The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, for 1851 / translated by a physician.

  • Royal College of Physicians of London.
Date:
1851
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Credit: The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, for 1851 / translated by a physician. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PULVIS CRETiE COMPOSITUS. Compound Powder of Chalk. Take of Prepared clialk, half a pound, Cinnamon, four ounces, Tormentil, Acacia, each three ounces, Long pepper, half an ounce. Reduce them separately into very fine pow- der, then mix. PULVIS CRETiE COMPOSITUS CUM OPIO. Compound Powder of Chalk with Opium. Take of Compound chalk powder, six ounces and a half, Powdered opium, four scruples. Mix. PULVIS JALAP7E COMPOSITUS. Compound Powder of Jalap. Take of Jalap, three ounces, Bitartrate of potash, six ounces, Ginger, two drachms. Rub them separately into powder, then mix. PULVIS IPECACUANHA COM- POSITUS. Compound Powder of Ipecacuanha. Take of Powdered ipecacuanha, Powdered opium, each a drachm, Powdered sulphate of potash, an ounce. Mix. L