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.
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![cerate, during 7 days, black hellebore-root in rough powder ^iv., in pf. spirit Oii. ; then strain, d. Use.—{Intl.) in amenorrhea, &c, in females of full habit, where employment of stimulating tonic emmenagogues might be improper. Dose, a teaspoonful once or twice daily. Iodinnm, u. s. iodinium, l. d. iodineum, e. Iodine. [Iodine, as obtained in commerce, being almost always adulte- rated with variable proportions of water, and being consequently unfit for making pharmaceutic preparations of fixed and uniform strength, it must be dried by being placed in a shallow basin of earthen-ware, in a small, confined space of air, with ten or twelve times its weight of fresh-burnt lime, till it scarcely adheres to the inside of a dry bottle. Edin. Ph.] Use.—(Intl.) in amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, &c. Dose, grs. 5— grs. iv., as pill. The tincture of Iodine, Iodide of Iron, and other preparations of iodine, may be serviceable as remedies of the present class ; they will be found under class Alteratives. [Juniperus Virginiana, u. s. The Tops. Red Cedar. Use.—(Intl.) has much the same properties as Savine, but is less active; as an emmenagogue, it is given in infusion (red cedar 5ii-, boiling water Oss). Dose, f^iss.—f^iii.] Rosmarinus, u. s. l. e. Rosmarinus officinalis, d. The tops of R. Officinalis. Rosemary. Use.—(Intl.) in chlorotic cases, and amenorrhea. Dose, grs. x, —3ssm powdered; scarcely ever applied to said purposes. OLEUM ROSMARINI, U. S. L. E. OLEUM RORISMARINI, D. The essential oil obtained from the foregoing. Oil of Rose- mary. Use.—(Intl.) formerly valued as an emmenagogue, &c, but scarcely ever now employed thus, or for an^^ther internal pur- pose. Dose, m.ii.—m. vi., triturated with a little sugar. (Extl.) as an agreeable perfuming addition to liniments, &c. SPIRITUS ROSMARINI, U. S. L. E. SPIRITUS RORISMARINI, D. Spirit of Rosemary. Prep.—Oil of rosemary 3ii. (by weight), alcohol cong. j., wa- ter Oj.; mix, and distil off* cong. j. by a slow fire, u. s.—or—Mix together oil of rosemary §ii., rectif. spirit cong. i., and water Oi.; then with a slow fire distil cong. i., l.—or—With rosemary ibiiss., proceed as for Sp. of Lavender, e.—or—With fresh rose-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0170.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
