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d. For external use 



Greasy masses used as 



Plaster Cerates 



By inunction Unguenta (Ointment) 



Moist masses Cataplasma (Poultices) 



Sticky masses Plasters 



Spread on or absorbed by paper Chartae 



Tabellae— Tablets, 



T ablet — T r iturates 

 Tablets — Hypodermic 

 Tablets — Dispensing 

 Tablets — Compressed 

 Tablets— Coated. 



Boli-Balls— (Sing. Bolus) 

 Haustus — Drench 

 Electuaria — Electuary. 



AQUAE 



Waters are aqueous solutions of volatile substances. They 

 differ from spirits, which are alcoholic solutions, and from liquores, 

 which are aqueous solutions of non-volatile substances. There arc 

 twenty official waters and a general formula for aromatic waters iv. 

 the Pharmacopoeia of 1910. 



They are divided into three classes according to their method of 

 preparation : 1, Simple solution. 2, Filtration through an absorb 

 ent powder. 3, Distillation. The following table mentions the of- 

 ficial waters and designates the manner of preparation of each. 



Simple solution or dilution 



Aqua Amygdalae Amarae^Bitter almond 

 ' ' Aurantii Florum — Orange flowers 

 ' ' Chloroform! — Chloroform 

 ' ' Creosoti — Creosote 

 ' ' Rosae — Rose 



