The pharmacopoeia of the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat and Chest (Golden Square) : based on the British pharmacopoeia / edited by Morell Mackenzie.

  • Hospital for Diseases of the Throat and Chest (London, England)
Date:
1881
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Credit: The pharmacopoeia of the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat and Chest (Golden Square) : based on the British pharmacopoeia / edited by Morell Mackenzie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Saturate white blotting-paper in the solution, and dry. Cut the paper into pieces 3 inches long and j an inch broad. (The object of this division of the papers is to enable the practitioner to order defi- nite quantities.) Light a paper, drop it into the «Fuming Inhaler,” or any cylindrical vessel, and inhale the smoke. Use from 1 to 6 papers, one after the other, at each Inhalation. Use.—Anti-spasmodic (vide page 91). Fnmns Potassse Nitratis (Nitrated Papers), No. II. Nitrate of Potasli ... 45 grains. Water 1 ounce. Dissolve and treat as in No. 1. Fumus Potassse Nitratis (Nitrated Papers), No. III. B? Nitrate of Potasli . . . GO grains. Water 1 ounce. Dissolve and treat as in No. 1. Note.—A particular character may be given to these papers by the addition of various volatile prin- ciples. Thus Camphor and Cassia increase their powers, whilst Benzoin, Santa], and Sumbul reduce their- action and make them less irritating. The medium strength paper (No. II.) is generally em- ployed in these cases, and the method of preparing them is to moisten the papers with the tincture, or, in the case of essential oils, with a solution of the