The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

  • Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Date:
1841
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Credit: The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Haematoxylon. Wood of Hsematoxylon campechianum (Z. W. DC. Spr.^ ; Dog- wood. Helleborus. Root of Helleborus niger (Z. TV. DC. Spr.^ ; Dlack Hellehore. Hordeum. Decorticated seeds of Hordeum distichon (Z. TV. Spr.^ ; Pearl-Darley. Hydrargyrum. Mercury. Entirely sublimed by heat: a globule moved along a sheet of paper leaves no trail: pure sulphuric acid agitated with it evaporates when heated without leaving any residuum. Hydrargyri biniodidum. Biniodide of mercury. Entirely vaporizable : soluble entirely in 40 parts of a concentrated solution of muriate of soda at 212^^ ; and again deposited in fine red crystals on cooling. Hydrargyri oxidum rubrum. Binoxide of mercury. Bed Precipitate. Entirely soluble in muriatic acid: heat de- composes and sublimes it entirely in metal- lic globules, without any discharge of nitrous fumes. Hydrargyri precipitatum album. Chlo- ride of mercury and ammonia. TVhite Pre- cipitate. Hyoscyamus. Leaves of Hyoscyamus niger (L. W. Spr^ ; Henbane. Iodineum. Iodine. Entirely vaporizable: Thirty-nine grains,