Medicines, their uses and mode of administration : including a complete conspectus of the three British pharmacopoeias, an account of all the new remedies, and an appendix of formulae / by J. Moore Neligan.
- John Neligan
- Date:
- 1849
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Credit: Medicines, their uses and mode of administration : including a complete conspectus of the three British pharmacopoeias, an account of all the new remedies, and an appendix of formulae / by J. Moore Neligan. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![the residue in the water to Ibij. (cong. ss. L.) ; then strain the tincture and the decoction separately, evaporate the latter, and distil the former until each thickens ; lastly, mix the extract with the resin, and (eva- porate in a warm bath, D.), to a proper consistence; this extract should be kept soft to form pills, and hard for powdering, L.). Dose, gr. x. to 9i.—Extractum sive Resina Jalapce, E. (Take any conve- nient quantity of jalap in moderately fine powder ; mix it thoroughly with enough of rectified spirit to moisten it well; put it in 12 hours into a percolator and exhaust the powder with rectified spirit; distil off the greater part of the spirit and concentrate the residuum over the vapour bath to a due consistence). This is the impure resin ; the dose is from gr. iij. to gr. x.; it should be given in a state of minute division, for which purpose it may be rubbed with sugar or some mild powder or made into an emulsion with milk, sugar, and almonds.—Sapo Jala- pinus, Pr. (Castile soap ; and jalap resin, equal parts; rectified spirit, q. s. ; dissolve and evaporate with a gentle heat to the consistence of a conserve). Dose, gr. xij. to 9i-, for adults; gr. iij. to gr. vj., for children.—Tinctura Jalapa, D. L. E. (Jalap, in coarse powder (bruised, !*)> §viij. (§x., L. |vij., E.); proof spirit, by measure Ibij. (Oij., L. E.) ; macerate for 7 (14, D. L-) days, and strain; or may be prepared by percolation, E.). Dose, f3j- to f5iv. [Juglans, U, S. The inner bark of the root of Juglans Cinerea. The Juglans Cinerea, or butternut, is a fine forest tree found in the northern half of the Union, and belonging to the Natural family of Ju- glandaceai, and to the Linnasan class and order Monacia Polyandria. Physical Properties.—When first uncovered the bark is white, but gradually changes to a dark-brown. It is almost destitute of odour, and has a bitter and somewhat acrid taste. Chemical Properties.—There has been no satisfa^pry analysis of butternut. It yields its virtues to boiling water. Therapeutical Effects.—Butternut is a mild, safe, and tolerably efficient pargative. Dose and Mode of Administration.—It is used in the form of de- • coction or extract. The dose of the latter is from 20 to 30 grs. Extrac- tum Juglandis, U. S., prepared in the same manner as Extract of Gentian.] Linum catharticum, E.—Purging-fiax. A slender indigenous an- nual from two to six inches high, with small white flowers drooping before expansion. It belongs to the Natural family Linacece, and to the Linnaean class and order Pentandria Monogynia. The whole herb is officinal, it is void of odour, but has an intensely bitter taste. It was formerly held in high esteem as a cathartic and diuretic; at present it is never used in regular practice, and has been only retained in the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia on the authority of Dr. Christison, as a useful indigenous cathartic in doses of a drachm of the powder, or an infusion of two or three drachms of the herb. Magnesia. Magnesia (described in the division Antacids), given in full doses operates as a gentle cathartic ; its effect, however, being by no means uniform or certain, depending probably on the quantity of free acid in the stomach, by union with which it forms soluble magne-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21143602_0105.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
