8 SYNOPSIS OE VETERINARY 



OLE ATA — Oleates. — (3 official). Liquid solutions of me- 

 tallic salts and alkaloids in oleic acids, intended for external use. 



Official oleates are Oleate of Veratrine, Oleate of Mercury 

 and Oleate of Zinc. 



OLEORESIN£,—Oleoresins.—(6 official). Are made hy 

 extracting with strong Ether, certain drugs whose medicinal ac- 

 tivity resides jointly in oily and resinous constituents, after which 

 the ether is evaporated, leaving this form of liquid preparation 

 the most concentrated which can be produced, as Oleoresina Zin- 

 giberis, 01. Piperis, 01. Cubebze, 01. Aspidii. 



PILULAz — Pills. — (15 official). Globular masses of medi- 

 cinal agents, intended to be swallowed v/hole, as Pilulse Aloes, Pil. 

 Asafcetida; Compound Cathartic pill, Pilube Opii, etc. 



PULVERES — Powders. — (9 official). Dry substances in a 

 state of minute subdivision, obtained by pulverization, as Pulvis 

 Glycyrrhizse Compositum ; Pulv. Jalapaj Comp., Puiv. Ipecacu- 

 anhse et Opii (Dover's poyders). 



RESIN A3 — Resins. — (5 official). Solid preparations ob- 

 tained by precipitating the resinous principles of plants, from 

 their alcoholic solutions, by the addition of water; Resinse Co- 

 pajbffi, Res. Jalapse, Res. Podophylii, Res. Scammonii and Resinse 

 (Colophyony). 



SPIRITUS— Spirits.— (2$ official). Alcoholic solutions of 

 volatile or aromatic substances. Such substances may be solids, 

 liquids or gases ; as Spiritus Chloroformi, Spts. Aetheris ; Spts. 

 Camphorse, Spts. Aetheris Nitrosi, Spts. Ammon. Arom., Spts. 

 Frumenti (whiskey), Spts. Vini Gallici (brandy), etc., etc. 



SUPPOSITORIA — Suppositories. — Solid bodies consisting 

 of medicinal substances incorporated with cocoa butter (Oleum 

 Theobromae) and intended for introduction into the rectum, va- 

 gina, or urethra. They dissolve at the temperature of the body 

 and thus set free their contained medicaments. Suppositoria 

 Glycerini is official. 



SYRUPI— Syrups.— (32 official). Concentrated solutions 

 of sugar in water, containing flavoring and medicinal substances. 



Sometimes containing Acetic Acid, and occasionally Alcohol ; 

 they are termed simple, medicated or flavored. Some are used 

 as vehicles, some as flavoring agents and some are medicinal. 



