Organic materia medica and therapeutics : in accordance with the sixth revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia / by James Young Simpson.

  • Simpson, James Young, 1811-1870.
Date:
1885
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Credit: Organic materia medica and therapeutics : in accordance with the sixth revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia / by James Young Simpson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    Charta (Paper). A paper containing some medicinal substance upon its sur- face or in its composition. Collodium (Collodion). A mixture of gun-cotton, ether, and alcohol, holding in solution one or more other substances. Confectio (Confection). A preparation of one or more medicinal substances with saccharine matter. It is in the form of a soft solid. Decoctum (Decoction). The solution of a drug prepared by boiling it in water. Elixir (Elixir). An aromatic, sweetened, spirituous preparation containing small quantities of medicinal substances. Emplastrum (Plaster). A solid compound intended for external application, which is adhesive at the temperature of the body and has one or more medicinal substances in its composition. Extractum (Extract). A solid preparation resulting from the evaporation of the solutions of vegetable principles, obtained by exposing a dried drug to the action of a solvent, or by expressing the juice from a fresh plant. Extractum Fluidum (Fluid extract). A preparation made by evaporating a solution of a drug to a definite strength, which is such that one cubic centimeter of the preparation shall equal one gram of the crude drug. Glycerinum (Glycerine). A solution of a medicinal substance in glycerine. Infusum (Infusion). A preparation obtained by treating, with water, vegetable products which are only partially soluble in that liquid with- out the aid of ebullition. Linimentum (Liniment). A preparation intended for external use and of such a con-