24 PHARMACY 



Waters are usually employed as pleasant vehicles for solution of 

 various salts. 



LIQUORES — LIQUORS — SOLUTIONS 



Liquors are aqueous solutions of non-volatile substances. There 

 are 25 ofBcial solutions in the Pharmacopoeia. They may be divided 

 into two classes according to the method of preparation. That is 

 (1) Simple solution (Liquor Acidi Arsenosi) and (2) solution 

 through chemical change (Liquor Ammonii Acetatis). The following 

 table of official liquors indicates their method of preparation : 



Simple Solution. 



1. Liquor Acidi Arsenosi — Solution of Arsenous Acid. 



2. Liquor Arseni et Hydrargyri lodidi — Solution of Arsenous 



and Mercuric Iodides. 



3. Liquor Pormaldehydi — Solution of Formaldehyde. 



4. Liquor Hypophysis — Solution of the Pituitary Body. 



5. Liquor lodi Compositus — Comp. Sol. of Iodine, Lugol's 



Solution. 



6. Liquor Plumbi Subacetatis Dilutus. — Dil. Sol. of Lead Sub- 



acetate. 



7. Liquor Potassii Hydroxidi — Solution of Potassium Hydrox- 



ide. 



8. Liquor Sodii Arsenatis — Sokition of Sodium Arsenate. 



9. Liquor Sodii Chloridi Physiologicus — Physiological Salt 



Solution. 



10. Liquor Sodii Glycerophosphatis — Sol. of Glycerophos- 



phates. 



11. Liquor Sodii Hydroxidi — Sol. of Sodium Hydroxide. 



Chemical Action. 



1. Liquor Ammonii Acetatis — Sol. of Ammonium Acetate. 



2. Liquor Calcis — Lime water. 



3. Liquor Cresolis Compositus — Compound Solution of Cresol. 



4. Liquor Ferri Chloridi — Sol. of Iron Chloride. 



5. Liquor Perri et Ammonii Acetatis — Sol. of Iron and Am- 



mon. Acet. 



6. Liquor Ferri Subsulphatis — Sol. of Ferric Subsulphate. 

 Y. Liquor Ferri Tersulphatis — Sol. of Ferric Sulphate. 



8. Liquor Hydrogenii Dioxidi — Sol. of Peroxide of Hydrogen. 



9. Liquor Magnesii Citratis — Sol. of Magnesium Citrate. 



10. Liquor Plumbi Subacetatis — Sol. of Lead Subacetate. 



11. Liquor Potassii Arsenitis — Sol. of Potassium Arsenite. 



12. Liquor Potassii Citratis — Sol. of Potassium Citrate. 



13. Liquor Sodii Chlorinatse — Sol. of Chlorinated Soda. 



14. Liquor Zinci Chloridi — Sol. of Zinc Chloride. 



