The Druggist's general receipt bookLindsay & Blakiston, 1863 - 466 pages |
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acetate add 1 oz almonds aloes alum ammonia aniseed antimony astringent balsam boiling water bottle calomel camphor cantharides caraway carbonate of soda caustic charcoal cloves cold colour common salt compound cream of tartar decoction digest diluted dissolved distilled water diuretic Dose drachm DRENCHES dried essence extract filter flour fluid form a ball gallon gentian gentle heat grains gruel honey infusion lard lemon Liniment linseed oil liquid liquor liquorice LOTIONS magnesia melt mercurial mixture mucilage muriatic acid myrrh nitre nitric acid oil of turpentine ointment olive oil opium otto of roses ounce pills Pocket Formulary potash powder purgative quart rectified spirit resin rose sal ammoniac shell-lac soap solution spermaceti spirit of wine stir strain sugar sulphate of copper sulphate of iron sulphuric acid syrup to form tincture Tonic treacle turpentine 1 oz varnish Venice turpentine vinegar wash yellow zinc
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Page iv - GENERAL' RECEIPT-BOOK : comprising a copious Veterinary Formulary and Table of Veterinary Materia Medica ; Patent and Proprietary Medicines, Druggists
Page 223 - Steep a quarter of an ounce of moss in cold water for a few minutes — then •withdraw it,. (shaking the water out of each sprig) and boil it in a quart of new or unskimmed milk, until it attains the consistence of warm jelly — strain, and sweeten it to the taste with white sugar or honey, or if convenient, with candied Eryngo root; should milk disagree with the stomach, the same...
Page 262 - URE'S Diamond Cement. Isinglass 1 oz., distilled water 6 oz., boil to 3 oz., and add 1£ oz. of rectified spirit. Boil for a minute or two, strain, and add, while hot, first £ oz.
Page 320 - Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and has been used with success in hospital practice. The following is the mode of preparing it : Having secured a paper of good texture, the next desideratum is the fluid or varnish by which it is to be coated and waterproofed. This is made by reboiling boiled linseed oil with litharge, acetate of lead, sulphate of zinc, and burnt umber, an ounce or two of each to a gallon of oil.
Page 315 - A method of ornamenting the surface of tin plate by acids. The plates are washed with an alkaline solution, then in water, heated, and sponged or sprinkled with the acid solution The appearance varies with the degree of heat and the nature and strength of the acids employed. The plates, after the application of the acids, are plunged into water slightly acidulated, dried, and covered with white or coloured varnishes.
Page 254 - Isinglass or gelatine, £ oz. ; powdered indigo, £ oz ; soft soap, 4 oz. ; logwood, 4 oz. ; glue, 5 oz. Boil together in 2 pints of vinegar, till the glue is dissolved; then strain through a cloth, and bottle for use. 2. Melt 8 oz. of beeswax in an earthen pipkin, and stir into it 2 oz. of ivory black, 1 oz. of Prussian blue ground in oil, 1 oz. of oilj of turpentine, and £ oz. of copal varnish. Make it into balls. To' be applied with a brush, and polished with an old handkerchief.
Page iv - THE POCKET FORMULARY AND SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN PHARMACOPOEIAS; comprising standard and approved Formulae for the Preparations and Compounds employed in Medical Practice. Eighth Edition, corrected and enlarged. 18mo. cloth, 6s. DR. HENRY BENNET. A PRACTICAL TREATISE '' ON INFLAMMATION AND OTHER DISEASES OF THE UTERUS.
Page 262 - ... or ammoniacum, which must be rubbed or ground till they are dissolved. Then mix the whole with a sufficient heat. Keep the glue in a phial closely stopped, and when it is to be used, set the phial in boiling water.
Page 326 - The following papers should be the finest satin post, of uniform texture, free from the maker's mark, specks, and all imperfections. | The papers must be prepared by candle-light, and kept in the dark till used. 1. Simple Nitrated Paper.- — This is merely paper brushed over with a strong solution of nitrate of silver. In brushing over the paper it must be crossed.
Page 336 - ... for three equivalents of potassium. The same blue precipitate may be obtained by adding to a protosalt of iron a mixture of yellow prussiate of potash, chloride of soda, and hydrochloric acid. The tint of this blue is lighter and more delicate than that of Prussian blue. It is occasionally used by the calico-printer, who mixes it with...