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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![aconitina, l. The alkaloid obtained from the foregoing. Use.—(Intl.) its excessive energy renders it unsafe. (Extl.) in cases alluded to in preceding. Dose, gr. i., rubbed with adeps 3L EXTRACTUM ACONITI, TJ. S. L. E. SUCCUS SPISSATUS ACONITI, d. Extract of Aconite. Prep.—Like extract of stramonium leaves, u. s.—or—Bruise fresh aconite leaves ifei., (previously sprinkled with a small quan- tity of water,) in a stone mortar; press out the juice, and evapo- rate it unstrained to due consistence, l.—or—Beat into pulp any quantity of fresh monkshood, and express the juice ; percolate the residual mass with rectif. spirit as long as the latter passes materially coloured. Mix the two liquids ; filter ; distil off the spirit, and evaporate the residuum in the vapour-bath ; as soon as it attains due consistence, remove the extract from the heat, e.— or—Having moistened fresh wolfsbane-leaves ifei., pound them in a mortar ; express the juice, and without any depuration, evapo- rate it to suitable consistence, by means of the steam of boiling water; stir continuously towards the end of the evaporation, d. Use.—(Intl.) same as preceding. Dose, grs. ss.—grs. ii.— grs. v., by small gradations. [extractum aconiti alcoholicum, u. s. Alcoholic Extract of Aconite. Prep.—Aconite in coarse powder ibi., diluted alcohol Oiv., moisten aconite with Oss. of alcohol, allow to stand 24 hours, place in percolator, and gradually add remainder of alcohol, and afterwards water. When what passes causes a precipitate, stop operation. Distil off alcohol from filtered liquid, and evaporate to proper consistence. Use.—(Intl.) same as preceding, but more powerful. Dose, gr. ss.—gr. i., to be gradually increased if required.] JEther Sulpliurkus, v. s. l. e. d. Sulphuric iEther. (v. Stimu- lants.) Use.—(Intl.) chiefly valued hitherto as a stimulant antispas- modic, and refrigerant; but recent discovery of its powerful pro- Sulphuric Ether. R iEther. sulphurici R iEther. sulphurici Camphorae Camphorae Liquor opii sedat. Syrupi Aq. cinnamomi F. Aquae F. gar- potio, cujus capiat cochl. garisma (in malignant an- gina).](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0198.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
