A companion to the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of the various preparations with those of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias, with practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire.

  • Squire Peter Wyatt, Sir, 1847-1919.
Date:
1866
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    required for each inhalation must depend on the duration of the operation to be performed. Dose.—1 to 5 minims, with yolk of egg and mucilage, in syrup, or in a teaspoonful of brandy. Preparations. LINIMENTinyi. Chloroform, 1 ; Liniment of Camphor, 1: mix. =(1 in 2). The Oil in the Camphor Liniment prevents the evaporation of the Chloroform. Stimulating on application to a tender skin. (U. S. Chloroform, 2 ; Olive Oil, 45 ; not in others.) spmiTus. Chloroform, 1; Eectified Spirit, 19 : dissolve. =(1 in 20). Formerly called Chloric Ether, and of various strengths. (U. S. 1 in 10 ; not in others.) Dose.—10 to 60 minims. 10 or 20 minims is frequently prescribed to give a sweet- ness to draughts, and to cover nauseous flavours. Not Officinal. Liquor Chloeofobmi Camphoeatus.—Camphor, 1; Chloroform, 2: dissolve. A remedy for toothache, and topically appUed for rheumatism. TiNOTUHA CnLOROFORMi CoMPOSiTA.—Chlorofomi, 4 oz.; Ether, 1 oz.; Eectified Spirit, 4 oz. ; Treacle, 4 oz.; Extract of Liquorice, 2J oz. ; Muriate of Morphia, 8 grs.; Oil of Peppermint, 16 minims ; Syrup, 17J oz.; Prussic Acid (2 per cent.), 2 oz. : dissolve the Muriate of Morpliia and the Oil of Peppermmt in the Keetified Spirit; mix tlio Cliloroform and Ether with this solution ; dissolve the Extract of Liquorice in the Syrup, and add the Treacle; shake these two solutions together and add the Prussic Acid. This has been represented to the author as the composition of the popular medi- cine called Chlorodyne, and he has published it in order that those who object to prescribe proprietary medicines may be able to prescribe a compound under the above name with a knowledge of its composition. Dose.—5 to 10 minims. UNGUENTrM.—Chloroform, 1; Lard, 2 : blend quickly by trituration. Inhaiatio.—Chloroform, 15 minims for one inhalation. (London Hospital Pharmacopoeias.) CINCHONA. CINCHONA BAEK. From Peru and the western coast of South America. Tlie Peruvian Bark was known in Europe so early as 1640, on account of its having cured the Countess of Chinchon of a fever. We are ignorant of its early history, and how the Spaniards in Peru became acquainted with its virtues; but the Jesuits secretly conveyed it from Peru to Spain, hence it was called the Jesuits' Bark. Little was further known of it until the time of La Condamine, who visited Peru in 1738, and after whom Humboldt and Bonpland named the plant the Cbicliona Condaniuita. It was long su{)posed