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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![tops are most generally employed as vehicles for the more active re- medies of this class in dropsical effusions. Dose and Mode of Administration.—Infusion Scoparu, L. (Broom-tops, §i.; boiling distilled water, Oj.; macerate for four hours in a vessel lightly covered and strain). Dose, f§i. to f§ij. A bad preparation, much inferior to the decoction.—Decoctum Scoparu, E. (Broom-tops; and juniper tops, of each, §ss. ; bitartrate of potash, 3iij- ; water, Oiss. ; boil down to a pint and strain). Decoctum Sco- parii compositum, L. (Broom tops; juniper berries; and dandelion, of each, |ss. ; distilled water, Oiss. ; boil down to a pint and strain). Excellent diuretics, particularly the former, which scarcely ever fails to act on the kidneys. Dose, f§i. to f§iv. three or four times a day.— Extractum Spartii Scoparii, D. (Prepared as the simpler extracts); seldom used ; Dose, gr. x. to 5ss. two or three times a day. Sod.e acetas, D. L. [U. S-]—Acetate of Soda. Preparation.—Dub.— Carbonate of soda, any quantity; distilled vine- gar sufficient to saturate the alkali; evaporate the filtered liquor to the density of 127G; crystallize by cooling, dry cautiously and keep the crystals in a close vessel. An article of the Materia Medica of the London Phar- macopoeia. Physical Properties—In white, striated, prismatic crystals, of the oblique rhombic series. It has a faint acetous odour when moistened, and a sharp, cooling, saline taste. . Chemical Properties.—It consists of one eq. of soda, one of acetic acid, and six of water of crystallization, (Na O, C4H303, + 6 HO). It is unalterable in ordinary states of the air, but in dry warm air, effloresces slightly ; it is soluble in three parts of water at 60°, and in somewhat less than its own weight of boiling water; it is also soluble in five times its weight of alcohol. Exposed to heat it undergoes the watery fusion, loses all its water of crystallization at the heat of 550°, and at a heat of 600° it is decomposed. Therapeutical Effects.—A mild diuretic, similar in operation to acetate of potash, over which it does not possess any advantage, and for which it may be substituted. It is very rarely used in the present day. Dose and Mode of Administration, and Incompatibles.—Same as acetate of potash. Sodje biboras. Borax (described in the division Astringents), is an excellent diuretic in cases of uric acid gravel, as a solution of it dis- solves that acid freely, and does not produce any injurious constitutional effect, even when its use has been continued for some time. It should not be administered to pregnant females, as it stimulates the uterus and has in some instances caused abortion. Terebinthinje oleum. Oil of turpentine (described in the division Anthelmintics), given in small doses frequently repeated acts as a stimulant to the renal vessels, causing an increased flow of urine to which it communicates a violent odour. It also possesses a specific action over the mucous membrane of the bladder and urethra, checking excessive discharges, and giving increased tonicity to the vessels](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21143602_0170.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
