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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![Black Draught, of hospitals, is prepared by adding |j. of sulphate of magnesia to f§iv. of this infusion.—Infusum Senna cum Tamarindis, D. Infusum Senna compositum, E. (Senna, 3i. ; tamarinds, §i.; coriander seeds, bruised, 3i- 5 brown sugar, §ss. ; boiling water, fgviij. ; digest in a close earthen vessel, not glazed inside with lead, for four hours and strain ; it may be made with twice (or thrice, E.) the quantity of senna). An excellent cathartic infusion ; Dose, f|ij. to f§iv.— Syrupus Senna, L. (Senna, giiss.; fennel, bruised, 3x. ; manna, §iij. ; sugar, §xv. ; boiling water, Oi. ; macerate the senna and fennel in the water, with a gentle heat, for an hour; strain ; add the manna and sugar, and boil down to a proper consistence).—E. (Senna, §iv.; boiling water, fgxxiv. ; treacle, gxlviij. ; infuse the senna in the water for twelve hours, strain and express strongly ; concentrate the treacle in a vapour-bath as far as possible, or till a little taken out on a rod becomes nearly concrete on cooling, and while the treacle is still hot add the infusion, stirring carefully, and removing the vessel from the vapour-bath as soon as the mixture is complete. If Alexandrian senna be used for this preparation, it must be carefully freed of Cynanchum leaves). [U. S. Senna. §ij. ; fennel-seed, bruised, §i. ; boiling water, Oj. ; sugar, §xv. ; digest the senna and fennel seed in the water, with a gentle heat, for an hour; add the sugar and evaporate to the proper consistence.] An agreeable cathartic for children, in doses of from f3i. to f3iv., or as an addition to cathartic mixtures for adults, in doses of fgss. to f§j.—Potio cathartica, P. (Senna, 3i- > rhubarb, 3ss. ; sulphate of soda, 3ij- ; manna, §i. ; infuse the senna and rhubarb for half an hour in f§ij. of water, with a gentle heat; filter and add the salt and the manna,and when they are dissolved, strain with expression). An excellent cathartic draught.—Electuarium Senna, D. (Senna,in fine powder, §iv.; pulp of prunes, ibj. ; pulp of tamarinds, §ij. ; syrup of brown sugar, by measure Ibiss. ; oil of caraway, 3ij- ; boil the pulps in the syrup to the consistence of honey, then add the powder, and .when the mixture has cooled, the oil; mix all well together).—Elec- tuarium Senna, E. Confeclio Senna, L. (Senna, §viij. ; figs, Ibi. ; (tamarind pulp, and cassia pulp, of each, Ibss. [TJ. S.] L.) ; prunes, ibss. (Ibj. E.); coriander, §iv. ; liquorice-root, (bruised, E.), §iij. ; sugar, Ibiiss. ; water, Oiij. ; powder together the senna and the corian- der, and sift out §x. : boil the figs and the liquorice (the residue [U.S.], E.) in the water to half; squeeze and strain ; evaporate in a water- bath down to fgxxiv. ; form a syrup by adding the sugar ; add the syrup to the prunes (and other pulps, L.), throw in the 6ifted powder, and mix all). Commonly known as lenitive electuary, a mild but efficacious compound in doses of 3ij- to §ss. ; generally badly prepared, and very liable to adulteration, the true preparation being both trouble- some and expensive.—Electuarium Senna, F. (Senna, in fine pow- der, §viij. ; pulp of tamarinds, §xxiv.; coriander, in powder, |i.; syrup, f§xvi.; mix). Dose, 3ij- to §ss.—Tinclura Senna composita, D. L. (Senna leaves, ibj. (§iiiss. L.) ; caraway, bruised, §iss. (3iiiss. L.) ; cardamom seeds, bruised (and deprived of their capsules, D.), §ss. (3i. L.) ; (raisins, §v. L.) ; proof spirit, cong. j. (Oij. L.) ; macerate for 14 days and strain).—E. (Sugar, §iis.; coriander, bruised, |i.; jalap, in moderately fine powder, 3vi-5 caraway, bruised; and cardamom seeds, bruised, of each, 3v-; raisins, bruised ; and senna, of each, §iv. ; proof spirit, Oij. ; digest for seven days, strain, express and filter;](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21143602_0125.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
