Manual of the medicinal preparations of iron : including their presentation, chemistry, physiological action, and therapeutic use / by Harry Napier Draper.

  • Draper, Harry Napier.
Date:
1864
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    -iU EFFERVESCING CARBONATE OF IRON. Ferri Carlonas Effervescens—Effervesdnrj Carbonate of Iron, This very convenient form of administering carbonate of iron was devised by Dr. SIcinner of Liverpool,* and is prepared by a modification of the process employed in the production of the other granular effervescent compounds which have recently been introduced into medicine. Preparation Take of Tartaric acid 3 ounces. Bicarbonate of soda ... 5 „ Protosulphate of iron . . l^- „ Powdered sugar . . . . 1| „ Citric acid „ Dry the tartaric acid, bicarbonate of soda, and sulphate of iron, at a temperature not exceeding 200° F. Mix the sulphate with the sugar and half the tartaric acid. Rub the citric acid to fine powder, and mix it intimately with the rest of the tartaric acid and the bicarbonate of soda. Combine both mixtures by trituration, and pass the whole through a fine sieve. The resulting powder is to be heated in a metallic pan set in a water-bath until it begins to granulate, when it is to be rapidly stiiTed until the whole mass has become divided into granules. Physical Characters This preparation closely re- sembles in appearance the well-known effervescent granular citrate of magnesia, but is not like it perfectly white, having a slightly greenish tinge, owing to the partial de- composition of the carbonate of iron which it contains—a change which it is impossible wholly to prevent, but which is quite unimportant. When dissolved in water there is copious evolution of carbonic acid with the formation of British Med. Journal and Dublin Medical Press, June 18C2.