Materia medica, pharmacy, pharmacology and therapeutics / by W. Hale White.
- William Hale-White
- Date:
- 1899
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Materia medica, pharmacy, pharmacology and therapeutics / by W. Hale White. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CONFECTIONES, DECOCTA, EMPLARTRA 18 a protective film is formed owing to the rapid volati- lization of the solvent. The B. P. contains three : Collodium I Collodium Vesicans — Flexile | Confectiones (Syn. Electuaries, boluses, con- serves).—Powders made into a paste with sugar or honey, of such a consistency that the powder does not separate, but the mass can be swallowed. The B. P. contains four: Dose. Dose. Confectio Piperis ] ^ „ ,. -D (Used as a Confectio Eos» ^^^j^ Galilean ^ ■ Sennse v I-25. - Sulpliuris j Decocta.—Solutions of the non-volatile active principles of vegetable drugs, made by boiling the ingredients in distilled water, in a covered vessel, for from 5 to 10 minutes, and straining. The dose of each of the three in the B. P. is \ to 2^. They are : Decoctum Aloes Co. | Decoctum Hjematoxyli — Granati Eadieis | Decoctions should be fresh made, as they readily decom- pose. Emplastra.—Plasters consist of tenacious, pliable, solid substances heated enough to be spread with a heated spatula, generally upon the rough side of sheepskin leather, but sometimes on wash leather, calico, silk, or the smooth side of swansdown. They are only used for application to the skin, to which they adhere at the temperature of the body. The following list from the B. P. shows that all but THBEE ARE DERIVED FROM E. PlUMBI : I Oxide of lead, olive oil, and water. Emplastrum Plumbi j Oleate of Lead and Glycerin are — Hydrargyri — Plumbi I — Besinse — Saponis](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20388652_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
