Volume 1

The extra pharmacopœia of Martindale and Westcott.

  • Martindale, William, 1840-1902.
Date:
1924-1925
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The extra pharmacopœia of Martindale and Westcott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    product against a presumable limit of 0‘7%. (Note a slip here in the B.P. directions. 2 Gin. should be taken for titration, not 0’2 Gm.) Soluble 1 in 25 ether, 1 in 18 oil of turpentine (both with some residual matter), almost insoluble in alcohol 90%. Adeps Lanai can only be saponified by alcoholic solutions of Potash under pressure—paraffin can be easily detected by this means. Adeps Lange Hydrosus. Hydrous Wool Fat (Off.). Commonly known as * Lanolin.’ Wool Fat 7, Distilled Water 3. Melt and mix. Fr. Cx. has 25% water. Yellowish white ointment basis. More water, up to about equal weights of fat and water, may be incorporated with it without affect¬ ing its consistence. Soluble partly in alcohol, while ether and chloroform dissolve only the fats it contains. Wool Fat is readily absorbed by the skin (especially if washed with ether). It helps absorption of narcotic extracts, quinine, iodine, potassium iodide and chaulmoogra oil. When an ointment containing Mercuric Chloride or Carbolic Acid is ordered, it is usually intended for antiseptic purposes, therefore the anhydrous should be used, otherwise caustic action may result. —L. i./og,54. Sapolanoline. Lanolin 5, Soft Soap 4. For acne and eczema. Unguentum Lanolini. Lanolin (hydrated) 2, Soft Paraffin or Y7aseline 1. Mix. May be perfumed to form Lanolin Cream. Less sticky than Lanolin. Lanolin, lard and soft paraffin, p.crq. melted, give a useful basis, as also Wool Fat 9, with Almond Oil 1. Unguentum Lanae Composi- tum (Off.), is Wool Fat 2, Prepared Lard 2, Paraffin Ointment 1. For other Ointment bases see Umjuenta and for M.pts. of Fats, Table, Vol. II. Cholesterin C27H45OH + H20 = 404*519, is prepared from wool fat by saponifying the same with potash, and extracting the cholesterin with ether. Tuberculosis is well influenced by giving cholesterin, to which it is thought to have antidotal power, as well as to strychnine and curare. Lecithin and cholesterin are antagonistic. Lecithin was found to increase the poisoning power of curare and cholesterin to reduce it. Cholesterin is capable of arresting ferment production by lecithin. In carcinomatous tissue active intracellular ferments are thought to be present which are first set in action by lecithin. This substance is always found in marked amount in rapidly growing tissues. The administration of cholesterin will eliminate lecithin. Fifteen cases so treated showed diminution—and indeed disappearance—of the tumours.—M.’o8,184. For pernicious anaemia, cholesterin in form of cream and butter ad lib. has been given with success. (Cholesterin is antagonistic to haemolysis.)—L. i./og,69. Blackwater fever has been treated by Cholesterin internally with success. Treatment based on action of Cholesterin in different kinds of haemolysis. Amelioration rapid—the urine beginning to clear in