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
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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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    pilule hydrargyri, u. s. l. e. d. Blue Pill. Prep.—Under Sialagognes. Use.—Similar to calomel, but is preferable to any other mercu- rial for internal employment. Dose, gr. i.—grs. iii., 2ce daily, with minute additions of opium to prevent irritation. PILULE HYDRARGYRI CHLORIDI COMPOSITE, L. PILULE CALO- melanos composite, e. d. Compound Calomel Pills. (This pill cannot be too carefully prepared.) Prep.—Rub together chloride of mercury, and oxysulphuret of antimony, each gii.—then with guaiac powdered jfss.; and after- wards add treacle gii., so as to form suitable pill mass, l.—or— Mix together calomel, and golden sulphuret of antimony, each 1 part; guaiac finely powdered, and treacle, each 2 parts. Having reduced the solids to fine powder, add the treacle, then beat all into suitable mass. Divide into pills of 6 grains, e.—or—Rub together (so as to mix perfectly) calomel, and brown antimoniated sulphur, each $[., guaiac resin powdered ^'ii., then add molasses sufficient to form mass of proper consistence, d. Use.—Same as calomel; an efficacious remedy in cutaneous eruptions, more particularly those forms which are induced by secondary syphilis. Dose gr. i.—grs. x., night and morning; de- coction of sarsaparilla is a suitable accompaniment to this pill. [PILVLJE HYDRARGYRI CHLORIDI MITIS, U. S. Calomel Pills. Prep.—Take of mild chloride of mercury (calomel) ^ss.; gum Arabic in powder, 5j«; syrup q. s. Mix together the chloride of mercury and the gum; then beat them with the syrup, so as to form a mass, to be divided into 240 pills, u. s. Use.—Same as calomel-; each pill contains one grain.]] piluLjE calomelanos et opii, e. Pills of Calomel and Opium. Prep.—Beat into suitable mass calomel 3 parts, opium 1 part, R Pil. hydrarg. R Pil. hydrarg. Ext. hyosciami Antim. et potassse tart. Ipecacuanha, pulv. Ammoniaci M. fiant pil. Om. noc. Assafoetid. sum. Ext. aloes, purif. R Pil. hydrarg. Saponis M. divide in pil. Ext. hyosciami R Pil. hydrarg. Ext. colocynth. com. Scillse, pulv. Ext. gentianae Digitalis, pulv. F. pil. Ipecacuanha?, pulv. R Pil. hydrarg. chloridi comp. Saponis F. massa in pil. Ext. taraxaci dividenda. Ext. sarsaparill. Div. in pil