The national formulary of unofficial preparations / by authority of the American Pharmaceutical Association.

Date:
1896
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Credit: The national formulary of unofficial preparations / by authority of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    When this preparation is required for immediate use, and it is not otherwise available, it may be prepared in the following manner (see Note to F. 396;: 2. Fluid Extract of Aconite (U. S P.), seventy cubic centimeters . 70 Cc. Alcohol, thirty cubic centimeters 30 Cc. Mix them. 398. TINCTURA AMARA. Bitter Tincture. Stomachic Tincture. Bitter Stomachic Drops. Stomach Drops. Gentian, fifty grammes . . . Centaury, herb, fifty grammes Bitter Orange Peel, thirty-five grammes Orange Berries, seventeen grammes . . . Zedoary, root, seventeen grammes . . . ■ Alcohol, Water, of each, a sufficient quantity 50 Gm, 50 Gm. 35 Gm. 17 Gm. 17 Gm. To make one thousand cubic centimeters 1000 Cc. Reduce the drugs to a moderately coarse (No. 40) powder, and per- colate it, in the usual manner, with a mixture of two (2) volumes of Alcohol and one (1) volume of Water, until one thousand (icoo) cubic centimeters of percolate are obtained. Note.—Centaury is the herb of Erylhrcea Centaurium Persoon. Orange Ber- ries are the unripe fruit of Citrus vulgaris Risso, collected while small. Zedoary is the rhizome of Curcuma Zcdoaria Roscoe. The product obtained by the above formula is practically identical with that which is official in the Germ. Phann. 399. TINCTURA ANTACRIDA. Antacrid Tincture. Dysmcnorrhcca Mixture. Fenner's Guaiac Mixture. Corrosive Chloride of Mercury, five and one-half grammes . 5.5 Gm. Guaiac (U. S. P.), in fine powder, one hundred and twenty five grammes 125 Gin. Canada Turpentine, one hundred and twenty-five grammes . . 125 Gm. Oil of Sassafras, thirty cubic centimeters 30 Cc. Alcohol, a sufficient quantity To make one thousand cubic centimeters IOOO Cc. Introduce the Guaiac and the Canada Turpentine into a flask, together with seven hundred and fifty (750) cubic centimeters of Al- cohol, cork the flask loosely, and heat the contents, on a water-bath, slowly to boiling. Then cool the flask, and filter the contents through a small filter. Dissolve the Corrosive Chloride of Mercury in thirty