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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![oil of peppermint, 1 part, E.) ; (syrup, q. s., L.; conserve of red roses, 5 parts, E.) ; mix and beat together till incorporated ; and divide into five-grain pills. This pill may be also made without oil of pepper- mint, when so preferred, E.); [The formula of the U. S. P. is similar to that of the L. P., except that it omits the soap and substi- tutes oil of peppermint for caraway and syrup of orange peel for simple syrup.] Mildly tonic and purgative, Dose, gr. v. to 9i.— Pilulce Rhei et Ferri, E. (Dried sulphate of iron, 4 parts; extract of rhubarb, 10 parts; conserve of red roses, 5 parts ; beat them into a proper mass and divide it into five grain pills.) Tonic and laxative, useful in chlorosis ; Dose, gr. x. to gr. xv.—Infusum Rhei, [U. S.] D. L. E. (Rhubarb, sliced (in coarse powder, E.), 3i- (3iij- L. §i E.); boiling (distilled, L.) water, by measure Ibss. (Oss. U. S.) (Oi. L. f§xviij. E.); macerate (digest, D.) for 2 hours in a vessel lightly covered (12 hours, and add f§ij., of spirit of cinnamon, E.), and strain). Stomachic and very mildly laxative, a useful vehicle for more active purgatives, Dose, f|i. to f§iv.—Tinctura Rhei, E. [U. S.] (Rhubarb, in moderately fine powder, §iiiss. [§iij., U.S.]; cardamom seeds, bruised, §ss.; proof spirit, Oij. ; mix the rhubarb and cardamoms, and proceed by the process of percolation as directed for tincture of cinchona; or it may be prepared by digestion.) A cordial purgative, employed as an addition to cathartic mixtures in doses of f3i. ; to f3iij.—Tinctura Rhei composita, D. L. (Rhubarb, sliced, |ij. (giiss., L). ; liquorice, bruised, §ss. (3vi., L.); saffron, 5ij» (3iij-> L-); (cardamom seeds, freed from their capsules and bruised, §ss., D.; ginger, sliced, 3iij-, L.); proof spirit, by measure Ibij. (Oij., L.); macerate for 7 (14, L. )days and filter). Uses and dose same as last preparation.—Tinctura Rhei et Aloes, E. (Rhubarb, in moderately fine powder, §iss. ; Socotrine or East Indian aloes, in moderately fine powder, 3vi- ; cardamom-seeds, bruised, 3v. ; proof spirit, Oij. ; mix the powders and proceed as for tincture of cinchona). A cordial purgative ; Dose, f§ss. to fgi.— Vinum Rhei, E. (Rhubarb, in coarse powder, §v. ; canella, in coarse powder, 3ij- ; proof spirit, f§v. ; sherry, Oi. f§xv. ; digest for 7 days, strain, express strongly, and filter). Stomachic and purgative ; Dose, f3ij. to f§i.—Syrupus Rhei, P. (Rhubarb, 90 parts ; cold water, 500 parts ; macerate for 12 hours, strain with expression, filter, and dis- solve in the liquor twice its weight of sugar). Dose, f§ss. to f§i. Incompatibles.—With the infusion—Ammonia ; carbonate of pot- ash ; lime water ; the mineral acids ; acetate of lead; tartar emetic ; corrosive sublimate ; the sesquisalts of iron ; and astringent vegetable infusions or decoctions. Ricini oleum, [U. S.] L. E. Ricmus communis, oleum e seminibus ; D. Castor oil; Oil expressed from the seeds of Ricinus communis. The castor oil tree is a native of Africa and the East Indies ; it is cultivated at present very extensively in the West Indies, and in North and South America; it also grows in the South of Eu- rope and in the British Isles. It belongs to the Natural family Euphorbiacece, and to the Linnaean class and order Moncecia Monadel- phia. Botanical Characters.—In northern countries, a herbaceous annual seldom exceeding 3 or 4 feet in height, in warm climates it becomes an arborescent perennial, attaining a height of 20 to 30 feet; Leaves, large, of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21143602_0118.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
