The pocket formulary and synposis of the British & foreign pharmacopoeias : comprising standard and approved formulae for the preparations & compounds employed in medical practice / by Henry Beasley.

  • Beasley, Henry
Date:
1877
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Credit: The pocket formulary and synposis of the British & foreign pharmacopoeias : comprising standard and approved formulae for the preparations & compounds employed in medical practice / by Henry Beasley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE POCKET FORMULAEY. Absinthinum. AhsintJiin. Dr. Ltjck. Treat dried worm- wood with alcoliol of sp. gr. -863, until exhausted of bitterness. Having distilled the clear liquid to a syrup, transfer it to a stoppered bottle, and shake it up with ether. When the ether has separated, remove it with a syringe. Repeat this several times, and distil the mixed ethereal solutions. From the dry remainder some brown resin is to be removed, by means of water rendered alkaline by ammonia. The Absiuthin is left. ACETAS CALCI3. See Ciilcis Acetas. INote. The Salts generally are placed under their respective bases ; as Potassce Acetas ; Plumbi Acetas; Soda Acetas.] ACETUM. Vinegar is procured in this country from malt, by fermentation, &c. French vinegar (Acctum Gallicum) is made Irom wine. J3. An acid liquid, prepared from malt and unmaltcd grain, by acetous fermentation. Sp. gr. 1-017—1 019 (445-4 gr., or f §j neutralize at least 402 gr. measures of the vol. solution of soda, corresponding to 4-6 per cent, of anhydrous acetic acid). Dose f 5j—ij. The English maker is allowed by law to use rJ^y^th of its wt. of Sulphuric Acid. U.S., P., G. no Sulphuric Acid. ACETTJM ALLir. Fresh garlic ~], distilled vinegar f ^xij. A.CETUM ANTiirTSTKiiicuM. Castor ,ij, galbanum ruo 5J. vmegai- ilnj. Macerate and strain! A.CETUM Antjsepticitm. Four-Tkicves' J'inrqai: Sec Aculum aceticura aromaticum, E.