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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![Oleum Oriiraili Majoranff, E. Oil of Sweet Marjoram. (v. Er- rhines.) Use.—Same as preceding. [Oleum Tiglii. r. s. l. [v. Catharlics.) Use.—Applied externally, causes rubefaction and a pustular eruption; beneficial in gout, neuralgia, and pulmonary diseases, <tc.—either used alone or diluted with olive oil, &,e.'] Piper, u. s. piper nigrum, l. e. d. The berries, (l.)—the dried unripe berries, (e.)—the seeds (d.) of P. Nigrum. Black Pepper. Use.— [Uxtl.) sometimes added to sinapisms. Pil AMetiS, U. S. ABEETIS RESINA, L. PINTS ABIES, (tHTS,) D. The prepared concrete juice of Abies Excelsa, (v. s.) Bur- gundy Pitch. The resin from Pinus Abies, the Spruce Fir. Use.—For rubefacient purposes; employed as a contribution to various plasters. [Pil Canadensis, r. s. The prepared concrete juice of Abies Ca- nadensis. Canada Pitch. Use.—As a gentle rubefacient, resembling Burgundy Pitch, and used for the same purposes.^ PotaSSa. r. S. E. POTASS.E HYDRAS, L. POTASSA CAUSTICA, D. Hydrate of Potash, (l.)—Protoxide of Potassium, (e.)— Caustic Potash, (d.) Potassa Fusa. Use.—[Extl.) employed to produce an eschar, or issue, accord- ing to circumstances—in cases of deep-seated inflammation, <tc, it is extremely deliquescent; and in consequence, its action can hardly be confined, though the immediately surrounding surface should be covered with cloth plaster. potassa cum CAXCE, l. e. d. Potassa with Lime. Prep.—q. v. page 173. Use.—[Extl.) see Potassae Hydras (above). The addition of lime, in the present preparations, controls the characteristic deli- quescence of the potassa. and also renders its action less ener- getic. LIQUOR POTASS.E, U. S. L. POTASS.E AQUA, E. POTASS.E caustica aqua, d. Solution of Potassa. Use.—Diluted sufficiently as lotion-applications in cases of gouty enlargements, and in rachitis ; has been employed (in the proportion of gr. i.—grs. ii., to water §L, and dropped into the eye) to remove specks from the cornea.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0184.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
