A universal formulary containing the methods of preparing and administering officinal and other medicines / by R. Eglesfeld Griffith.

  • Griffith, R. Eglesfeld (Robert Eglesfeld), 1798-1850.
Date:
1858
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Credit: A universal formulary containing the methods of preparing and administering officinal and other medicines / by R. Eglesfeld Griffith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ZINCI VALERIANAS —ZINGIBER. Injection of Sulphate of Zinc. R. Sulphate of zinc, ono drachm. Camphor water, two fl. ounces. Water, two pints, jyiix. Swediaur, R. Sulphate of zinc, ten grains. Powdered gum Arabic, two drachms. Laudanum, one fl. drachm. Distilled water, eight fl. ounces. Mix. In gonorrhoea. Ellis. Lotion of Sulphate of Zinc. Sulphate of zinc, Rose water, Mix. R. Sulphate of zinc. Water, Lead water, each, Mix. R. Sulphate of zinc. Distilled vinegar, Mix. Sixteen grains, sixteen fl. ounces. Beral. half a drachm. half a pint. Beasley. four scruples, one pint. Beral Sulphate of Zinc Mixture. R. Sulphate of zinc, one grain. Decoction of cas- carilla, twelve fl. drachms. Simple syrup, four fl. drachms. Mix, to be divided into four doses, one to be taken tliree times a-day, in hooping'-cough. Ainslie. ZINCI VALERIANAS. Valerianate op Zinc. R. Fresh valerian root, one hundred parts. Water, five hundred parts. Sulphuric acid, ten parts. Bichromate of potassa, six parts. Macerate the coarsely-powdered valerian in the water, to which have been added the sulphuric acid and the bichromate, for twenty-four hours ; then introduce the mixture into a still, and apply heat, returning the first fourth of the product to the still; the process is then to be continued, until the distilled water ceases to redden litmus paper. The product is then to be placed in a largo matrass, and an excess of pure hydrated carbonate of zinc is to be added, and allowed to digest at 190 F., for three or four hours, on a sand-bath, until saturated. The solution is then to be filtered and evaporated over a naked fire, till reduced to fifty parts, then placed on plates, and suffered to evaporate in a drying-room, or by a moderate temperature. Lefort. R. Contused valerian, thirty-two ounces. Water, eight pounds. Sulphuric acid, three ounces. Macerate for two days, and distil as long as the product reddens litmus paper. Expose to the air for a month, then put it in a matrass with two hundred and twenty-five grains of recently- prepared oxide of zinc, and digest on a sand- bath for eight or ten hours, at 175° F., agitating occasionally; filter whilst hot, evaporate to three-fourths, and dry the residue on earthen plates. Buisson. R. Valerianate of soda, two ounces and a half. Sulphate of zinc, two ounces and seven drachms. Water, two pints. Dissolve each salt in one-half of the water, and raise both solutions to the temperature of 200° F.; then mix them, and skim off the crystals as they are formed. A farther quantity of crys- tals can be obtained by concentrating the mix- ture to four fl. ounces. Wash the crystals with cold water to separate the sulphate of soda, then drain on a filter, and dry. Dub. Ph. Has been recommended as a powerful tonic and antispasmodic, in neuralgia and hysteria, but has not been sufficiently tried to ascertain its true powers. Dose, one to two grains. Pills op Valerianate of Zinc, R. Valerianate of zinc, nine grains. Tragacanth, thirty grains. Mix, and make twelve pills. One, morning and evening, in nervous headache, &c. Devaij. Mixture of Valerianate of Zinc. R. Valerianate of zinc, one grain and a half. Distilled water, five fl. drachms. Syrup, one fl. ounce. Mix. A tablespoonful every half hour. Devay. ZINaiBER. Ginger. The rhizome of Zingiber officinale, a small herbaceous, perennial plant, a native of the East Indies. Sex. Syst. Monand. monog. Nat. Syst, Zin- giberacesE. Roscoe, Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 348. GriflSth, Med. Bot. G29. The rhizome, or root, is creeping, knotty^ lobated or palmuted, and fleshy; with an agree, able, pungent, camplioraceous odor, and an aro- matic, acrid, burning taste. Two kinds are met