Materia medica, pharmacy, pharmacology and therapeutics / by W. Hale White.
- William Hale-White
- Date:
- 1901
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Materia medica, pharmacy, pharmacology and therapeutics / by W. Hale White. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.
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![DECOCTA, EMPLASTBA, EXTRACTA Dose. Dose. _. . . fUsed as a Confectio Piperis Confectio Kosffi^ j^g^g^g foj. _ SennsB _ 1-^5- Gallicfe y pjng. — Sulphuris j Decocta.-Solutions of the non-volatile active principles of vegetable drugs, made by boilmg the ingredients in distilled water, ni a covered vessel, for from 5 to 10 minutes, and strammg. The dose ot each of the three in the B. P. is to 2 §. They are : Decoctum Aloes Co. Decoctum Htematoxyli — Granati Eadicis , Emplastra—Plasters consist of tenacious, phabie, sohd substances spread upon calico or leather. They are only used for application to the skm, to which they adhere at the temperature of the body, ihe following list from the B. P. shows that all but THREE ARE DERIVED FROM E. PlUMBI : 'Oxide of lead, olive oil, and water. Oleate of Lead and Glycerin aee rOEMED. ] Emplastrum Plumbi — Hydrargyri — Plumbi lodidi — Eesinse — Saponis — Belladonnffi — Calefaciena — Opii — Cantharidis — Menthol — Picis — Ammoniaci cum Hydrargyro Extracta, — Concentrated preparations made by evaporating either the expressed juice of plants, or a solution of the soluble constituents of dried drugs. If the solid extract would otherwise be too poisonous, it may be diluted with sugar of milk (Ex. Belladonnfe Alcohohcum, Ex. Nucis Vomicfe, Ex. Opii, Ex. Physostigmatis, and Ex. Strophanthi). Lead plaster is the basis. Eesin plaster, which is made from lead plaster, is the basis. Soap plaster, which is made from lead plaster, is the basis. j. Eesin is the basis. I Olive oil is the basis.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21507260_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
