Manual of general medicinal technology including prescription-writing / by Edward Curtis.

  • Curtis, Edward, 1838-1912.
Date:
1895
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Manual of general medicinal technology including prescription-writing / by Edward Curtis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    PAGE Capsules and in Wafers—Extracts —Oleoresins — Mixtures — Emulsions —Solutions — Waters — Mucilages— Decoctions — Infusions — Tinctures— Tinctures of Fresh Herbs—Spirits— Wines—Vinegars — Glycerites—Fluid Extracts — Triturations — Confections —Pills—Troches—Tablets— Syrups— Honeys — Elixirs — Suppositories — Ointments—Cerates — Oleates — Plas- ters—Liniments — Papers— Unofficial Forms. CHAPTER IV. The Determining of Quantities of Med- icines 51 Of Weighing, in General—Of Weighing as applied to Fluids — Systems of Weight: Apothecaries'—British Phar- macopoeial Weight—Metric Weight- Comparison of Metric and Apothe- caries' Weights—Of Measuring in gen- eral—Systems of Measure of Capacity: Apothecaries' or Wine Measure—Im- perial Measure — Metric Measure — Domestic Measures : The Drop—The Spoonful — The Wineglassful — The Cupful.