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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![aided by heat, dissolves most of it, forming a colourless solution and leaving a little sulphur. Therapeutical Effects.—The golden sulphuret of antimony pos- sesses diaphoretic properties, in large doses producing nausea and vomiting ; it is seldom employed alone, but, in the following prepara- tion, is in very general use as a diaphoretic and alterative. Pilula Calomelanos composite, D. E. (Calomel; and golden sulphuret of antimony, of each, one part; guaiacum resin, in fine powder, two parts ; make into a pill mass with a sufficiency (two parts, E.) of treacle ; to be divided into six grain pills, E.)—Pilulce Hydrargyri Chlondi composites, L. (Chloride of mercury ; oxysulphuret of anti- mony, of each, 3ij- ; guaiacum resin, powdered, §ss. ; treacle, 3ij-; rub the chloride of mercury with the oxysulphuret of antimony, after- wards with the guaiacum resin and the treacle until incorporated). This compound is commonly known as Plummer's Pill; it is an ex- cellent diaphoretic and alterative, well adapted for cutaneous eruptions, especially those of a syphilitic origin ; Dose, gr. v. to gr. x. or gr. xv. Six grains (four grains, L.) contain one grain each of calomel and of the golden sulphuret of antimony. Incompatibles.—Acids ; and acidulous salts. Antimonii et potassje tartras sive tartarum emeticum, D. An- timonii potassio-tartras, L. Antimonium tartarizatum, E. [Antimonit et potass* tartras, U. S.] Tartrate of antimony and potash ; Tartar emetic. Preparation.—Dub.—Nitromuriatic oxide of antimony, 4 parts ; bitar- trate of potash, in fine powder, 5 parts; distilled water, 34 parts, boil the water in a glass vessel; throw gradually into it, the oxide and bitartrate of potash previously mixed together, and boil for half an hour ; then filter the liquid through paper and cool gradually that crystals may be formed. Lond— Scsquisulphuret of antimony, in powder; nitrate of potash, pow- dered, of each, Ibij.; bitartrate of potash, powdered, §xiv.; hydrochloric acid, fgiv.; distilled water, cong. j.; mix accurately the sesquisulphuret of antimony with the nitrate of potash ; the hydrochloric acid being then added, and the powder spread upon an iron plate, ignite it; rub the residue to very fine powder when it is cold, and wash it frequently with boiling water until it is free from taste; mix the powder thus prepared with the bitartrate of potash, and boil for half an hour in the distilled water; strain the liquor white hot, and set it aside that crystals may be formed ; these being remov- ed and dried, let the liquor again evaporate that it may yield crystals. Edin.— Sulphuret of antimony, in fine powder, §iv.; muriatic acid (com- mercial), Oj.; water, Ov.; dissolve the sulphuret in the acid with the aid of a gentle heat; boil for half an hour, filter, pour the liquid into water, collect the precipitate on a calico filter, wash it with cold water, till the water ceases to redden litmus paper; dry the precipitate over the vapour bath. Take of the precipitate, §iij.; bitartrate of potash, §iv. £.; water, fgxxvij.; mix the powders, add the water, boil for an hour, filter, and crys- tallize by cooling. The mother liquor when concentrated yields more crys- tals not so free from colour, and therefore requiring a second crystallization. Physical Properties.—Tartar emetic is met with in the shops either in the form of a white powder, or in transparent colourless crystals, which are octahedrons with a rhombic base. It is inodor- ous, but has a styptic nauseous taste. Chemical Properties.—It is composed of 1 eq. of tartrate of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21143602_0149.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
