The Edinburgh new dispensatory : ... Being an improvement upon the new dispensatory of Dr Lewis.

  • Lewis William, 1708-1781.
Date:
1789
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    Partin. 59i Preparations and C'ompoJiLions. Take of White vitriol, fixteen grains; Water, eight ounces; We'&k vitriolic acid, fixteen drops'. Dlffolve the vitriol in the watery and then, adding the acid, ttrain through paper. ^ W H E R R the eyes are watery or ] inflamed, this folution of white vi- ! triol is a verv ufeful application : the {lighter inflammations wall fre- J quently yield to this medicine, with- / out any other affillance; In the more | violent ones, vensfeftlon and. ca- | thartics are to be premifed to its \ tife. .i CHAP. XXXI. London pharmacopoeia. It is ufed externally as a lotion for fome ul- cers, particularly thofe In which It is neeeffary to reilrain a great dif- charge. It is alfo not unfrequently employed as a collyrium in fOme ca- fes of ophthalmia, where a large dif- charge of watery fluid takes place from the eyes w’lth but little inflam- mation. But when it is to be ap- plied to this tender organ, It ought at firft, at leaft, to be diluted by thci addition of more water. AQUA VITRIOLICA. Edin. Vitriolic <vjatcr. E M P L P L A S Plasters are compofed chiefly of oily and undtuous fubftan- ces, united with powders Into fuch a confiftence, that the compound may remain firm in the cold without {ticking to the fingers ; that it may be foft and pliable in a low degree ef heat, and that by the warmth of the human body it be fo tena- cious as readily to adhere both to the part on which it is applied, and to the fubiliiiee on. which it is fpread. A 5 r R A. T E R S. There is, however, a difference in the confiltence of plallers, accord- ing to the purpofes they are to be ap- plied to : Thus, fuch as are Intend- ed for the, breali and ftomach fliould be very foft and yielding ■; whillt thofe defigned for the limbs are made firmer and more adhefive. An ounce of exprefled oil, an ounce cf yellow wax, and half an ounce of any proper pow'der, will make a plaftcr of the firft confillence ; for a bard one, an ounce more of wax^H alld