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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    Aqtja ^Etheeea. p. I]au JEtMree. Mix 1 jDart of ether with 8 of water; agitate frcqiieutly in a bottle with a ground stopper; let it rest 24 hours, seiwrnte the super- iiatnut etlier, and Iceep the water for use. Dose, f 5iv to f^j, diluted. Aqua /Etheeea Camphokata. P. Camphor 5ij, ether 5vi, distilled water f 3XV. Dissolve the camphor in the other, and add the water. Shake the mixture occasionally, ami in 24' hours decant; or draw off the water as required from beneath the supernatant ether. Dose, f 5]—iv. Aqua Albuminosa. White of 2 eggs, water Oj. Beat up the whites with a little of the water, and add the rest. Strain through a sieve and add aq. flor. aurant. 5ij. As an antidote for corrosive sublimate. Aqua Alexiteeia Simplex. L. 1746. Fresh mint ftj, tops of sea wormwood Ibss, angelica leaves ftss, water q. s. Distil Cong. iiss. Aqua Alexiteeia Spieituosa. See Spiritus Alexiterius. Aqua Aluminosa Bateana. Liquor Alumitiis Composifus. Aqua AiiaroNi.!;. See Liquor Ammoniaj. Aqua Amtgdal.e AjiAEiE. U. S. Oil of bitter almonds i>ixvj, carbonate of magnesia 5j; rub together, then with f gxxxij of distilled water gradually added, and filter. Aqua Amxgdalaeum Amaeaeum. P. Mix Ibij of fresh cake of bitter almonds (from which the oil has been expressed) with enough water to form a thin pap ; then introduce it into a still, attach the head and worm, and let them macerate for 24 hours; distil Ihiv, by means of steam conducted to the bottom' of the still by a tube con- nected with a boiler. Filter the distilled water through wet paper. G. has two strengths; the Aqua ylw////da la ruin Amararum Concentrala obtained by distillation from bitter almonds, contains of its weight of anhydrous hydrocyanic acid. The Aqua Amygdalarum Amararum ddufa (Kiescuwassue) is made by adding I part of the concentrated to 19 dist. water. Dose of tiio diluted, from 10 to 30 drops. There are many other forinuku for this water in the foreign pharmacop(eias, dlll'ering widely in strength, but most of them very ])owcrful. A concen- trated water, obtained in distill'inn- the essential oil, i.s sometimes used to (lavour conf(!ctionery, and as an cx-