Pharmacy and dispensing for nurses / by C.J.S. Thompson.

  • Thompson, C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel), 1862-1943.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Pharmacy and dispensing for nurses / by C.J.S. Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    body, the base consisting of some fatty matter, such as lard, soft paraffin, or mixtures of wax and oil, etc. Wines are preparations in which sherry is used as a solvent instead of rectified or diluted spirit. They contain much less alcohol than the tinc- tures, but sufficient to prevent decomposition of their active ingredients. The Lozenges of the Pharmacopoeia contain certain medicinal substances mixed with gum, sugar, or black-currant paste. The ingredients are first formed into a mass which is divided or cut into lozenges, round or oval in shape, and then dried.