Compendium of the pharmacopoeias and formularies (official and unofficial) : with practical aids to prescribing and dispensing : with addendum / C.J.S. Thompson.

  • Thompson, C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel), 1862-1943.
Date:
1922
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Credit: Compendium of the pharmacopoeias and formularies (official and unofficial) : with practical aids to prescribing and dispensing : with addendum / C.J.S. Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    until the volume is reduced to half; then strain and, if necessary, pour sufficient water over con¬ tents of strainer to produce required volume. Decoctum Hsemafcoxyli. —Logwood, in chips, 50 gm. ; cinnamon bark, bruised, 10 gm. ; distilled water, sufficient to produce 1,000 mils. Boil the logwood with 1,200 mils of distilled water for ten minutes, adding the cinnamon bark towards the end of the time ; strain ; pour enough distilled water over the contents of the strainer to produce the required volume. Decoctum Ispaghulse.—Ispaghula, bruised, 15 gm. ; distilled water, to 1,000 mils. Process as that for Decoctum Acacise Corticis. Decoctum Sappan.—Sappan, in chips, 50 gm. ; cinnamon bark, bruised, 10 gm. ; distilled water, to 1,000 mils. Process as that for Decoctum Acacise Corticis, but the cinnamon is added towards the end of the boiling. Emplastrum Belladonnse. —Liquid extract of belladonna, 50 mils; resin plaster, 137'5 gm. 50 per cent, weaker than B.P., 1898. This plaster contains 0-25 per cent, of the alkaloids of bella¬ donna root. Emplastrum Calefaciens.—Cantharidin, 02 gm. ; chloroform, 20 mils ; olive oil, 40 mils ; resin plaster, 940 gm. Dissolve cantharidin in chloroform, add the oil, and mix with the previously melted plaster. Emplastrum Cantharidini.—Cantharidin,2gm.; chloroform, 100 mils ; yellow beeswax, 450 gm. ; wool fat, to 1,000 gm. Dissolve cantharidin in chloroform, add to the previously melted wax and fat, and stir till cold. Emplastrum Hydrargyri.—Mercury, 328 gm. ; olive oil, 18 gm. ; sublimed sulphur, 2 gm. ; lead plaster, 652 gm. Emplastrum Menthol. — Menthol, 150 gm. ; yellow beeswax, 100 gm. ; resin, 750 gm. Emplastrum Plumbi.—Lead oxide, 400 gm. ; olive oil, 800 gm. ; distilled water, 400 mils, or a sufficient quantity.