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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    and add sufficient syrup to produce the required weight. Contains about 0-7 gm. ferrous iodide in 10 mils. Syrupus Ferri Phosphatis.—Iron, in wire, 8-6 gm.; concentrated phosphoric acid, 62-5 mils; syrup, 700 mils ; distilled water, sufficient to pro¬ duce 1,000 mils. Contains 0-17 gin. anhydrous ferrous phosphate m 10 mils. Syrupus Ferri Phosphatis cum Quinina et Strychnina.—Iron, in wire, 8-60 gm. ; concen¬ trated phosphoric acid, 62-50 mils; strychnine, in powder, 0-57 gm. ; quinine sulphate, 14-80 gm. ; syrup, 700-00 mils; distilled water, sufficient to produce 1,000 mils. One fluid drachm of this syrup represents 1 gr. of anhydrous ferrous phosphate, •i gr. of quinine sulphate, and gr. of strychnine. 10 mils contains -017 gm. anhydrous ferrous phos¬ phate, 0-148 gm. quinine sulqjhand 0-057 gm. strychnine. Syrupus Glucosi.—Glucose, 250 gm.; syrup, 500 gm. Mix, by the aid of gentle heat. Syrupus Limonis.—Fresh lemon peel, in thin slices or grated, 20 gm. ; alcohol (90 per cent.) a sufficient quantity ; lemon juice, 500 mils ; refined sugar, 760 gm. Syrupus Pruni Yirginianise (Syrup of Yir- ginian Prune).—Wild cherry bark, in No. 20 powder, 150 gm. ; refined sugar, in coarse powder, 750 gm. ; glycerin, 65 mils; distilled water, sufficient quantity to produce 1,000 mils. Syrupus Rhei.—Rhubarb root, in No. 20 powder, 70 gm. ; oil of coriander, 0-5 mil; refined sugar, 840 gm. ; alcohol (90 per cent.), 280 mils : distilled water, to 1,000 mils. Mix 270 mils of the alcohol with 810 mils of distilled water, moisten the rhu¬ barb with 70 mils of the mixture, set aside in a closed vessel for twenty-four hours, then pack in a percolator and pass the remainder of the diluted alcohol slowly through the drug ; evaporate the percolate to 475 gm., filter, dissolve the sugar in the filtrate by the aid of heat, cool, add the oil of coriander dissolved in 10 mils of the alcohol, mix, and make up to the required volume with distilled water.