Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added non-official preparations and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire ; assisted by his sons Peter Wyatt Squire and Alfred Herbert Squire.

  • Squire, Peter Wyatt, Sir, 1847-1919.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added non-official preparations and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire ; assisted by his sons Peter Wyatt Squire and Alfred Herbert Squire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CARBO ANIMALIS. ANIMAL CHABCOAL. BONE BLACK. The residue of bones which have been exposed to a red-bea*^thfl0^ e access o? air . consists principally of charcoal, phosphate and the carbonate of lime CARBO ANIMALIS PURIFICATUS. PTJBIFIED ANIMAL CHABCOAL. From which its earthy salts have been almost wholly removed. Bone Black, 16- Hydrochloric Acid, 10; Distilled Water, a sum- ciency. . . £ Digest the Bone Black in the acid mixed with twice the qo«JJ<J of silver ; dry, and heat to redness, m a covered crumble. Test-If it contain Carbonate of Lime, Hydrochloric Acid will j.esc.—ii ^ t-uuu pw^Wp of Lime be present, the acid oYMercury and free access of air, it leaves scarcely any residue. Medicinal Properties. -n n ,nA »rrl J)v Band of Philadelphia, state that it has the Dr' tvTcoinctin. the poisonous effects of Morphia, Strychnia property of.coun*eia°^ '/that these alkaloids may be swallowed a>l AC°n^it; if mifedL due proportion with Purified Animal Char- wrth X Sto ol nFcerB, etc. It is much used as a ToloriLg a^t in various pharmaceutical processes, and will decolorize Claret. Dose.— 20 to 60 grs. (Austr. Belg. TJ. S. Buss, and Ger.; not in others.) Spie, .Iso'SacheL de Ctopie Ortadftr... . CARBO LIGNL WOOD CHABCOAL. Wood charred by exposure to a red-heat without access of air. The Oak, Beech, Hazel, Willow, and Poplar are employed. 7W -When burned at a high temperature, with free access of air, it leaves not more than 2 per cent, of ash.