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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    water Oiiss for twcuty-four hours. Distil 1 pint of liquid. Shake the product, filter through paper, and preserve in a stoppered bottle. The dose is from mv to inx.xx. It is more frequently prescribed in this kingdom than Aq. Amygd. Ara;ir;e, but is liable to the objection that the quantity of prussic acid it contains is variable. P. directs 1 part of fresh leaves and 4 of water; parts of the water to be drawn over; the strength of the distillate to be taken by means of a titrated sol. sulph. copper, and to be diluted with distilled water, so as to obtain Aq. Lauro- Cerasi containing 5 parts \vt. of anhydrous hydrocyanic acid in 10,000. G. directs 12 parts of leaves, 36 of water, and 1 of sp. rcct. to be distilled so as to yield 10 parts of liquid, and to be diluted if necessary so as to equal in strength Aq. Ami/ffd. Amar. Cone. Aqua Lavandumj. P. Flowering tops of lavender ftij, water q. s. Distil by steam tbiv. [The simple and per- fumed spirits of lavender are also termed lavender ivater. Several formnlso for the latter will be found in the Brvg- gists' General Rece/pt iJooA-.] Aqtta Lilioeum Convallivm. Bnrxs. Ph. Flowers of lily of the valley Ibj, water ftiv. ])istil Ibij. Aqua Li^roxis. E. 1817. Fresh lemon-peel tbij, water q. s. Distil tbx. Aqua Lithaegtei Acetatis. See Liquor Plumbi Diacetatis. Aqua Maonjisi.t; Caebonatis. See Liquor Magnesifp Car- bonatis. Aqua MAGNESiyn: Citeatis. M. Mauey. Mix 5ij of cal- cined magnesia, 5j of carbonate of magnesia, ^iss tr. of sugar (with a drop or two of oil of orange- or lemon-peel), citric acid jvis!?, in a Oj bottle of water. Cork imme- diately; in half an hour it will be ready to drink. Laxative. Aqua Maeina Factitia. Sea Water. Common salt ^xvj, sulphate of sodagvij, chloride of calcium ^iss. chloride of magnesium gvj, iodide of potassium 9j, bromide of potas- sium 9ss, water 4 gallons. The salts arc to be in crystals. A simpler substitute used as a bath is Ibj of salt to ftxxx of water. Aqua Mateicaei.t:. From corn-chamomilc; as Aqua Mentha-.