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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    distilled water f 5lxxvij. When cooled to 60° P., add distilled water to measure f^lxxxiiiss. Sp. gr. l-OS-i. [f5vj, or359 grains, neutralize 1000 gr. measures voluni. solution of soda, and correspond to 1 equivalent (10 grains), of anhydrous acid. Dose, inv—xxx.] U.S. gij tr. in Oj o. ni. G. 1 to 5. by wt. P. 1 in 10 by wt. AciDTTM SnLrnuEicuM Alcoholisatum. r. Eau de Rahel. Add gradually 10 parts of sulphuric acid to 30 parts of rectified spirit, both by weight, and when cold ^ part of red poppy petals; digest for 4 days and filter. From 3ss to 5j to Oij of water as an acidulous drink. Externally as an escharotic. ACIDUM SULPHUEICTJM AK03IATICUM. B. Mix sulphuric acid f giij gradually with f gxl of rectified spirit, then add cinnamon 31], and ginger 3^5, both in coarse powder, and digest for 7 days, agitating frequently. Filter. Sp. gr. •927. [f 5yi neutralize 830 grain-measures of volumetric solution of soda, and contain 33'2 grains of anhydrous acid. About three fourths as strong in acid as Acid. Sulph. Dil. Dose, inx—XXX.] U.S. Ginger 3j tr., Cinnam. giss tr., percolated with rect. sp. until Oj o.m. is obtained. Then add 3vj tr. sulphuric acid previously mixed with Oj o.m. rect. sp. AciDTJM Sttlphtdeicum (Hxdeosulphuricum) Aqua SOLTTTUM. Cold water fully saturated with sulphuretted hydrogen gas, produced from sulphide of iron and diluted sulphuric acid. AciBUM Sxjlpiiuhosum(Aqtja SoLUTUJi). B. Putsidphuric acid f 5iv, and wood charcoal, in small pieces, ^j, into a glass tlask; heat, and pass the evolved gas tln-ough a small wash bottle containing gij of water, to the bottom of a second bottle containing distilled water gxx, which must be kept cold. Continue the distillation until the bubbles of gas in the wash bottle appear to be equalled by those passing through the fluid in the larger bottle. The product should he kept in a stoppered bottle, and in a cool place. Sp. gr. I'Ol. P. Suli)hurous aeid gas (pro- cured by gently heating 3 parts of sulphuric acid with 2 of quicksilver, in a glass matrass) is to he conveyed, first through a very little water to piu-ify the gas. and then into tiie water to be charged, till the latter is fully saturated. A Woolfc's apparatus should be used, with a tube passing