Fenner's Working Formulae, a Hand-Book of the Old and the New Pharmacopoeias; Being a Comparison of the 1870 with the 1880 Pharmacopoeia baixar o livro de graça

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. 1884 Excerpt: ...is used: Oil of Orange, 40 minims. Alcohol, 2 fl.drachms. Carbonate of Magnesium, 80 grains. Sugar, granulated, 28 ounces av. Water, sufficient to make 2 pints. Dissolve the Oil of Orange in the Alcohol and rub with the Carbonate of Magnesium in a mortar, gradually adding 12 fluidounces of Water; filter the mixture and add enough Water through the filter to make 14 fluidounces; dissolve the Sugar in the filtrate by agitation or percolation and add enough Water, if necessary, to make 2 pints of the Syrup. SYRUPUS AURANTII FLORUM. Syrup of Orange Flowers. 1870. 1880. Sugar, in coarse powder, 28 oz. av. 28 oz. av. Orange Flower Water, enough to make 2 pints. 12 pints. Dissolve the Sugar as nearly as possible by agitation in 14 fluidounces of Orange Flower Water, then add enough Orange Flower Water to make two pints of the Syrup and agitate until dissolved. The amount of Sugar directed is a little more than will readily dissolve by agitation. The 1870 revision directs to use gentle heat. It may be readily made to dissolve by waterbath percolation without injuring its flavor. SYRUPUS CALCIS LACTOPHOSPHATIS. Syrup of Lactophosphate of Calcium (Lime). 1880. Precipitated Phosphate of Calcium (Lime), 22 parts or 1 ounce av. Lactic Acid, concentrated, 33 parts or 9 fl.drachms. Orange Flower Water, 80 parts or 3 fl.ounces. Sugar, in coarse powder, 600 parts or 28 ounces av. Hydrochloric Acid, Water of Ammonia, Water, each a sufficient quantity to make 1000 parts or about 2 pints. Mix the precipitated Phosphate of Calcium with 300 parts or 13 fluidounces of cold Water and add enough Hydrochloric Acid to dissolve it. Filter the solution and add to the filtrate 1200 parts or three pints of cold Water, and Water of Ammonia until slightly in excess, which may be distinguis...