Materia medica, pharmacy, pharmacology and therapeutics / by W. Hale White.

  • Hale-White, William, Sir, 1857-1949.
Date:
1903
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    -2-8 gr. 5-15 gr. Liquid Extiiacts. Ajiproximatc Dose. Extractum Pa-) reirae , i_2 5. — Taraxaci J ' — Sarsaj 2-4 5. Solid Extracts. Approximate Dose. Extractum Anthe- midis — Cascarffi Sa- gradoB — Colocynthidis Co. — Ergot ifi — Gentianie — Hyoscyarai Viride — JalapsB — Rhei — Glycyrrhiza3 — Krameriaj — Taraxaci The alcoholic extract of Belladonna, and the extracts of Nux Vomica and Opium, and the liquid extracts of Belladonna Nux Vomica, Cinchona, Ipecacuanha, and Opium are standard- ized (see p. 8). In hot countries if any liquid extract contains less than 25 per cent, of alcohol (90 per cent.) this may be increased to 25 percent, to prevent fermentation. Glycerina.—Solutions of drug.s in glycerin. They are liquid preparations, except Glycerinum Tragacantha3 and Glycerinum Amyli, which are semi-solid. All are for external application except Glycerinum Tragacanthas (used to make pills) and Glycerinum Pepsini. The B. P. contains— Glycerinum Boracis — Pepsini •— Plumbi Subacetatis — Tragacanthffi e by pouring boiling dis- Glycerinum Acidi Borici — Acidi Carbolici — Acidi Tannici — Aluminis — Amyli Infusa.—Solutions madi tilled water upon the drug to be extracted, then covering up the vessel, agitating from time to time, usually for a quarter of an hour, sometimes for half an hour, sometimes for one hour, and straining. The filtrate is the infusion. Inf. Calumbffi and Inf. Quassias are made with Cold Water, to prevent the solution of the starch calumba contains