A New Supplement to the Pharmacopœias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin and Paris; forming a complete Dispensatory; ... including the New French medicines ... Being a general book of formulæ, etcBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 - 487 pages |
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3iij 3jss acetate of lead ACIDUM acrid Adulterated alcohol alkalies almonds aloes alum ammonia antimony antispasmodic aromatic astringent bark baryta bitter boiling water bruised camphor carbonate cinnamon colour Comp compound copper decoction demulcent diaphoretic digest dissolve distilled water diuretic doses of 3j doses of gr dried drops dyspepsia emetic emollient ether evaporate extract filter gallon given in doses gum arabic heat honey HYDRARGYRI Incompatible infusion juice lard lime water liquor magnesia Medicinally mercury mucilage native plant nitrate nitric acid ointment OLEUM olive oil opium oxide pills pint plaster Poisonous powder precipitate prepared procured proof spirit PULVIS purgative rectified spirit resin rhubarb root salts smell soap soda soluble solution spermaceti stimulant stomach strain sugar sulphuret sulphuric acid syrup Take 3j Take 3ss Take zij tartar taste thrice a day Tinct tincture tonic triturate turpentine ulcers UNGUENTUM vinegar wine yellow ziij zinc
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Page 204 - Take antimony, calcine it with a continued protracted heat, in a flat unglazed vessel, adding to it from time to time a sufficient quantity of any animal oil or salt, dephlegmated ; then boil it in melted nitre for a considerable time, and separate the powder from the nitre by dissolving it in water.
Page 73 - This elegant cement is made by mixing rice flour intimately with cold water, and then gently boiling it. It is beautifully white, and dries almost transparent. Papers pasted together by means of this cement will sooner separate in their own substance than at the joining, which makes it...
Page 303 - Every person was of course alarmed by this sudden chemical change ; but the lecturer explaining the cause of the phenomenon, the lady received no further injury than a practical lesson to rely more upon natural than artificial beauty in future.
Page 314 - ... when they are black they will not do, being too old. Throw a little salt over, and put them into a stew-pan with...
Page 103 - Put it into a cask, reserving a little for filling up. Put the cask in a warm dry room, and the liquor will ferment of itself. Skim off the refuse, when the fermentation shall be over, and fill up with the reserved liquor. When it has ceased working, pour three quarts of brandy to forty quarts of wine. Bung it close for nine months, then bottle it, and drain the thick part through a jelly-bag, until it be clear, and bottle that.
Page 73 - ... of wine as will suffice to render it liquid, and, in another vessel, dissolve as much isinglass, previously a little softened in water, (though none of the water must be used), in French brandy or good rum, as will make a...
Page 269 - ... to the decomposition of that salt might alter the prussiate of iron. It will, therefore, be much better to leave a little alum, which may afterwards be carried off by washing. As soon as the alkaline liquor is added, the alumine precipitated becomes exactly mixed with the prussiate of iron, the intensity of which it lessens by bringing it to the tone of common Saxon blue. The matter is then thrown on a filterr and after being washed in clean water, is dried.
Page xxiii - The least active remedies operate very violently on some individuals, owing to a peculiarity of stomach, or rather disposition of body, unconnected with temperament. This state can be discovered only by accident or time ; but when it is known, it should always be attended to by the practitioner. In prescribing, the practitioner should always so regulate...
Page 154 - The first process consists in dissolving 58 grains of crystallized tartaric acid in alcohol, and mixing the liquid with 50 grains of the ferrocyanate of potassa dissolved in the smallest possible quantity of hot water. The...
Page 73 - Dissolve five or six bits of mastich, as large as peas, in as much spirits of wine as will suffice to render it liquid : in another vessel dissolve as much isinglass (which has been previously soaked in water till it is swollen and soft,) in...