Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added non-official preparations and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire.

  • Squire, Peter Wyatt, Sir, 1847-1919.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added non-official preparations and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    849 Analysis of 16 oz.:— Temperature, 96° F. Chloride of Sodium 1'82 grains. Carbonate of Soda '53 „ Sulphate of Soda '40 „ Sulphate of Potash :20 „ Carbonate of Lime '34 „ Carbonate of Magnesia 70 „ Carbonate of Protoxide of Iron and Manganese .... '29 „ Silica -39 „ 3*58 grains. Gases Carbonic Acid Nitrogen Oxygen [The above have been condensed from the works of Dr. Sutro, Dr. Althaus, Dr. Grlover, and the various pamphlets issued at the sources of the several Spas.] The following have been im'ported in bottles:— ADELHEIDSQTJELLE (Heilbrunn, G-ermany). Contains a large proportion of Salts of Bromine and Iodine, acts powerfully on the glandular, lymphatic, and cutaneous systems. Vide analysis. * ALET (France). Chalybeate. Useful in cases of debility. APOLLINARIS (Neuenahr). Acidulous, gaseous, and combines the properties of Seltzer and Ems (Krahnchen). Grood for sickness, dyspepsia, and bad appe- tite. Vide analysis, under Neuenahr. * BAREGrES (France, Sautes Pyrenees). Sulphureous; effective in skin dis» eases, scrofula, diseased bone and ulcers. Vide analysis. * BIRMENSTOEFF (Switzerland). Alterative bitter saline, consisting chiefly of Sulphates of Lime, Magnesia, and Soda. BONNES (France, Basses Pyrenees). Sulphureous; is highly extolled for inci- pient consumption, scrofula, rheumatism, and as a purifier of tlie blood. Vide analysis. BUSSANG- (France, Vosges). Saline chalybeate; strengthens the digestive organs, acting mildly on the bowels and kidneys. CARLSBAD (Sprudel, 165^ F., Miihlbrunnen, 127° F., and Schlossbrunnen) Alkaline and gaseous ; Sprudel is the favourite ; is drunk for bilious affections, gall stones, jaundice, gout, and gravel; are powerfully purgative. Vide analysis. CARLSBAD-SALT. In bottles. * CAUTERETS (France, Sautes Pyrenees). Sulphureous ; more exciting than Bareges and Bonnes ; useful in skin diseases, rheumatism, and scrofula. * CHALLES (Savoy). Sulphureous; milder in action than Bareges. * CHATELDON (France, Puy de Dome). Acidulated, gaseous ; may be drunk with meals, helps digestion, may be mixed with wine. CONDILLAC (France, Drowe). Acidulated, gaseous ; drunk with meals, largely drunk in France. CONTREXEVILLE (France, Vosges). Alkaline, chalybeate; promotes circula- tion of the blood, good in chlorosis, gastralgia, etc. EMS (Kessel and Kranchen, Nassau). Saline, gaseous, preferred to Carlsbad in nervous irritability, good in pulmonary as well as scrofulous complaints, gout, etc. Vide analysis. Ems-Salt in bottles.