New homoeopathic pharmacopoeia & posology, or the mode of preparing homoeopathic medicines, and the administration of doses / compiled and translated from the German works of Buchner and Gruner, and the French work of Jahr, with original contributions by Charles J. Hempel.

  • Hempel, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1811-1879.
Date:
1850
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Credit: New homoeopathic pharmacopoeia & posology, or the mode of preparing homoeopathic medicines, and the administration of doses / compiled and translated from the German works of Buchner and Gruner, and the French work of Jahr, with original contributions by Charles J. Hempel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    to put them into the same bottle in which we had moistened them, we should take care to dry it also be- fore making use of it. The complete desiccation of the globules, before bottling them, is absolutely indis- pensable, since, without that precaution, they fall into powder in a short time, and lose their medicinal virtue. § 23. HOW THE MEDICINES ARE TO BE KEPT. Triturations should be kept in glass-vials with nar- row orifices ; they are to be closed with cork-stoppers, and those which contain volatile, strong-smelling sub- stances, should, in addition, be closed with soft, dry bladder. The vials are to be provided with labels in- dicating the names of the remedies and the potencies, and are to be placed in alphabetical order, in drawers of sufficient depth, each compartment containing the potencies of one remedy.* Essences and tinctures are to be kept in well cork- ed and well covered two or three ounce vials, in se- parate drawers. If necessary, large jars may be filled with the liquid, which should likewise be kept se- parately. The various preparations, triturations, as well as essences or tinctures, should be well guarded against the light of day. Bismuth, the mercurial preparations, phosphorus, hepar sulphuris, &c, require moreover to be kept in vials covered with black paper, or with a preparation of copal and incandescent soot. This varnish, if well dried in a hot oven, is not only very durable, but can easily be renewed.f The dilutions of the respective remedies should like- wise be kept separately from each other, in half ounce vials of a cylindrical shape, each vial being carefully labelled. The proper way would be to arrange draw- * Triturations and dilutions should never bo kept in the same drawer. t The bottom and neck of the vial should not be covered, so that one may be able to see whether the vial is clean inside.