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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$clinvcoal oil a calico filter, and wash wif.h di.stilled water till what passes through gives scarcely any precipitate with nitrate of silver. Dry the charcoal, and then heat it to redness in a covered crucible. Dose, 20 to 60 grs. CarboLioni. B. Obtained by burning wood, without access of air. Antiseptic. Dose, gr. x to 5i- Cahbonis Bisulphubetum. Carhonis lisulpJddum, Bisul- 2)hide of Carbon. Sulphuret or Bisulphuret of Carbon. Made-by dropping sulphur into charcoal heated to redness in au earthen retort. Dose, as a sudorific in rlieumatism, 2 drops, gradually increased to 5 or more. Externally, in liniments for rheumatic pains, &c. It is also dropped (40 to 50 drops) on the part, to promote the reduction of strangulated hernia. (Keimee.) Caebonis TER-cnLOEiDUi\r. What is sold under the name of terchloride of carbon appears to be an alcoholic solu- tion of chloroform, and to be identical with the so-called chloric ether. See Ether Chloricus and Spiritus Chloro- formi. Mr. Tuson prescribes from 1 to 4 drops in water 2 or 3 times a day in cancer. Externally, 5j to jij to Oj of water. The precise quantity of chloroform con- tained in the solution he employs is not stated. Caetocostinum. Confectio Scammonii. The old prei)aration contained less scammony. Cassia Pejspaeata. L. Macerate broken cassia pods, in sufficient distilled water to cover them, fcr (3 hours, con- stantly stirring ; strain the washed pulp through a hair sieve, and evaporate in a water bath to the consistence of a conjectiou. Dose, 5ij—vj. Cataplasma Aoeti. Boeies. Wheat flour ^iij, vinegar 5j. Applied cold, for sprains. [Verjuice is sometimes preferred.] Cataplasma Acidi Pyeolignosi. Dr. Reece. Bran Ibj, linseed meal gj, impure pyroligneous acid q. s. [To scro- fulous ulcers; occasionally inxxx tinct. ferri perchlor., and 5ii.j extract or powder of hemlock, are added.] Cataplasma Aluminis. (Coaguhim Alumini.t, Ij. 1,788.) Alum 5j, white of 2 eggs. Agitate together till a coagu- lum is formed. Applied, between fine linen, to inflamed eyes, and also to chilblains. Cataplasma Anodtnum. P. Poppy heads =j, dried leaves$