CUPRUM. COPPER. 



x Cupri Sulphas. Copper Sulphate. Dose, as an astringent, 

 1 /4-2 grs. ; 15-120 mgms. : as an emetic, 5-10 grs. ; 3-6 dgms. 

 CuSO 4 , 5H 2 O. Blue crystals. Soluble 1 in 3.5 of water (giving an acid 

 solution), very soluble in glycerin, insoluble in alcohol. 



Incompatibles, alkaline hydrates and carbonates, ammonia, phos- 

 phates, arsenites, iodides, tannic acid, albumins; in the presence of alka- 

 lies arsenious acid, glucose and acacia. 



Cusparia Cortex. Cusparia Bark. The . dried bark of Cusparia 

 febrifuga. Flattened or curved pieces or quills, 4 or 5 inches long, an inch 

 wide and a twelfth thick; the outer layer grey or yellowish, easily removed 

 exposing the inner layer which is hard and dark brown: odour musty; 

 taste bitter. 



Infusum Cusparice. Dose, 1-2 fl. oz. ; 30-60 c.c. 



5; boiling Water, 100. 



Liquor Cusparise Concentratus. Dose, 30-60 min.; 2-4 c.c. 



50; Alcohol 20% to 100; by percolation. 



Cusso. Kousso. Dose, %-Yz oz.; 7-14 gms. 



The dried panicles of pistolate flowers of Brayera anthelmintica. Usually 

 in more or less cylindrical rolls, 1-2 feet long, composed of reddish panicles 

 of numerous small flowers: odour not marked; taste bitter and acrid. 



DECOCTA (see Aloe, Grenatum, Haematoxylum). Dose, >-2 fl. oz. ; 

 15-30 c.c. 



DIGITALIS FOLIA. DIGITALIS LEAVES. Dose, #-2 grs.; 

 3-12 cgms. 



The dried leaves of Digitalis purpurea. From 4-12 inches or more in 

 length, and at times 5-6 inches broad; upper surface, rugose, dull green 

 and slightly hairy, under surface paler and densely pubescent; no marked 

 odour; taste very bitter. The chief active principles are the glucosides, 

 digitalin, digitoxin, and digitalein. 



Incompatibles, strong alkalies, acids, (e.g. in Tinct. Ferri Perchloridi) 

 lead acetate, ammonia. 



Unfusum Digitalis. Dose, 2-4 fl. dr. ; 8-16 c.c. 

 0.68; boiling Water, 100. 



: Tinctura Digitalis, Dose, 5-15 min.; 0.3-1 c.c. 

 12.5; Alcohol 60%, 100: by percolation. 



Elaterium. Elaterium. Dose, i/io-^ gr.; 6-30 mgms. . 

 A sediment from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium Elaterium. Light 

 friable, greenish cakes, about 1/10 inch thick; odour faint, tea-like; taste 

 bitter and acrid. 



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