Materia medica, pharmacy, pharmacology and therapeutics / by W. Hale White.
- William Hale-White
- Date:
- 1892
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Materia medica, pharmacy, pharmacology and therapeutics / by W. Hale White. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![meal as a basis, and applied warm. (Except C. Fer- meuti, which has no linseed meal, and is applied cold. It is unimportant.) The B. P. contains— Cataplasma Carbonis — Conii — Fermenti Cataplasma LilU — Sinapis — Soda) Chlorinata} Linseed meal is the best basis for poultices on account of its mucilage, which retains moisture and emulsifies oily sub- stances ; but popularly it is often replaced by bread, bran, oat- meal, or starch. To make a poultice properly, the bowl in which it is mixed, the water, the spatula for mixing and spreading, the flannel or tow on which it is laid, must all be as hot as possible. The meal, bran, &c, should be added gradually to the boiling water, which is continually stirred. The addition of oil or glycerine prevents the poultice from caking as it dries. It should not be spread so thick as to make it inconveniently heavy. Charta (papers).—Cartridge paper coated with an active compound and used as a plaster. The B. P. contains two : Charta Epispas- \ made from I Charta Sinapis tica J cantharides | Collodia (collodions).—Solutions of pyroxylin in ether and spirit. When applied externally a protective film is formed owing to the rapid volati- lization of the solvent. The B. P. contains three : Collodium I Collodium Yesicans. — Flexile Confectiones. (Syn. Electuaries, boluses, con- serves.)—Powders made into a paste with syrup, of such a consistency that the powders do not separate, but the mass can be swallowed. The B. P. contains eight: Dose. I Dose. Confectio Rosae Used as a Confectio Piperis ] Canince > basis for ; — Senna) — Rosae Gallicao J pills. I — Sulphuris — Opii 1 - on TerebinthinsB — Scammonii J °](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20407944_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
