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cohol enough to make 1 , 000 parts. Dose : D . , fl. 3 ss.- 

 iv. 



Pidvis Ipecacuanlice et Opii, Dover's powder. 

 Contains ipecac 1, opium 1, sugar of milk 8 parts, 

 triturated to a fine powder. Dose: H., 3i.-iij.; 

 D., gr. v.-xv. 



Preparations of Morphine, etc. — Morphince 

 Acetas, acetate of morphine; Morphince Hydro- 

 chloras, hydrochlorate or muriate of morphine; 3Ior- 

 phince Sulphas, sulphate of morphine. Dose: H., 

 gr. iij.-x. ; D., gr. yV" i; subcutaneously one-half of 

 these doses. 



Morphina sulphas occurs as white, feathery, acicu- 

 lar crystals, of a silky lustre, permanent in the air, 

 odorless, having a bitter taste and a neutral reaction. 

 Soluble in 24 parts of water, in 702 parts of alcohol, 

 and in 0.75 part of boiling water. 



Liquor MorphincB Sulphatis Magendi, Magen- 

 die's solution of morphine. Has morphine sulphate 

 grs. xvi. dissolved in distilled water 1 ounce. 



Liquor MorphincB Sulphatis, U. S. P., 1870. 

 Has morphine sulphate gr. i. to the ounce of dis- 

 tilled water. (Special care must be taken to distin- 

 guish between these two solutions.) 



Codeina, codeine. White or yellowish-white, 

 more or less translucent, rhombic prisms, somewhat 

 efflorescent in warm air, odorless, having a slightly 

 bitter taste and an alkaline reaction. Soluble in 80 

 parts of water, in 17 parts of boiling water, in 6 

 parts of ether, and very soluble in alcohol and in 

 chloroform. Dose: H., gr. v.-xx. ; D., gr. ^ij. 



