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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![lini oleum, u. s. l. e. d. Flaxseed Oil. Use.—v. Demulcents; it proves an efficient contribution to clysters of the present class in cases of flatulent colic, &c. &c.; an ingredient in the linimentum calcis. OliVSB Oleum, v. s. l. e. olea europcea, d. Olive Oil. (v. De- mulcents.) Use.—(Intl.) to defend the stomach, &c, from action of acrid matters that may have been swallowed. (Extl.) employed in formation of various liniment and ointment applications. Ovum, l. e. The egg of Phasianus Gallus. Use.—The fluid contents of the common hen's egg are the yolk, and the white; both are bland and emollient, and are used in pharmacy—chiefly to render resinous and oily matters miscible with water. SamDUCUS, l. e. sambucus nigra, d. Elder, (v. Cathartics.) Use.—To form the following:— unguentum sambuci, l. d. Ointment of Elder Flowers. Prep.—Boil together elder flowers, and lard, each Ibii., till they become crisp ; then squeeze through linen, l.—or—Boil (until they become crisp) fresh leaves of elder ibiii., in prepared lard ibiv., and prepared mutton suet Ibii.; strain through a sieve, d. Use.—In cases for which spermaceti ointment miget be suita- able; the present preparation is sometimes preferred on account of its agreeable odour. Sevum, tr. s. l. e. adeps ovillus, d. The prepared suet of Ovis Aries, (u. s.)—the suet, (l.)—the fat, (e.)—of Ovis Aries. Mutton Suet, (d.) Suet Use.—In formation of ointments, plasters, &c. pjlmus, u. s. (v. Demulcents.) Use.—The powder made into a poulticew^h hot water, or the bark well softened by soaking.] Verbascum TliapsUS. d. Great broad-leaved Mullein. Use.—As a soothing fomentation chiefly; the boiled leaves have sometimes been employed as cataplasm.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0176.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
