A dispensatory and therapeutical remembrancer : with a full and distinct version of every practical formula, as authorized by the London, Edinburgh and Dublin royal college of physicians, in the latest editions of their several pharmacopias ... / By John Mayne ... Rev., with the addition of the formulæ of the United States pharmacopia, etc. By R. Eglesfeld Griffith.
- Mayne, John
- Date:
- 1848
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A dispensatory and therapeutical remembrancer : with a full and distinct version of every practical formula, as authorized by the London, Edinburgh and Dublin royal college of physicians, in the latest editions of their several pharmacopias ... / By John Mayne ... Rev., with the addition of the formulæ of the United States pharmacopia, etc. By R. Eglesfeld Griffith. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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![thoroughly with the remainder of the water; express and strain, add the rest of the sugar, and dissolve with a gentle heat; strain through fine linen, u. s. Use.—{Intl.) as a demulcent and nutrient; and also as an addi- tion to cough mixtures. Dose, ad libitum. ] AMYGDALjE oleum, u. s. l. oleum amygdalarum, d. Oil of Almonds. Use.—{Intl.) in pulmonary affections, grating catarrhal coughs, especially when accompanied by inflamed and excoriated fauces, &c.; sometimes added to castor oil; more usually employed in form of emulsion, linctus ; also as enemata, &c. Dose, 5ii-—Si- {Extl.) alone, or combined variously, in numerous cases requiring emollient application. Amylum, u. s. l. e. triticum hybernum, d. The fsecula from seeds of Triticum hybernum, (l. d.)—from Triticum vul- gare, (u. s. e.) Starch. Use.—Mixed with Euphorbium, and others of the more acrid errhines, to moderate their action; also valuable in preparing numerous enemata, and the following :— decoctum amyli, l. mucilago amyli, e. d. Mucilage of Starch. Prep.—Triturate starch 3iv., in water (slowly added) Oi.; boil during a moderate time, l.—or—Use the same amount of the foregoing ingredients, rubbing the starch first with only a little of the water; then add the rest, and boil during a few minutes, e.— or—Triturate starch 3vi., gradually adding water Oi.; then boil during a short time, d. Use.—{Intl.) in abraded conditions of the stomach—but scarce- ly ever selected (from the list of mucilages) for this purpose alone; forms an admirable vehicle for opiates, &c., in glysters. Dose unlimited. u. s. e. Natural water in the purest attainable state, {v. s.). Spring Water, (e.) Use.—{Intl.) much employed for its invaluable diluent, solvent, and other properties. {Extl.) either cold or hot; alone, or con- taining medicinal substances—in form of decoction, infusion, &c. aqua destillata, u. s. l. e. (distillata,) d. Distilled Water. Use.—In numerous pharmaceutic operations, where undistilled water (from its containing carbonic acid, carb. of lime, &c.) would be improper.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0129.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
