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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![except Pil. Scammonii Co. All pharraacopoeial pills are given in doses of about 4 to 8 grains, except— Pilula Phosphori. Dose 1—2 gr. — Plumbi cum Opio. ] Dose 2—4 t — Saponis Composita. I — Ferri. Dose 5—15 gr. Pulveres.—Powders are mixtures of finely pow- dered drugs. The best diluent for powders is sugar of milk, because of its hardness and comparative insolubility. The B. P. contains : ^3—10 gr. ^5—20 gr. I J 20—60 gr. ] 10-60 Approximate Dose Pulvis Cretfe Aroo maticus cum Opio — Jalapffi Co. — Ehei Co. — Tragaeanthae Co. — Glycyrrhizas Co. ao—60 ) 60 to 120 ^ gr. Approximate Dose. Pulvis Elaterini Co. 1—4 { — Antimonialis — Opii Co. — Ipecacuanhas Co. — Kino Co. — Scammonii Co, — Amygdalae Co. — Catechu Co. — Cinnamomi Co. Pulvis Sodae Tartarat^e Effervescens (Seidlitz Powder). {See Sodium Compounds.) Spiritus.—Spirits are either simple or complex. Simple Spirits are solutions (which frequently become turbid on the addition of water, owing to the separa- tion of the substance dissolved) in alcohol (90 per cent.) of— (a) A volatile oil: Spiritus Anisi — Cajuputi — Cinnamomi — Juniperi I Spiritus Lavandulae — Menthae Piperitse — Myristicae — Eosmarini The strength of all these is 1 in 10, and the dose 5—20ttl., except Sp. Juniperi 1 in 20 and dose 20—60in. (h) Of camphor : Spiritus Camphorae. Strength 1 in 10. Dose 5—20iTi. (c) Of chloroform : Spiritus Chloroformi. Strength 1 in 20. Dose 5—40in. (d) Of ether: Spiritus ^theris. Strength 1 in 3. Dose 20—OOin,.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20388652_0042.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
