia, 1898 / by Edmund White ... and John Humphrey. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.
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![Page 165, line 4 ; for lecithine read lecithin ,. 179. .. 44: /'' n ''^^ , . , ^ , 185, 27; Note that the official process does not efifect the removal of the whole of the bitter principle of gentian root, while the use of boiling water results in the solution of more pectin than if the extraction were effected in the cold {P.J. [4], 14, 319). ,, 186, ,, 17 ; for 20 parts read 16 parts ,, 188, ,, 7; Note that the fixed oil or fat in nux vomica seeds is dissolved by 70 per cent, alcohol to some extent, with the result that tincture of nux vomica, prepared from the liquid extract, tends to become cloudy at low temperatures, by the deposition of fat. It has been suggested that this may be prevented by reducing the volume of the liquid extract to one-third, after removal of the alcohol by distillation^ and filtering when cold (P.J. [4], 13, 667). 11 IQO. M 21 ' aftpv ''pvtrarl in^prt pn ner cpnt alcohol is used, anf?^ TOO for '' drug '' read '' powdered seeds '' 208 A ' T- ' after network insert of OTA 26 , for the read a 226, „ 20 for either of those read the ,, -^^^J ,, 2 * for S. utropoides'^ read S. cariiio^.ica ,, 245, ,, 37; after '' part'' insert of ., 255, „ 17; for rhatania-tannic read ratanhia-tannic >. 255, ,, 18; for rhatania-red read ratanhia-red ,, 255, „ 22; for rhatania-red read ratanhia-red ,, 270, ,, 22 ; for in read into ., 271, „ r8 Note that the proportions of glycerin and phenol are too small to prevent the development of putrefactive organisms in the fluid, on account of the large proportion of water present in the glands {P.J. [4], 15, 139). ,. 273, ,, 9 ; for provided for read made official 273, „ 21 ; Note that the addition of 10 per cent, of glycerin has been recommended as a means of preventing the loss of extractive by precipitation, which characterises Liquor Kramerise Concentratus {P.J. [4]. 16, 155)- „ 277, .. 17; delete or oleo- ,, 282, ,, 40; after Smith insert It is separated from the oil by submitting the latter to fractional distillation, or by cooling it to a very low tem- perature, when the menthol crystallises out, often in a dense mass, „ 286. „ from which the adhering oil can be separated by pressure. 2; after in insert cinnamon .. 299, „ 19; delete the whole line and insert as line 24 of page 297. .. 306, ,, I ; for liquid read solid >• 307, ,, 43 ; /i' terpene read sesquiterpene 310, ,, 36 ; rfeto^ other terpenes, and 310, ,, 37; after eugenol, read in addition to small quantities of methyl-n- amyl ketone, pinene, cymene, furfurol, benzaldehyde, nonyl aldehyde, cumic aldehyde, linalool, caryophyllene, and probably also hydro-cinnamic aldehyde and linalyl isobutyrate. ,, 311, ,. 10 ; for •• Copaiba read Copaibaj; make same alteration in headHne. 316, ,, 3 ; Note tha.t the specific gravity of oil of lemon varies according to the period at which it is expressed, being higher towards the end of the season. It is suggested that the official figures should be 0 856 to 0-859 (C. &-D., 59,913). „ 3r6, ,, 30 ; f7//f;-geranyl acetate, insert pinene, Itevo-pinene, octyl aldehyde, nonyl aldehyde, methyl anthranilate, a resin,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21297216_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
