The prescriber's analysis of the British Pharmacopoeia / by J. Birkbeck Nevins.

  • Nevins, J. Birkbeck (John Birkbeck), 1818-1903.
Date:
1864
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Credit: The prescriber's analysis of the British Pharmacopoeia / by J. Birkbeck Nevins. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Co., Ph. L.; ten minims now contain one minim of the oil 5 and the dose will be propor- tioned to the quantity of oil intended by the prescriber. Spiritus Menthse Piperitse contains forty-seven times as much Oil of Mint as it did formerly. Ten minims contain one minim of oil. Myristicse, is now about one hundred and forty times as strong as the old L. and E. Spirit of Nutmeg. Ten minims contain one minim of Oil of Nutmeg. Rosmarini contains thirty-one times its pre- vious quantity of oil. Ten minims contain one minim of oil. TincturaAconiti is now only one-third the strength of the Ph. L., one-fourth that of the Ph. D., and less than one-fifth that of Fleming's tinc- ture. Belladonnse is about half the strength of the L. and D. tincture. Conii Fructus is nominally the same strength as Tinct. Conii formerly, but it is now made from the Fruit instead of the Leaves, and is probably about half as strong again as before. ■ Digitalis is one-fourth stronger than the Ph. L. Nucis Yomicse is only about one-third as strong as formerly (really two-fifths as strong). Opii is one-twelfth weaker than formerly, i.e. gr. hi. in f ^i, in consequence of the change in the weight of the ounce ; but in addition to this, it is slightly diluted after being made, by