Pills and Pill Masses. 437 



Storax pills, Pil estyrace, P. L. before 1745. Styr. calam., 

 olibani, myrrhae, succ. glycyrrh., opii, ana 5SS, croci 5 j, syr. papav. 

 alb. q. s. 



Pil. estyrace, P. L. since 1745. Styr. calam. colati 5ij, croci 

 5j, opii colati 5v. 



Pil. e styrace, P. D. Styr. purif. 5iij, opii pur. moll., croci, ana 

 5j; M. 



Anodyne, gr. iij — x ; used in the coughs of aged persons as a 

 night pill. 



Common night pills, Anodyne pills, Nepenthes opiatum, P. L. 

 1688. Extr. opii (made first with distilled vinegar, and then 

 with proof spirit) ^j, extr. croci (made with proof spirit) 3jss, 

 castor. 3j, tinct. spec, diambrae sine odor, (made of spec. 5iv 

 in S. V. R. q. s.) ol. nuc. mosch. gtt. x ; evaporate to a mass for 

 pills. 



Laudanum, P. L. 1720. The same, omitting the extraction 

 of the opium with distilled vinegar. 



Pil. sapon ACE.t. Opii colati (moistened with wine) ^ss, sapon. 

 alb. ^iv, ess. limon. 5 j. 



Pil. kx opio, Pil. opii. Opii purif. duri 3ij, extr. glycyrrh. 



Pil. saponis cum opio, Pil. sapon. compositcB. Opii sice, 

 pulv. 5ss, sapon. alb. 3ij ; twice the strength of the pil. saponacene 

 of the older pharmacopocise. 



Pil. opiATiE, Pil. TIiehaiccB. Opii 3j, extr. glycyrrh. ^viij, 

 soften with proof spirit, add pip. Jamaica 5j. 



All these are anodyne, narcotic, gr. v — xx ; but the very dif- 

 ferent strength of the several formulae must be considered : dissolve 

 quicker in the stomach than storax pills, and better adapted for 

 occasional exhibition : the omission of the extraction of the opium 

 with vinegar, renders their action not so mild as the original pre- 

 scription. 



East India pills, Tanjore pills. Arsen. alb. 5j, pip. nigri 

 "•)\ I ; mix : used in confirmcJd lues, as a preventive of canine mad- 

 m ss, and in elephantiasis. 



Mercurial pill, T7ie hhiepiU, PH. merciirkdrs. Hydrar. ^v, 



(terebinth, argent, ^ij ; grind together, add extr. cathart. iij3, 

 thabarb. 5 j. 

 I Pil. ex hydraugyro. Hydrarg. pur., extr. glycyrrh. ana 

 kj, rad. glycyrrh. 3j. 

 I Pil. hydrargyri, P. L. and D. Hydrarg. pur. 5ij, conserv. 



