Dr. Pereira's Elements of materia medica and therapeutics : abridged and adapted for the use of medical and pharmaceutical practitioners and students and comprising all the medicines of the British Pharmacopœia, with such others as are frequently ordered in prescriptions or required by the physician / edited by Robert Bentley and Theophilus Redwood ; with an appendix.

  • Jonathan Pereira
Date:
1874
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Credit: Dr. Pereira's Elements of materia medica and therapeutics : abridged and adapted for the use of medical and pharmaceutical practitioners and students and comprising all the medicines of the British Pharmacopœia, with such others as are frequently ordered in prescriptions or required by the physician / edited by Robert Bentley and Theophilus Redwood ; with an appendix. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [§ Spiritus Ammonise Aromaticus. Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia.- Take of Carbonate of Ammonia Strong solution of Ammonia Volatile Oil of Nutmeg . Oil of Lemon Rectified Spirit Water ..... Mix, and distil seven pints. Test.— Specific gravity, 0*870. Dose, to 1 fluid drachm.] Therapeutics.—It is popularly known as spirit of sal volatile ; it is less powerful than solution of ammonia, but is used in similar cases as an antacid and stimulant. 8 ounces. 4 fluid ounces. 4 fluid drachms. 6 fluid drachms. 6 pints 3 pints. [§ Spiritus Ammonise Fcetidus. Fetid Spirit of Ammonia. Take of Assafcetida ...... 1J ounce. Strong solution of Ammonia . . .2 fluid ounces. Rectified Spirit a sufficiency. Break the assafcetida into small pieces and macerate it, in a closed vessel, in fifteen fluid ounces of the spirit for twenty-four hours, then distil off the spirit, mix the product with the solution of ammonia, and add sufficient rectified spirit to make one pint. Dose, ^ to 1 fluid drachm.] Therapeutics.—Used as a stimulant and antispasmodic. [§ Ammonii Chloridum. Chloride of Ammonium. Synonyms.—Ammonias Hydrochloras, 1864. Ammonias Murias, Edin., Dubl. Sal Ammoniac. NH4C1 or NH4C1. May be formed by neutralising hydrochloric acid with ammonia and evaporating to dryness. It is usually prepared by sublimation. Characters and Tests.—In colourless inodorous translucent fibrous masses, tough, and difficult to powder ; soluble in water and in rectified spirit. Its aqueous solution when treated with caustic potash evolves ammonia, and when treated with nitrate of silver forms a copious curdy precipitate. When heated it volatilises without decomposition, and leaves no residue. Dose, 5 to 20 grains.]