Oleum Pimentae. Dose, >^-3 min.; 0.03-0.2 c.c. 



Yellowish or yellowish-red oil becoming darker on keeping; odour and taste 

 of pimento. 



Piper Nigrum. Black Pepper. The dried unripe fruit of Piper 

 nigrum. Almost globular, one-celled fruits, about 1/5 of an inch in di- 

 ameter; odour aromatic and taste pungent. 



Confectio Piperis. Dose, 60-120 grs.; 4-8 gms. 

 10; Caraway Fruit 15; Clarified Honey, 75. 



Fix Burgundica. Burgundy Pitch. The resinous exudation ob- 

 tained from the stem of Picea excelsa. Hard and brittle yet slowly flowing 

 dull red or yellow-brown; odour aromatic, taste sweet and aromatic. 



Emplastrum Picis. 52; Frankincense, 26; Resin, 9; Yellow Bees- 

 wax, 9; Olive Oil, 4; Water, 4. 



Fix Carbonis Preparata. Prepared Coal Tar. 



Liquor Picis Carbonatis. 20; Quillaia Bark, 10; Alcohol to 

 100: by percolation and digestion. 



Fix Liquida. Tar. A bituminous liquid prepared from the wood 

 of Pinus sylvestris and other species of Pinus, by destructive distillation. 

 A dark brown or blackish semi-liquid substance, of a peculiar aromatic 

 odour. 

 Soluble 1 in 10 of alcohol. 



2 Unguentum Picis Liquidum. 71.5; Yellow Beeswax, 28.5. 



Plumbum. Lead. 



Incompatibles of soluble lead salts, alkali hydrates, carbonates, borax.sul- 

 phates, bromides, iodides, phosphates, cyanides, alkali sulphites, benzoates, 

 citrates, tartrates, salicylates, meconates, many colouring matters, resins, 

 glucosides, neutral principles, and alkaloids, in strong solution chlorides. 



iPlumbi Acetas. (Sugar of Lead). Dose 1-5 grs.; ^-3 dgms. 

 Pb (C 2 H 3 O 2 )2, 3H 2 O. Small white crystals, slightly efflorescent, with an 

 acetous odour and a sweet astringent taste. Soluble 1 in less than 2 of 

 water, 1 in 20 of alcohol. 



Incompatibles, other than the above, with phenol, chloral, salicylic 

 acid, sodium phosphate, gives when triturated a liquid or soft mass with 

 resorcin, and with sodium salicylate a stiff mass. 



iPilula Plumbi cum Opio. Dose, 2-4 grs.; 12-24 cgms. (In 1 or 

 2 pills). 

 75; Opium, 12.5; Syrup of Glucose, q.s. % gr. of Opium in each 2 gr. pill. 



3 Suppositoria Plumbi Composita. 1 gr. of opium and 3 grs. 

 of lead acetate in each suppository with Oil of Theobroma. 



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