Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added non-official preparations and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire ; assisted by his sons Peter Wyatt Squire and Alfred Herbert Squire.

  • Squire, Peter Wyatt, Sir, 1847-1919.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added non-official preparations and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire ; assisted by his sons Peter Wyatt Squire and Alfred Herbert Squire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Medicinal Properties, Used for the same purposed as common 'V'inegar; when more con- centrated, it is used for subcutaneous injection in cancer. {See Acidum ACETICUM.) Dose.—1 to 2 drms. with water. (Austr. 20; Belg. 5*5 ; Ger. 30; Dan. and Russ. 4 per cent.; Fr. distilled from Wine Yinegar.) Used to prepare Acetum Scillge and Liquor Morphise Acetatis. ACIDUM ACETICUM GLACIALE. GLACIAL ACETIC ACID. Colourless, containing not less than 99 per cent, of Monohydrated or real Acetic Acid, IIC2H3O2; eq. 60; equal to 84 per cent, of anhy- drous Acid, C^HgOg, eq. 102. It dissolves Camphor, Gum-resins^ Eesins, and Volatile Oils. Test.—Sp. g. 1*065, which is increased by adding 10 per cent, of water if the acid be of full strength. 1 fluid drachm (60 grains by weight) in an ounce of water requires for neutralization 990 grain- measures of the volumetric solution of Soda. Tried by the test mentioned in Acetic Acid, should indicate absence of Sulphurous Acid. When diluted gives no precipitate with Choride of Barium or Nitrate of Silver—indicating the absence of Sulphuric and Hydro- chloric Acids. It is three times as strong as Acidum Aceticum, and nearly twenty-four times as strong as Acidum Aceticum Dilutum. It is a colourless liquid, with pungent acetous odour, is converted into a mass of crystals when cooled to 34° E. and remains crystallized at 48°. Medicinal Properties. Escharotic ; used for corns and warts, especially when of a syphilitic character; it speedily vesicates, and thus is useful in cases where Cantharides may do harm by being absorbed ; but it causes much pain, and if applied incautiously, may produce a most troublesome sore. When scented, is employed to fill vinaigrettes containing sponge, or fragments of Sulphate of Potash. (Same as Ger.; Acide Acetique Crystallisable, Fr.; A. A. Concentratissimum, Austr. and Kuss.; A. A. Concentratum, Belg.; not in Dan. or in U.S.) It is an ingredient in Acetum Cantharidis and Mistura Creasoti. Not Official. Acidum: Aceticum Aeomatictjm (Belg. Euss. and Ger.).—Glacial Acetic Acid, 72 (Ger. 25) ; Oil of Cloves, 9 ; do. Layender, 6 ; do. Orange, 6; do. Bergamot, 3 ; do. Thyme, 3 ; do. Cinnamon, 1 ] all by weight; mix and filter. YiNAiGRE Anglais (Fr.).—Glacial Acetic Acid, 600; Camphor, 60; Oil of Cin- namon, 1; Oil of Cloves, 2 ; Oil of Lavender, ^ ; mix and digest fifteen days. YiNAiGEE DES QuATRE VoLEUES (Fr.).—Tops of the Greater and Lesser Worm- wood, Kosemary, Sage, Peppermint, Rue, Lavender Flowers, of each 8; Calamus Koot, Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmeg, Garlic, of each 1; Camphor, 2 ; Glacial Acetic Acid, 8; Strong white Vinegar, 500: dissolve the Camphor in the Glacial Acid; macerate the other ingredients in the Yinegar for ten days; press and mix.