Sulphurs. 225 



Flowers of sulphur, Florcs sitlphuris, Sniplmr sithUmatam, 

 From brimstone, by sublimation, into large chambers built for 

 the purpose ; pulverulent. 



Washed flowers of sulphur, Florcs sulphuris loti, Sidphur 

 snhVnnatitm lotiim. The common flowers washed with water to 

 -et rid of the acid. 



Sulphur is laxative, propelling the faeces with very little stimulus 

 to the system ; useful in piles, 5ss to 3j, nocte maneque ; diapho- 

 retic, communicating its peculiar smell to the sweat; used inter- 

 nally, and externally in ointments, as a specific in the itch and 

 other cutaneous affections ; its suffocating fume, while burning, is 

 used to whiten linen, straw bonnets, &c., and to kill bees and 

 nther insects; equivalent, 2. 



!MiLK OF sulphur, Lnc sfilphfiris. Sulphur lib., quicklime 

 or subcarb. of potash 31b., boil in a sufficient quantity of water, 

 add dilute sulphuric acid q. s., and wash the sediment. — S. prccci- 

 j>itafiim. Sulphur lib., fresh burned lime '21b., boil in water 

 4 gall., filter, adding muriatic acid q. s., and wash the sediment 

 till it is insipid ; used internally in preference to the flowers, pro- 

 ')ably contains water. 



Liver of sulphur, Hepur sulphuris. Brimstone in powder 

 lib., subc. of potash 31b.; melted together in a covered vessel. 



SuLPHURET OF POT Asii^ K/iH sulpkuretuju, Potasscc sulphuretum, 

 P. L. 1809. Flowers of sulphur .^j, subc. of pot. 5v ; melt to- 

 gether the proper proportion according to theory, 2 sulph. with 

 .J potassium, (from 11 subcarb. potash) equiv. 7 — Potassm sulphu- 

 rptnm, P. L.1815. Fl. sulph. ^j, subc. of pot. ."sij, melt. — SnU 

 Ifhurctum kali, Sulphurctum potasscc, P. E. Fl. sulph. subc. pot. 

 ana p. apq. : mix and melt : expectorant, diaphoretic ; used in 

 catarrh and cutaneous affections; dose gr. x to xv ; proposed as 

 an antidote to arsenic, but of doubtful utility. 



Liquid liver of sulphur. Aqua sulphureti hili. Flowers 

 of sulphur 5SS, liq. ]X)tassa? .^ix ; boil for ten minutes, filter, and 

 keep m well-closed vials; used as an antidote to mineral poisons: 

 externally in tinea and the itch. 



Boyle's fuming liquor, Tinctura sulphuris i^olatilis ; — Anua 

 ^/'hurpti omwonice. Fresh burned lime 5iv, water ;=ij ; slaKc, 

 niui when cold, add sal ammoniac .^iv, flowers of sulphur ;ij ; 

 distil ; lifted as a pnwf liquor for wine, but it requires the preci- 

 pitate to l>c examined, by fusion, whether it be really lead. 



Ioduret OF SULPHUR. Take of iodine four parts, sublimed 

 sulphur one part, mix and heat gently in a bottle: the excess of 

 iodine is separated, and the ioduret remains as a grey, needled 

 mass which rapidly absorbs moisture and soon decomposes. Mr. 



