New official remedies : containing all the drugs and preparations contained in the addendum (1890) to the British pharmacopoeia of 1885 : with pharmacological and therapeutical notes, adapted for the use of students and practitioners / by Ralph Stockman.

Date:
1891
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Credit: New official remedies : containing all the drugs and preparations contained in the addendum (1890) to the British pharmacopoeia of 1885 : with pharmacological and therapeutical notes, adapted for the use of students and practitioners / by Ralph Stockman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    The sulphate of magnesium is dried at about 130® F. (r)4°-4 C.) until it has lost nearly one-fourth of its weight; ])owder and mix it with the sugar and then with the other ingredients. Place the mixture in a dish and heat to between 200° and 220° F. (93°-3 and 104°-4 C.), and when the particles of the powder begin to aggregate, stir them constantly until they assume a granular form; then, by means of sieves, separate the granules of uniform and most convenient size, and preserve in stoppered bottles. Dose.—^ to 1 ounce, in water. Therapeutical Uses.—It forms a pleasant saline purgative containing sulphate of magnesium and citrate and tartrate of sodium. MISTURA OLEI RICINI. Castor Oil Mixture Is made by taking of Castor Oil Oil of Lemon . Oil of Cloves . Syrup . Solution of Potash . Orange Flower Water sufficient to produce 6 fl. drachms . . or . 10 minims ... „ . 2 minims .... „ . 1^ fl. drachms . „ . 1 fl. drachm . . „ . I 2 fl. ounces ... „ . 180 fl. parts 5 fl. parts 1 fl. part 45 fl. parts 30 fl. jmrts 480 fl. parts Mix the oils in a mortar, then incorporate one-third of the solution of potash, and afterwards the syrup, then an additional third of the solution of potash, then, gradually, half of the orange flower ^vater, the remainder of the solution of potash, and, lastly, sufficient orange flower water to produce the required volume.