A semi-transparent, wax-like solid. Insoluble in water, but soluble 1 in 

 350 of alcohol absolute, 1 in 80 of ether, 1 in 25 of chloroform, 1 in % of 

 carbon bisulphide, 1 in 80 of olive oil. 



Incompatibles oxidising agents, explodes if triturated with them. 



2 Oleum Phosphoratum. Dose, 1-5 min. 0.06-0.3 c.c. 

 1; dissolved at 180 F. in 99 of Almond Oil. 



^ilula Phosphori. Dose, 1-2 grs.; 6-12 cgms. 



2; White Beeswax, 25; Lard, 25; Kaolin, 23; Carbon Bisulphide, q.s.; 

 Gum Acacia, q.s. To this mass is to be added 1/3 of its weight of Gum 

 Acacia before dispensing. The pills should be varnished. 



Physostigmatis Semina. Calabar Bean. The ripe seeds of 

 Physostigma venenosum. Large brownish reniform seeds, usually an 

 inch long by % of an inch wide and ^ inch thick. The active principle is 

 the alkaloid physostigmine. 



3 Extractum Physostigmatis. Dose, ^-1 gr. ; 15-60 mgms. 

 An evaporated alcoholic extract to which three times its weight of Milk- 

 sugar has been added. 



Physostigminae Sulphas. (Eserine Sulphate.) Dose, 1/60-1/20 

 gr. ; 1-3 mgms. 



Yellowish-white, minute crystals, which turn red on exposure to air and 

 light. Soluble 1 in 4 of water', 2^ in 1 of alcohol. 



lamellae Physostigminae. 1/1,000 in gelatin discs. 



Picrotoxinum. Picrotoxin. Dose, 1/100-1/25 gr.; l /4- < 2 l / 4 mgms. 

 Colourless, inodorous, crystals, with a bitter taste. Soluble 1 in 330 of 

 water, 1 in 13 of alcohol. 



Pilocarpina (see Jaborandi p. 69). 



PILULE. (The following with a dose of 1-2 grs. Phosphori; 

 with a dose of 2-4 grs. Plumbi cum Opio, Saponis Comp.; with a dose 

 of 2-8 grs., Quininae Sulphatis; with a dose of 4-8 grs., Aloes Barbadensis, 

 Aloes et Asafetida, Aloes et Ferri, Aloes et Myrrhae, Aloes Socotrinae, 

 Cambogiae Comp., Colocynthidis Comp., Colocynthidis et Hyoscyami, 

 Galbani Comp., Hydrargyri, Hydrargyri Subchloridi Comp., Ipecacuanhas 

 cum Scilla, Rhei Comp., Scammonii Comp., Scillae Comp.; with a dose 

 of 5-15 grs. Ferri.) 



Pimenta. Pimento. The dried full-grown fruit of Pimenta of- 

 ficinalis. Dark reddish-brown, nearly globular, two-celled, fruits, about 

 1/5-1/3 inches in diameter; odour and taste characteristic, somewhat like 

 cloves. 



Aqua Pimento. 5; Water 200: distill off 100. 



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