Note-book of materia medica, pharmacology, and therapeutics / by R.E. Scoresby-Jackson.
- Date:
- 1895
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Note-book of materia medica, pharmacology, and therapeutics / by R.E. Scoresby-Jackson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![CONTENTS. PART I.—INTRODUCTORY. Materia Medica : Definition, Scope of the Subject—Sources and Natural Condition of Medicines—Scleetion and collection of Medicines—Collec- tion of Vegetable Medicines—Natural condition of Plants, and the circumstances by which they are affected—The active Principles of iledicines derived from the vegetable kingdom—Pharmaceutical opera- tions—Weights and Measures—Symbols—Official Formulse : Aquae, Cataplasmata, Confectioues, Decocta, Emplastra, Enemata, Essentiae, E.vtracta, Glycerina, Infusa, Linimenta, Liquores, Lotiones, Mellita, ]NIisturae, Mucilagines, Pilulae, Pulveres, Spiritus, Sued, Suppositoria, Syrupi, Tabellae, Tincturae, Trochisci, Unguenta, Vapores, Vina — Magistral Formulae or Prescriptions—Properties, forces, actions, and effects of Medicines—Modus operandi and classification of Medicines— Locality of the action of Medicines—Channels by which Medicines are introduced into the system—Circumstances which modify the actions of Medicines—The Prescription, .... xvii-cxviii PART II.—INORGANIC MATERIA MEDICA. CLASS I.—METALLOIDS OP. NON-METALLIC BODIES. Group 1.—Gaseous : Oxygen (ozone)—Hydrogen (water, mineral waters, sea-bathing)—Nitrogen—Chlorine, .... 1-14 Group 2.—Liquid : Bromine (Bromides), . . . 15-19 Group 3.—Solid ; Iodine (Iodides, Iodoform)—Sulphur (Sulphurous Acid^ Sulphides)—Carbon—Phosphorus, .... 19-39 CLASS II.—CERTAIN ACIDS WHICH MAY BE CONVENIENTLY CONSIDERED TOGETHER. ^iroxLp 1. Sulphuric — Hydrochloric — Nitric — Nitro-Hydrochloric — Carbonic—Hydrosulphuric, ..... 39-45 Group 2. Acetic (Acetum)—Lactic — Tartaric—Hydrobromic—Citric— Chromic—Oxalic—Boric, ..... 45-52](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21943060_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
