The British pharmacopœia / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, pursuant to the Medical Act (1858).

Date:
1885
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    j)ose.—1 fluid drachm to 1 fluid ounce. Preparations in which Dikited Acetic Acid is used. Acetum Scillte | Liquor MorphiiiEe Acetatis AOIDUM ACETIOUM GLACIALS. Glacial Acetic Acid. Concentrated acetic acid, containing nearly 99 per cent, of real acid, HC2H3O2. Characters and Tests.—It crystallises wlien cooled, and remains crystalline until the temperature rises to above G0° F. (15°*5 C.) Specific gravity 1-058, and this is increased by adding ten per cent, of water. At the mean temperature of the air it is a colourless liquid, with a pungent acetous odour. 60 grains by weight mixed with a fluid ounce of distilled water require for neutralisation at least 990 grain-measures of the volumetric solution of soda. If a fluid drachm of it mixed with half an ounce of distilled water and half a drachm of pure hydrochloric acid be put into a small flask with a few pieces of granulated zinc, and while the effervescence con- tinues a sUp of bibulous paper moistened with solution of sub- acetate of lead be suspended in the upper part of the flask above the liquid for about five minutes, the paper will not become discoloured. Preparations in which Glacial Acetic Acid is used. Acetum Cantharidis | Mistura Creasoti Linimentum Terebinthinae Aceticum AOIDUM ARSENIOSUM. Arsenious Acid. Synonyms.—Axaerdc; Arsenicum Album ; White Arsenic ; Anhydrous Arsenious Acid; Arsenious Anhydride. AS2O3. An anhydride (not a true acid) obtained by roasting arsenical ores, and purified by sublimation.