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

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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$calico, niul wash tlie residue ou the filter with distilled water, till the fluid ceases to precipitate with ammonia. To the united filtered liquids add the ammonia in slight excess, let the precipitate completely subside, pour off the supernatar.t fluid, collect the precipitate on a filter, and wash it with distilled water till the fluid passes colourless. Diffuse the moist precipitate through f^xij of distilled' water, and add gradually, with diligent stirring, sufiicieut hydrochloric acid to make the fluid feebly but persistently acid. Then add the animal charcoal, digest at a gentle heat for 20 minutes, filter, and allow the liquid to cool. Add ammonia in slight excess, and, when the precipitate has completely subsidetl, pour off the supernatant liquid, collect tiie precipitate on a filter, and wash it with cold' distilled water till the ivashings cease to be affected by nitrate of silver acidulated with nitric acid. Lastly, dry the precipitate first by imbibition, with filtering paper, and then by the application of a gentle heat. For ex- tei-nal^ use. The sulphate, tartrate, and other salts of veratria are obtained in the same manner as the corre- sponding salts of morphia. The Pharmacopccias of U.S., P. and G. contain processes. Vina. The medicated wines are prejiared in the same- manner as tinctures: they should be made in well-closed glass vessels, and shaken frequently dui-ing maceration. The L. College, in the plmrmacopa-ia of 1821, substituted a diluted spirit for wine, still retaining the name ; but the wine {s/ierri/) was restored in that of 1836. ViNrir AnsiNTHii. P. Dried worm wood leaves ^iij, white wine Ov, proof spirit 5vj. Macerate the leaves in the spirit; in 2 i hours add the wine, macerate for 10 days, and strain'. ViNUM AlJCALINUJr DiUEETICUM. .SyDENHAJr. Ashe.S of broom .^xij, lliienisli wine Oiv. Dose, f ^iii, twice a day. ' ViNUM Aloes. Ti)icf. Sacra. Tinci. Hier,r I'icra:. li. Socotrine aloes 5iKS, cardamoms bruised gr. Ixxx ; gin>n'r in coarse powder gr. Ixxx, sherry Oij. Digest for f iUya, filter, and make up to Oij. i)osc, f-,j to ~~,\\. U S ] VjN-nM Ai.oRTifUM Alkalinum. L. 174G. Cnrbonato ol p.,tash .^viij, aloes myrrh .5j, saffron ,\i.'n>nato of,$