Conspectus of the pharmacopoeias of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Colleges of Physicians ... / [Anthony Todd Thomson].

  • Thomson, Anthony Todd, 1778-1849.
Date:
1830
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    AClDUM NITRiCUM DILUTUM. L. D. Diluted Nitric Acid. Comp. Nitric acid f.y.: water fjix. Prop. The same as nitric acid in a weaker degree. Oper. The same as that of nitric acid. • Use. As a drink, diluted largely, in fevers of the typhoid kind i in chronic affections of the liver, attendeil with a redundant and hasty formation of bile; and in dyspepsia. As a remedy in ve- nereal complaints ; yet in this climate it is not to be depended on» but is a very useful adjunct to mercury, and allays the violent ir- ritation induced by it. It is also very useful m the cure ot old ulcerated legs, . , . , Dose. TT\.x. to Ptxxx. in f5iij. of water, twice or thrice a day. AClDUM NITROSUM. E. Nitrous Acid. Comp. Nitric acid and nitric oxide, loosely combined. Prop. Odour very suffocating, very volatile ; colour brown red, Oper., Use, and Dose. The sameasof nitric acid: and as a lotion to old foetid ulcers in the proportion of f5ij* to water Oj. QJf. Prep. Acidum 'Sitrosum Dilutum, E. Spir. JEtheris Nitrost, E. D. Argenti Nitras, D. Ung. Acidi Nitrosi, E. D. Ung. Nt- tratis Ht/drargi/ri, E. ACIDUM NITROSUM DTLOTUM. E. Diluted Nitrous Acid. Comp. Nitric acid, with a smaller portion of nitric oxide and water. Prop. Odour suffocating, colour bluish. Spec. grav. 1.911. Oper., Use, and Dose. The same as diluted nitnc acid. Prep. Nitras Argenti, E. D. Avetas Hydrargyri, E. Submit- rias Hydrargyri Prcecipitatus, E. Submnr. Hydrarg. Ammonia- turn, D. Oxidum Hydrarg. &\,nereum, E. Ox. Hyd. Rubrum, E. AClDUM NITROMURIATICUM. D. Nitromuriatic Acid, Nitrici, mensura, partem; Acidi Muriatici, mensura, paites ij. Mix them in a vessel kept cool, and preserve the mixture in a well stopped bottle, in a cool obscure place.) Prop. Odour suffocating; colour pale yellow. Oper. Stimulant, antiseptic. Use. Largely diluted it has been strongly recommended in Malig- nant Scarlatina, in chronic affections or the liver, and in syphilis: and still more diluted as a bath in chronic derangement of tne he- patic secretion, which it improves, and acts gently on the bowels. Dose, niviij. to iRxxx. in fjiij. of water, twice or thrice a day. When used as a bath, the mix^ acid should be added to the water until it taste as sour as weak vinegar, Ineomp. Oxides, earths, alkalies, the sulphurets, and the acetates of potass and of lead. ACIDUM PRUSSICUM. D. Prussic Acid. (Cyanureti Hydrargyri 3j. Acidi Muriatici mensura Aquee mensura 5viij. Distil eight ounces from a glass retort into a receiver kept cool. Let the acid be preserved in a closely stopped phial, in a cool and obscure place.) The sp. grav. is *990, Prop. Colourless, transparent, with the odour of bitter almonds; taste sweetish and bland at first, afterwards pungent and acrimo- nious ; very volatile; decomposed by a high temperature and light; contains one part of pure Hydrocyanic Acid, and eight and a naif parts of water. Opei\ Sedative. Use. In spasmodic coughs ; asthma, and hooping cough ; hiccough, and in allaying the irritability of the stomach in dyspepsia. As a local application, properly diluted, it is useful in abating the itching in impetigo and prurimnous affections. Dose. TRij. gradually increased to TRviij., in a glassful of water, almond emulsion, or Infusion of Cinchona. When an overdose has