A manual of pharmacy / by William Thomas Brande.

Date:
1825
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Credit: A manual of pharmacy / by William Thomas Brande. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    alone, and under some of the aloetic formulae of the Pharma- copoeia, we shall again take occasion to speak of its most common combinations. The following pills are useful for obviating costiveness in dyspeptic habits, but they should not be kept too long in a diy place, as they are apt to become hard, and so insoluble as to pass through the bowels,— an inconvenience which may to a great extent be remedied by the addition to the mass of about a fourth part of sugar or of soap. R Pulveris Aloes, Mastiche, Rhsei, ail 3ss. Aquae, q. s. ut fiant massa in pilulas xx. dividenda, quarum sumantur duae vel tres ante prandium. The time for taking these pills is immediately before din- ner ; they then blend with the food, prevent flatulency, and are usually found to be operative the following morning after breakfast. ALOES VULGARIS EXTRACTUM — Extract of the common Aloe; Barbadoes Aloes. — This kind of aloes is pre- pared in Barbadoes, and exported thence in large gourds, which contain upwards of half a hundred weight each. It is generally deeper-coloured and more opaque than the former, its consistence is tougher, its fracture less shining, and its odour strong and peculiarly disagreeable; the colour of its powder is dirty yellow, and it is said to be more active than Socotrine aloes, and hence, though its price usually exceeds that of the other varieties, it is much preferred in the preparation of horse medicines, a channel by which enor- mous quantities of aloes are consumed. ALTHETE FOLIA ET RADIX—The Leaves and Root of the Althea Officinalis, or Marsh-Mallow. — The decoction of the marsh-mallow is a viscid mucilaginous liquid, some- times used as a demulcent drink, but having nothing to re- commend it in preference to barley-water, solution of gum arabic, and other more attainable diluents of the same nature, ALUMEN — Alum; Sulphate of Alumina and Potassa. — c