Pharmacopoeia of India, Prepared Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council: By Edward John Waring, Assisted by a Committee Appointed for the Purpose. India Office: 1868
Pharmacopoeia of India, Prepared Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council: By Edward John Waring, Assisted by a Committee Appointed for the Purpose. India Office: 1868
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 Excerpt: ...Lard, of each half an ounce. Mix the ingredients together by the heat of a steam or water bath. Remove the vessel and stir the mixture constantly while it cools. Stimulant application to indolent and ill-conditioned ulcers. Resin (Resina), the residue of the distillation of the turpentines front various species of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 Excerpt: ...Lard, of each half an ounce. Mix the ingredients together by the heat of a steam or water bath. Remove the vessel and stir the mixture constantly while it cools. Stimulant application to indolent and ill-conditioned ulcers. Resin (Resina), the residue of the distillation of the turpentines front various species of Pinus, Linn., and Abies, Lam. It is translucent, semi-opaque, yellowish, brittle, pulverizable; fracture shining; odour and taste faintly terebinthinate. It is easily fusible, and burns with a dense yellow flame and much smoke. Insoluble in water; soluble in alcohol, ether, and the volatile oils. With wax, fixed oils, and spermaceti it unites by fusion. By distillation it yields oil (Resin Oil) and tar. Properties and Uses.--Stimulant. Only employed as an external application. It is an ingredient in several officinal plasters. Preparations.--Resin Plaster (Emplastrum Resince). Take of Resin, half a pound; Lead Plaster, three pounds. To the lead plaster, previously melted with a gentle heat, and gradually, add the resin first melted, and stir them until they are thoroughly mixed. Local stimulant. Used as a support to injured parts in surgery. It is an ingredient in Emplastrum Opii, Emp. Belladonnao, Emp. Calefaciens, and Emp. Plumbi Iodidi. Ointment Of Resin (Unguentum Reu'mai). Take oi Resin, in coarse powder, eight ounces; Yellow Wax, four ounces; Simple Ointment, sixteen ounces. Melt with a gentle heat; strain the mixture, while hot, through flannel, and stir constantly while it cools. Stimulant application to indolent and ill-conditioned ulcers, especially to those resulting from burns; and also to blistered surfaces, to keep up a discharge. PINUS SYLVESTRIS, Linn. Wild Pine or Scotch Fir. (Lambert, Gen. Pinus, t. 1. Steph. et Church., Med. Rot...
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