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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    teriial application; but for interual use this remedy is rarely prescribed in this country, not often in France, but more frequently in Germany, in the above doses. An overdose proves rapidly fatal. A very dilute almond water is sometimes sold for Aqua Cerasi Nigri. Water slightly impregnated with the essential oil (6 drops to Oij) has also been prescribed as Aqua Amygd. Am.; it is therefore important that the dispenser should ascertain what kind is intended. Antidotes.—As for Hydrocyanic acid. Aqua Anethi. B. Bruised dill Ibj, water Cij ; distil Cj. Aqtta Angelici;. P. Angelica seeds Itb, water q. s. Distil 4fts. Aqtja Anisi. D. Essence of anise f 53, distilled water Oiv ; mix with agitation, and filter through paper. [P. directs it to be made from the seeds, as Aqua Angelicte.] Aqua Anisi Stellati. P. Star-auise or badiau seeds, lib. water to draw ovLr 41bs. Aqua Anthemidis. G. Dried chamomile flowers tbij, water q. s. Distil ftxx. Aqua Antimoniata. M. Lenthois' remedy for consump- tion, consists of 1 grain of emetic tartar in from 6 to 12 pints of water; to be taken as a common beverage. Aqua AuEANTii FiiOEis. B. No formula. L. 1836. Orange flowers fljx, proof spirit ^vi], water Cij. Distil Cj. [P. directs twice their weight of water to be drawn from the flowers. At Paris the flowers of the bitter orange are .used, whicli are superior to those of the sweet variety.] U. S. same as P. G. A(j. flor. Aur. veuale, Aq. dest. p. a). Aqua BAETXiE MrniATis. Sec Liquor Barii Chloridi. Aqua Benedicta. The old name of Liquor Calcis. [But Eau Unite of H. de la Charite is a solution of gr. v emetic tartar in Oss of water. lHau heniie de Eidand is Vinum Antimonii.] Aqua Benzoata Aeeata. Ben/.oate of potash, borax, of each gr. xv; bicarbonate of potash 3ss, water f Sxvj. ('harge with carbonic acid gas. Aqua BionaAMii. From Bergamot peel; as Aqua Corticis Aur.uitii, above.