Materia medica, pharmacy, pharmacology and therapeutics / by W. Hale White.
- William Hale-White
- Date:
- 1903
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Materia medica, pharmacy, pharmacology and therapeutics / by W. Hale White. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.
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![except Pil. Scammonii Co. All pharmacopa?ial pills are given in closes of about 4 to 8 grains, except— Pilula Phosphori. Dose 1—2 gr. — Plumbi cum Opio. ]^ j~. o a ■ — Saponis Composita. ) — Ferri. Dose 5—15 gi\ Pulveres.—Powders are mixtures of finely pow- dered drugs. The best diluent for powders is sugar of milk, because of its hardness and comparative insolubiUty. The B. P. contains : Approximate Dose. Approxiviale Dose. Pulvis Elaterini Co. 1—4 gr. Piilvis Cieta3 Aro-| — Antimonialis i „ „ maticus — Opii Co. — Ipecacuanhffi Co. — Kino Co. — Scammonii Co. — Amygdalaj Co. — Catechu Co. } 3-8 gr. 5—20 gr. 20- ) 10- 60 gr. -60 — cum Opio — Jalapre Co. — Ehei Co. — Tragacanthas Co. — GlycyrrhizHB Co. UO-60 gr- 00 to 120 — Cinnamomi Co. f gr Pulvis Sodie Tartarata3 Eflervescens (Seidlitz Powder). {See Sodium Compounds.) Spiritus.—Spirits are either simple or complex. Simple Spirits are solutions (which frequently become turbid on tlie addition of water, owing to the separa- tion of the substance dissolved) in alcohol (90 per cent.) of— (a) A volatile oil: Spiritus Lavandula; — Mentha; Piperitas — Myristica; — Eosmarini Spiritus Anisi — Cajuputi — Cinnamomi — Juniperi The strength of all these is 1 in 10, and the dose 5—20iii., except Sp. Juniperi 1 in 20 and dose 20—60ni. (i)) Of camphor : Spiritus Camphorpp. Strength 1 in 10. Dose 5—20in,. (c) Of chloroform : Spiritus Chloroformi. Strength 1 in 20. Dose 5—40iti. (d) Of ether: Spiritus vEtheris. ,S^7-cn(7^/i 1 in 3. Dose 20—90n\.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21449429_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
