Manual of the medicinal preparations of iron : including their preparation, chemistry, physiological action, and therapeutical use with an appendix containing the iron preparations of the British pharmacopoeia / by Harry Napier Draper.

  • Draper, Harry Napier.
Date:
1864
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Credit: Manual of the medicinal preparations of iron : including their preparation, chemistry, physiological action, and therapeutical use with an appendix containing the iron preparations of the British pharmacopoeia / by Harry Napier Draper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Triturate the myrrh and carbonate of potash with the sugar, the spirit of nutmeg, and seven ounces of the rose water, the latter being gradually added, until a uniform mixture is obtained. To this add the sulphate of iron, previously dissolved in the remaining ounce of rose water, and enclose the mixture at once in a bottle, which should be tightly corked. [Contains 1*5 grains FeO, COg in each fluid ounce.] PILULA FERRI CARBONATIS PILL OF CARBONATE OF IRON. Take of Saccharated carbonate of iron. One ounce. Confection of roses . . Quarter of an ounce. Beat them into a uniform mass. [10 grains contain 3'6 grains FeO, COg] PILULA FERRI lODIDI PILL OF IODIDE OF IRON. Take of Fine iron wire . . . Forty grains. Iodine . „ . , . Eighty grains. Refined sugar, in powder . Seventy grains. Liquorice root, in powder . 140 grains. Distilled water . . . Fifty minims. Agitate the iron with the iodine and the water in a strong stoppered ounce phial until the froth becomes white. Pour the fluid upon the sugar in a mortar, triturate briskly, and gradually add the liquorice. [1 grain Fel is contained in 3'6 grains of this pill.] SYRUPUS FERRI lODIDT SYRUP OF IODIDE OF IRON. Take of Fine iron wire . . One ounce. Iodine .... Two ounces. Refined sugar . , Twenty-eight ounces. Distilled water . . Thirteen fluid ounces
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