Thomson's Conspectus of the British pharmacopoeias.

  • Anthony Todd Thomson
Date:
1852
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    Comp. Hematin. Prop. Almost inodorous; taste sweet, austere; colour a deep reddish purple; soon hardens and becomes brittle. Oper. Astringent. Use. In diarrhoeas, the protracted stage of dysentery, and internal haemor- rhages. It may be given ctysterwise in solution. Dose. Gr. x. to 3j. in pills, or dissolved in cinnamon water. Incomp. Alkalies and their carbonates ; magnesia, carbonate of lime. EXTRACTUM HYOSCYAMI. L. E. D. Extract of Henbane. (The expressed juice inspissated without defecation.) Comp. Hyoscyamia? a narcotic empyreumatic oil; albumen, gum, fecula, salts. Prop. Odour slightly foetid ; taste nauseous, bitterish, sub-saline. Oper. Narcotic. Use. In nervous and pulmonary affections, rheumatism, gout, chordee, obstinate ulcerations; and whenever it is required to allay pain, and avoid the costiveness which opium is apt to induce. Dose. Gr. ij. to 9ss. It has been increased to the extentof 3j. twice aday. Incomp. Astringent infusions and decoctions. EXTRACTUM JALaPjE. L. Ext. Resinae Jalapae, E. Extract of Jalap. (A spirituous tincture distilled, and an aqueous decoction evaporated, and the remains mixed together, kept both soft and hard.) Oper. Cathartic, hydragogue. Use. In costiveness, worms, dropsy, generally combined with soap or calomel. Dose. Gr. x. to 3j. in pills. To children the hard extract is given, tri- turated with sugar or testaceous powders. Off'. Prep. Pulv. Scammonii Comp. L. EXTRACTUM KRAMERI^:. E. Extract of Krameria. (Prepared in the same way with that of liquorice root.) Comp. Tannic acid, extractive. Prop. A powerful astringent. Use. In chronic diarrhoea, and internal haemorrhages. Dose. From gr. jv. to 3j. EXTRACTUM LACTUCiE L. Extract of Lettuce. (Prepared in the same way as Extractum Aconiti.) Prop. Odour narcotic like opium; taste bitter. Oper. Narcotic, diaphoretic. Use. In the same cases as opium; irritable gastric dyspepsia. Dose. From gr. iij. to gr. x. in form of pills. Less useful than Lactu- carium. EXTRACTUM LUPtfLI. L. E. Extractum Humuli, D. Extract of Hops. (Lupuli lbijs. Aquce distillates ferventis cong. \\. Prepared in the same manner as the Extractum Glycyrrhizae.) Prop. Inodorous ; taste bitter, with the peculiar flavour of the hop. Oper. Tonic, anodyne? diuretic. Use. In gout; dyspepsia; and mania, to procure rest; but its virtues are very doubtful. Dose. Gr. v. to 3j. in pills. EXTRACTUM NUCIS VOMfCiE. L. E. D. Extract of Nux Vo- mica. (Nucis Vomicce 3viij., Spiritus rectific. Oiij. Soften the nux vomica with steam, slice, pound, and dry it; then macerate for seven days in two pints of spirit; press out the tincture and strain; macerate the residue in the rest of the spirit for three days, and again press and strain. Mix the tinctures and distil off the greater part, and evaporate what remains to a proper consistence.) Oper. Stimulant, tonic. Use. In paraplegia, and other cases of partial paralysis; chorea, epi- lepsy, atonic diarrhoea, and nervous tremor. Dose. From gr. \ to grs. jss. EX I'RACTUM oPKl. L. E. Ext. Opii Aquosum, D. Extract of Opium. (Opii contriti Ibjss., Aquce distillates Ov. Add two pints and