British pharmacopoeia / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, pursuant to the Medical Act, 1858.

Date:
1864
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Credit: British pharmacopoeia / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, pursuant to the Medical Act, 1858. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    App. B. I.] IN CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. LITMUS TINCTUKE. Take of Litmus, in powder, one ounce; Proof Spirit, ten fluid ounces. Macerate for seven days, and filter. OXALIC ACID OF COMMEECE. OXALIC ACID, PUEIFIED. HO, C,03 + 2HO. Take of Oxalic Acid of Commerce, one pound; Boiling Distilled Water, thirty fluid ounces. Dissolve, filter the solution, and set it aside to crystallize. Pour off the liquor, and dry the crystals by exposure to the air on filtering paper placed on porous bricks. Test.—Is entirely dissipated by a heat below 350°. PLASTEK OF PAEIS. Native Sulphate of Lime, CaO, SO3, deprived of water' by heat, PLATINUM FOIL. POTASSIUM.