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

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    SYRUP OF HYPOPHOSPHITE OF IRON. St/rupus Ferri Hypopliospliitis—Sijrup oj Hypophosphiie (of protoxide) of Iron* Protosulphate of iron . . • 185 grains. Carbonate of soda .... 240 „ Hypopliospliorous acid (sp. gr. 1036) 3^ ounces. Sugar 12 ■ 5, Water q-s- Dissolve the sulphate of iron and carbonate of soda, each in four ounces of water, and mix the solutions, Wash the precipitate of carbonate of iron with two pints of water, holding in solution 500 grains of sugar, and drain on a caHco filter. Transfer the carbonate to a porcelain cap- sule, and while applying a gentle heat, add the hypophos- phorous acid until a clear solution is obtained, then water to make up eight ounces of fluid, and finally convert into a syrup with the sugar. This syrup contains very nearly one grain of the hypophosphite in each drachm, so that the dose for an adult will be a tablespoonful. Syrupus Ferri el Quince Hypopliospliitis—Syrup of Hypo- phosphite of Iron and Quinine. Syrup of hypophosphite of iron . 10 fluid ounces. Hypophosphite of quinine . 20 grains. Rub the quinine salt in a porcelain mortar with an ounce of the syrup, and having placed the remainder of the syrup in a capsule, add this to it, and apply a gentle heat until a clear solution is produced. This is an exceedingly useful and elegant form of ex- hibiting quinine in combination with iron and the phos- phorized compound, and may advantageously replace the * Parrish.