Euonymi Cortex. Euonymus Bark. The dried root bark of Eu- 

 onymus atropurpureus. In quilled or curved pieces, 1/12-1/6 inch thick; 

 the outer layer, light ash-grey in colour, soft and friable; the inner surface 

 tawny white and smooth; odour faint but characteristic, taste mucilagin- 

 ous, slightly acid and bitter. 



^xtractum Euonymi Siccum. Dose, 1-2 grs.; 6-12 cgms. 

 An alcoholic extract dried and mixed with calcium phosphate. 



Extracta (the following; with a dose of %-\ gr. Belladonnae Viride, 

 Belladonnas Ale., Cannabis Indicae, Colchici, Nucis Vomicae, Opii, Phy- 

 sostigmatis, Strammonii, Strophanthi: with a dose of 2-8 grs. Anthe- 

 midis, Cascarae Sagradae, Colocynthidis Comp., Ergotae, Gentianae, Hy- 

 oscyami Viride, Jalapae, Rhei: with a dose of 1-2 grs. Euonymi Siccum: 

 with a dose of 1-4 grs. Aloes Barbadensis; with a dose of 5-15 grs.Krameriae, 

 Taraxaci: in any quantity Glycyrrhizae). 



Extracta Liquida (the following; with a dose of ^2-2-20 min- 

 Ipecacuanhas; with dose 1-3 min. Nucis Vomicae; with dose 5-15 min. 

 Cinchonae, Hamamelidis, Hydrastis, Jaborandi; with dose, 5-30 min. 

 Cimicifugae, Opii; with dose, 10-30 min. Ergotae; with dose, 45-90 min. 

 Filicis; with dose, 30-60 min. Cascarae Sagradae, Cocae, Glycyrrhizae; 

 with dose ^-2 fl. dr. Pareirae, Taraxaci; with dose, 2-4 fl. dr. Sarsae; without 

 dose, Belladonnae). 



Pel Bovinum Purificatum. Purified Ox Bile. Dose, 5-15 grs.; 3-10 

 dgms. 



Evaporated ox bile purified by precipitation with alcohol. A yellowish- 

 green, hydroscopic substance, with a bitter-sweet taste. Soluble in water 

 and in alcohol. 



FERRUM. IRON. Annealed iron wire or wrought iron nails. 

 Incompatibles of ferric salts, in general, alkali hydrates and carbonates, 

 (precipitate ferric hydrate, in part prevented by sugar, glycerin, citrates, 

 and tartrates) ; carbonates of the alkaline earths, borax, alkali phosphates 

 and sulphides; alkali hypophosphites in a neutral solution; iodides in an 

 acid solution; arsenites, tannic acid, benzoates; a change in colour is given 

 with tannic and gallic acids, acetates, salicylates, phenol, acetanilid, anti- 

 pyrine, phenacetin, many oils, oleoresins, and balsams, morphine. (These 

 colour reactions in some cases occur with the chloride only, and are in all 

 cases more marked with it.) Acacia is gelatinised and albumin precipitated 



Incompatibles of ferrous salts, readily oxidised by air, alkali hydrates 

 and carbonates, phosphates, borax, tannic and gallic acids, oxidising 

 reagents. 



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