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No, 124.—-Catamina. Calamine. An impure car- 
bonate of zinc: used in making Turner’s 
cerate. See Zincum. 
No. 125.—Catumsx Rapix. Calumba root: the root 
of Menispermum palmatum, which see. 
No. 126.—Carx. Common lime. 
Rarely found in an uncombined state, but abundantly in | 
ponewe with other substances. The medicinal preparations 
are from = 
No. 127.—Carsonas Carers a—Mollior, creta alba. . 
Dub. Edin. Creta. Lond. Chalk. ~— 
A mineral found in the north of Poland, France, some of the 
Danish islands, and the south of England. 
Quatittes. Inodorous, insipid ; adheres to the tongue some- 
what ; white, or yellowish white, or greyish white. 
Mepicat Prorrrtizs anp Usxs. Antacid; must undergo 
levigation and ablution, before used as a medicine. Exter-_ 
nally, an absorbent in burns and excoriations. 
Orrtc. Prev. Creta preparata. Mixtura carbonis calcis, U.S. 
ie 
Formulea— 
No.1. R Carb. calcis prep. iss r 
Sacchari, j 
Pulv. Acacie gummi, 33s 
OL cinnamom, ™x 
Tr. Opii, f3ij 
Aquz, : FSxx 
A mixture for diarrhoea depending on acidity. 
Dose, a (pro re na 
No.2. J Pulveris Catechu extracti, grs. xv? _ 
Pulv. Crete comp. cum opio, — | 3 
A powder, to be taken after every deje 
in diarrhea from debility of bowels, or from 
acidity. ‘ 
No. 128.—Catcrs Liquor. L. Lime-water. Agua 
Calcis. E.D. Liquor Calcis. U.S. : 
This is a saturated solution of lime in water, £3j of which 
contains ? of a grain of lime. Mr. Dalton has discovered 
that lime is more soluble in cold than hot water: he con- 
cludes that the quantity held in solution by water at 329 
F., is nearly double that retained by water at 212° F. This 
statement is confirmed by Mr. 
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