460 XII. CONSISTENT AND DRY COMPOUNDS.— 



Alqmen saccharinum. Common alum made up into small 

 sugar loaves, with white of egg and rose water : used by females 

 to make an astringent wash. 



P. DiAPHORETicus. Pulv. ipecac. c. gr. xv, pulv. tragac. 

 comp. 3ij, f. pulv. iv ; dose j, every hour. 



2. Pulv. ipecac, c. gr. xv, pulv. antimon. gr. ij, f. pulvis ; to be 

 taken at bedtime. 



3. Antim. sulphureti praecip., extr. aconiti ana gr. j, magnes. 

 carb. 3SS, f. pulvis. 



4. Pulvis antimon. gr. iij, potas. subcarbon. gr. v, flor. 

 chamsem. 33. f. pulv. ; dose j, every six hours, for two or three 

 days. 



5. Pulv. ipecac, gr. ij, opii gr. j, sal. nitri gr. xvj, f. pulv. to be 

 taken at bedtime. 



Tartauum solubile extemporaneum. Crem. tart. 31b., 

 kali pp. lib. 



Extempore smelling salts. Sal. ammon. 3j, kali pp. 3J, 

 ess. limon. gtt. v. 



Sal volatile oleosum. Subcarb. of potash, sal ammoniac 

 ana gvj, powder, mix, add leaves of Marum Syriacum ^ss, alcohol, 

 P. L. Ojss, (impregnated with ol. caryoph. 3SS, ol. cinnam. 3J, 

 ol. nuc. mosch. 3ij, ol. marjoranse, limon., and aurant., of each 3j), 

 water Oij ; distil with an extremely gentle heat, and as soon as 

 the liquid that rises begins to dissolve the salt that has sublimed, 

 take the vessel from the sand, and collect the salt ; extremely 

 fragrant. 



Smelling salts, Sal ammoniacum volatile cum lavanduld. 

 Subcarbonate of ammonia ^viij, grind with ol. lavand. exot. 5jss; 

 sublime with a gentle heat. 



Pulvis sod^ compositus. Sodae subcarbon. exsiccat. 5vj, 

 hydrargyri gubmuriatis 3j, pulv. cretae comp. ^j. Misce. Dosis, 

 a gr. V. ad 3J. 



Aerated soda powders. Sodae carbonatis 5ss, in each blue 

 paper ; acid of tartar gr. xxv, in each white paper ; for half a pint 

 of water : pleasant, cooling beverages in summer. 



Seidlitz powders. Soda tartar. 3ij, sodae carb. 3ij, in one 

 paper ; acid. tart. gr. xxxv, in the other ; for half a pint of water. 

 — Aerated soda powders, in a single bottle, will not keep effer- 

 vescent more than a month, the acid and alkaU uniting. If sugar 

 is added, the same combination takes place : white barley sugar 

 does better, but it will not keep good more than two months. 



Midgelet'^s sodaic powders. To each paper of acid add 

 l-8th gr. tartarized antimony. 



