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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![of white resin, fl>j. (gxv., [U. S.] E.); (olive oil, §i., D.); melt the ointment and add the verdigris previously mixed with the oil, D.).— Linimentum ceruginis, L. Oxymel cupri subacetatis,D. (Verdigris, in powder, §i. ; vinegar, fgvij. ; honey (despumated), §xiv. ; dissolve the verdigris in the vinegar, strain through a linen cloth ; add the honey, and boil to a proper consistence). A mild caustic, applied to venereal ulcers of the mouth and tonsils, and to the ulcerated sore throat of scarlatina. In cases of poisoning with verdigris, the best antidote is albumen. Cupri carbonas.—Carbonate of Copper. This preparation obtained by precipitating a solution of sulphate of copper with carbonate of soda, though not contained in any of the British pharmacopoeias deserves a short notice, in consequence of the success obtained from its use in the chronic forms of impetigo and eczema of the scalp, by M. Devergie in the hopital Saint Louis at Paris ; he employs it in the form of oint- ment, prepared by mixing intimately 5ij- of the powder with §i. of axunge. Cupri sulphas.—Sulphate of Copper (described in the division Astringents) is used in the solid state as a caustic, to repress excessive granulations, to destroy venereal warts, and to excite a new action in indolent ill-conditioned ulcers ; it is also applied with much benefit to chancres in their early stage. Hydrargyri nitras aoidum. Acid nitrate of mercury. Preparation.—Take, of pure mercury, 100 parts; commercial nitric acid, (Dens, about 1380.), 200 parts; dissolve the mercury in the acid with the aid of heat and evaporate the solution until it is reduced to 225 parts. This preparation contains about 71 per cent of nitrate of mercury with an excess of nitric acid. It is a powerful caustic and is very much employed in the present day on the continent to destroy malig- nant ulcerations, particularly when of a cancerous character. It is applied by means of a camel's hair pencil, and the parts are then covered with lint. Hydrargyri oxydum nitricum, D. Hydrargyri nitrico-oxydum, L. Hydrargyri oxydum rubrum, [U. S.] E. Nitric oxide of Mer- cury ; Red oxide of Mercury ; lied precipitate. Preparation.—Dub.— Purified mercury, two parts ; dilute nitric acid, three parts; dissolve the mercury, and increase the heat until the dry mate- rial is converted into red scales. Lond.— Mercury, Ibiij.; nitric acid, Ibiss.; distilled water, Oij.; mix in a proper vessel, and with a gentle heat dissolve the mercury; boil away the liquor, and pulverize the residuum ; put this into a shallow vessel, and apply a gentle heat, gradually increasing until red vapour ceases to arise. Edin.— Mercury, gviij.; dilute nitric acid (D. 1280), f|v.; dissolve half the mercury in the acid with the aid of a gentle heat, and continue the heat until a dry white salt be left; triturate the rest of the mercruy with the salt till a fine uniform powder be obtained ; heat the powder in a porcelain vessel, and constantly stir it, till acid fumes cease to be disengaged. [U. S. Mercury, xxxvi.; nitric acid, f5xiv.;](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21143602_0140.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
