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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    AiiSEKici ET HYDRARGYni HrDEiODis. Sec Liquor Ar- seiiici ct Hydr. Hydi-iodatis. Aesenici Iodidum. M. Biett. Mix 16 parts of metallic arsenic with 100 of iodine, and heat them in a glass retort till the iodide sublimes. Or digest them with water till combined, and evaporate the filtered solution to dryness at .1 very gentle heat. See Liquor Arsenici Periodidi. Aesenicpji Album Sublimatum. Arsenious Acid. Com- mercial arsenic powdered and resublimed. See Acid. Arsen. Far. Aesenicttm Antimoniatttm. Justamond's Caustic. Mix 5i,i of black sulphuret of antimony with gj of white arsenic, and mclfc togetlier, avoiding the fumes. Aesenicum Tueum. D. Place 5ij of wliite oxide of arsenic at the sealed end of a hard German glass tube, of i inch diameter and 18 inches long ; and, having covered it with 8 inches of dry and coarsely powdered charcoal, and heated the portion containing the charcoal to redness, place a few ignited coals beneath the oxide so as to effect its slow sublimation. The metallic arsenic will be found attached to the cool end. AsPAEAQiNU.M. Asi^afagin, or AUliein. From asparagus juice; but more conveniently from marsh-mallow root. Slice the root, macemte it twice in cold water, evaporate the mixed liquor to half, strain repeated!}'through flannel, and evaporate to the consistence of syrup. Expose it to the air for some days ; wash the crystals which form, with a little water, and purify by rccrj stallization. The juice of the climbing vetch is said to yield it abundantly. Seda- tive, in heart-affections, &c. Dose, a few grains. Assafcetida Pe-UPaeata. L. As Ammoniacuuj Prajparatum. Ateopia. Alropinc. P. Take of belladonna root re- cently dried, and in coarse powder, Ibij, rectified spirit Ox, slaked lime 5)', dilute sulphuric acid q. s., carbonate of potash q. s., chloroforui f Siij, pnrilied animal char- coal (|. s., distilled water fgx. Macerate the root in 2 quarts of the spirit for 21 hours, with frequent stirring. Transfer to a displacement apparatus, and exhaust with the remainder of the s])irit by slow percolation. Add the lime to the tincture placed in a bottle, and shake occa- sionally several times. Filter, add the dilute sulphui'ic