A medical formulary based on the United States and British pharmacopœias, together with numerous French, German, and unofficinal preparations / by Laurence Johnson.

  • Johnson, Laurence, 1845-1893.
Date:
1882
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Credit: A medical formulary based on the United States and British pharmacopœias, together with numerous French, German, and unofficinal preparations / by Laurence Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It is in thin, transparent scales, of a ruby-red coloi', of a pleasant, feiTugi* nous taste, and readily soluble in water. It is less liable to constipate, or to disorder the stomach, than any other ferruginous preparation. From its agreeable taste, it is generally well suited to children and persons of deU- cate stomachs. Dose : 10 to 30 grains. Tartrated Iron, Br. PREPARATIONS. Lozenges or Taetrate op Ieon and Potasshtm (Fr.). Take of Tai-trate of iron and potassium 50 parts. White sugar 1,000 parts. Vanilla sugar 30 parts. Mucilage of tragacanth 100 parts. Make lozenges weighing 15 grains each. Strtjp of Taeteate of Ibon and PoTASsnjM (Fr.). Tiike of Tartrate of iron and potassium 25 parts. Cinnamon water 25 parts. Syrup .950 parts. Dissolve the tartrate in the cinnamon water, filter, and mix with the syrup. MixTtJRES OP Taeteate op Ieon and Potassiibi. Take of Tartrate of iron and potassium 1 drachm. Compound tinctui-e of cinchona 4 ounces. Mix. Dose : 1 drachm. Hospital Formulary. Take of Tartrate of ii'on and potassium 20 grains. Iodide of potassium 10 grains. Water to 1 ounce. Mix. One dose. King's College Hospital. FERRI ET QUINIiE CITEAS (U. S., Br.)—CITRATE OF IEON AND QUINIA. Take of Solution of citrate of iron 10 ounces. Sulphate of quinia 1 ounce. Diluted sulphuric acid sufficient. Water of ammonia sufficient Distilled water sufficient. Triturate the sulphate of quinia with 6 ounces of water, add sufficient diluted sulphviric acid to dissolve it, then carefully add water of ammonia in slight excess. Wash the precipitated quinia, add it to the solution of