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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    on an empty stomach. Exhibited immediately after a meal, its topical action is considerably diminished. This is especially the case when amylaceous substances (as potatoes, bread-pudding, sago, tapioca, and arrowroot) have been taken, as the iodine forms with them an iodide of starch. [§ Liquor lodi. Solution of Iodine. Take of Iodine ...... 20 grains. Iodide of Potassium . . .30 grains. Distilled Water .... 1 fluid ounce, Dissolve.] [§ Tinctura lodi. Tincture of Iodine. Take of Iodine . . . . . . . \ ounce. Iodide of Potassium . . . . . ^ ounce. Rectified Spirit ...... 1 pint. Dissolve the iodine and the iodide of potassium in the spirit.] The proportion of iodide of potassium is only one-fourth as much as in the London tincture. It is chiefly useful in facilitating the solution of the iodine. The tincture is intended both for internal and external use. Dose for internal use, min. 5 to 20 (= about gr. ^ to gr. J of iodine) in water. [§ Linimentum lodi. Liniment of Iodine. Take of Iodine . . . . . . 1J ounce. Iodide of Potassium -J- ounce. Camphor ..... ^ ounce. Rectified Spirit . . . .10 fluid ounces. Dissolve the iodine, iodide of potassium and camphor in the spirit. This is half the strength of Lin. lodi 1864. The camphor is now introduced.] This liniment contains five times as much iodine as the tincture, and is only intended for external use. It should not be applied to tender skins. [Unguentum lodi. Ointment of Iodine. Synonym.—Unguentum lodi Compositum 1864. Take of Iodine . . • . . . .32 grains. Iodide of Potassium . , .32 grains. Proof Spirit ..... 1 fluid drachm. Prepared Lard .... 2 ounces.