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VI. METALS.— SuLPHURETs of. 227 



^oMmonii medicinalis. Common antimony 5 oz., subcarb. 



of potash 1 oz., common salt 4 oz. ; powder, mix, melt ; when 

 Id, separate the scoriae at top, powder the mass, and wash it 

 ell : more active than common antimony ; usedjn some unknown 



nostrum. 



AxTiMONiuM MEDicAMENTosuM. Commou antimony 5 oz., 

 common salt 4 oz., nitre and argol ana 1 oz., mix, melt, grind, 

 and wash well; used in some unknown nostrum. 



Liver of antimony, Hepar antimonii. Common antimony 

 21b., potash 41b. ; mix and melt ; emetic, in doses of gr. iij to vj, 

 but mostly used as a violent purge for grease in horses' heels, and 

 for preparing sulphur baths for disorders of the skin, by adding 

 an acid. 



2 Antimony, saltpetre, ana lib., deflagrate and melt together. 



Kermes mineral. Common antimony finely ground, 41b., 

 subcarb. of potash lib., soft water 2 gall., boil for half an hour, 

 filter, cools very slowly ; the kermes settles as it cools ; the anti- 

 mony left upon the filter may be boiled again several times with 

 fresh subc. of potash and water. Composed of ii'5 protox. ant. 

 with 2*125 sulphuretted hydrogen, equiv. 8*625. 



2. Common antimony 16 oz., subcarb. of potash 8 oz., flowers 

 of sulphur 1 oz. ; mix, melt together, pour out ; when cold, 

 reduce the mass to powder, and boil in water q. s., filter while 

 hot ; the kermes precipitates as the water cools, and is to be well 

 washed. 



Cldzell*s kermes. Prepared common antimony ^ss, sub- 

 carb. of soda jx, distilled water a gallon; boil for half an hour, 

 filter, let it settle, wash the precipitate with cold water which has 

 been recently boiled, dry the precipitate by a heat of 90 deg. 

 Fahr. folded up in glazed paper to keep the air and light from 

 it ; produces a very dark crimson powder, of a smooth velvety 

 appearance. This preparation occupies in foreign practice the 

 place of our James s powder, in doses of gr. ss to iij, as a dia- 

 phoretic, cathartic, and emetic. 



Golden sijlphl'R of aktimony. Sulphur auratum antimonii. 

 After the alkaline liquor has deposited the kermes mineral, add 

 any acid, generally the acetic, to throw down the golden sulphur; 

 by adding the acid in separate portions, the precipitate may be 

 obtained of different colours and strength, the first being redder 

 and stronger, the latter yellow and weaker. It may be used as 

 kermes mineral, but requires a double or treble dose. 



SuLFiii'B AKTiMONii pR.ECii'iTATUM, P. L. 1788, AutimonH 

 ioitphurehim prcpcipitntum^ P. L. 1809. Common antimony pow- 

 dcTtd 2lb„ subcarb. of potash water 4lb., water iilb. ; boil for three 



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