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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    Filter the lee, and evaporate to dryness, in a silver or iron vessel; stir constantly with a spatula towards the end of the evaporation. Thus reduced to powder, preserve in closed vessels. Should the ashes (before dissolving) not be pure, let them be roasted to white- ness in a crucible, d. [The Edin. Ph. gives no formula for this preparation ; it merely states, that this is carbonate of potash not quite pure, obtained by lixiviating, evaporating, and granulating by fusion and refrigeration the potashes of commerce.] Use.—(Intl.) see the following:— POTASS.E CARBONAS PURUS, U. S. POTASS.E CARBONAS PURUM, E. POTASS^E CARBONAS e TARTARI CRYSTALLIS, D. (A purer carb. of potash than the foregoing.) Pure Carbonate of Potassa. [Prepared by heating to redness bicarb, of potash ; or (more cheaply) by burning, roasting, &c.,bitartrate of potash (with nitrate of potassa, u. s.)] Use.—(Intl.) chiefly in the formation of extemporaneous effer- vescing draughts ; it is also employed in cases of intestinal acidity, &c.; but the bicarbonate is preferable. Dose, grs. v.—9i. LIQUOR POTASS^ CARBONATIS, U. S. L. POTASS.E CARBONATIS aqua, D. Solution of Carbonate of Potassa. Prep.—Dissolve carb. of potassa Sbi., in distilled water f ^xii., and filter, u. s. Dissolve carb. of potash Sxx., in distilled water Oi.; strain, l.—or—Dissolve carbonate of potass (from crystals of tartar) 1 part, in distilled water 2 parts; filter, d. Use.—(Intl.) same as carbonate, and bicarbonate, m. x.-—5ss. LIQUOR POTASSjE EFFERVESCENS, L. POTASSvE AQUA EFFERVES- cens, e. Kali Water. Effervescing Solution of Potassa. [Prepared by passing excess of carbonic acid gas (under pres- sure) through a solution of bicarb, potassae, l. e.] Use.—(Intl.) to allay irritability of the stomach, &c. Dose, §iv. and upwards, ad libitum. pulveres effervescentes, e. Effervescing Powders. [v. Formulae under class Refrigerants.] Use.—(Intl.) for same purposes as preceding. Sapo. u. s. l. sapo durus, e. d. Soap made of Olive Oil and Soda. Spanish or Castile Soap. Use.—(Intl.) in calculous affections and intestinal acidities. More serviceable as a laxative, and basis of cathartic pills, &c. Dose, grs. v.—5ss-» *n pills.