TINCTURE. 



TiNcrruRA Lyttic, or T'wdure of Bliflermg Fly. See hard ojiium powdered, in two pints of proof-fpirit, and 



Lvtt.t;. ftraining. 



TiNCTURA Martis cum Spirilii Salts, a medicine thus pre- Tiie tiiillure of opium of Edinb. Ph. or Thtlaic tiiulure or 



pared: Take fihngn of iron, half a pound ; Glauber's fpirit liquid laudnnum, is obtained by niaceratin" for fuvcn days 



of fea-falt, three pounds ; digell all together without heat, two ounces of opium in two pounds of proof-fpirit, and 



as long as the fpirit will work upon the fdings ; then, after filtering through paper. 



the faeces have lubfidod, pourofl the clear liquor, cvaporat- Thulure of opium, or Thebaic tiiiclure of Dub. Ph. is pre- 



ing it to one pound, and adding of reaified fpirit of wine pared by digeiling for feven days, ten drachms of purified 



three pints. hard opium in coarfe powder, in a pint of proof-fpirit, 



Some combine the acid and inflammable fpirits firft, and then llraining. Tiie ufual dofe is from V{\ to llllx. In 



digefl. three ounces of iron-filings in a quart of the dulcified colica piftonum, f^j, given before purges, facilitates their 



compound. A few drops of this tinfture are a fufficient aftion, and renders the rehef more fpeedy ; and in tcl 



dofe. r- r 1 1 . ., . _ . 



This tincElure is good in ;dl the cafes in which the fal 

 martis is fo. 



Tincture of Martial Flowers. See Iron. 



TixeruRE of Metals, called Lily of Paracelfus, may be 

 prepared by melting together in a crucible two parts of 

 martini regulus of antimony, one part of fine tin, and 

 one part of pure copper. The alloy thus compounded is 

 to be powdered, when cold, and mixed with thrice its 

 weight of purified nitre. The mixture is to be thrown, 

 at different times, into a red-hot crucible, where it deto- 

 nates, and is expofed to a violent fire, till the metals be 

 perfeftly reduced to calces. The matter is to be taken 

 from the crucible, while red-hot, and immediately thrown 

 into a heated iron mortar, where it is quickly powdered. 

 The powder, while hot, is to be put into a matrafs, and 

 Hpon it fome reftified fpirit of wine is to be poured to a 

 height equal to the breadth of four fingers. The digeftion 

 is continued during fome days, or till the fpirit of wine has 



i J , -- tetanus, 



fjvfs have been advantageoufly given in divided dofes, in 

 twenty-fix hours. The tinaure externally applied allays 

 local pain, and alTills in relaxing the fpafm in lock-jaw and 

 finiilar affeftions. 



The ammoniated tindure of opium of the Edinb. Ph. is 

 formed by digeiling for feven days, in a clofe phial, three 

 drachms of benzoic acid, and the fame quantity of Engjilh 

 faffron, cut in flireds, two drachms of opium, half a drachm 

 of volatile oil of anifeed, in fixteen ounces of ammoniated 

 alcohol, and filtering through paper. This tinaure is ufed 

 in hooping-cougiis and fpafmodic afthma. Each f5j con- 

 tains gr. j of opium. See Opil'.m. 



TiNXTURE of Qiiajfia of the Dub. Ph., is obtained by di- 

 geiling for feven days, an ounce of chips of quaflia wood in 

 two pints of proof-fpirit. 



Tincture of Rhubarb. See Rhubarb. 



Tincture of Saffron. See Tinctuha Croci. 



Tincture of Sena. See Sena. 



Tin - ■ 



Tincture of Salt of Tartar, is made by pouring fon 

 -■aified fpirits of wine, to a height equal to the breadth ( 



acquired a very deep yellowifli-red colour. The fpirit is to re 

 be decanted and kept in a bottle. 



This tincture, although no part of the metals, reduced 

 by calcination almoil to the (late of pure earths, can be 

 diffolved by the fpirit of urine, has a fpirituous, fapona- 

 ceous, acrid, and alkahne charatler, and has been fuccefs- 

 inlly ufed, when the fibres and veflcls require to be excited 

 and animated, as in apoplexies, palfies, and dropfies. It is 

 alfo capable of accelerating the motion of the blood, and 

 of increafing certain fecretions and excretions, particularly 

 fweat and urine. Tlie dofe is from fix or twelve drops to 

 forty, or even more, and mull be adminiftered in fome 

 proper cordial. Macquer's Di£l. Chem. 



Tincture of Muriate of Iron. See Iron. 



Tincture of Mufh of the Dub. Ph., is obtained by 

 digeiling for feven days, two drachms of mufli in powder, in 

 a pint of reftified fpirit, and then llraining. 



Tinftnre of mufli is dircfted, in the Edinb. Ph. of 1 783, 

 to be made by diflolving two drachms of mu(i<, in a pound 

 of reftified fpirit. 



Tincture of Myrrh of the Lond. Ph., is prepared by 

 macerating for fourteen days, three ounces of myrrh bruifed, ufually employed in making the tinfture 



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tliree or tour fingers, into a heated matrafs, that contains 

 fome hot fait of tartar, which has been previoudy fufed in 

 a crucible and powdered. The matrafs is to be closed, 

 and the digellion continued for feveral days with a gentle 

 heat, or till the fpirit of wine has acquired a fine rcddirti- 

 yellow colour. 



This is effentially the fame as tindure of metals, their 

 medicinal qualities being the fame. 



TiNCTURA Saturnina, the lead tinfture, a name given in 

 the late London Difpenfatory to the tinfture before called 

 tindura antiphthifua, becaiife it was ufed to check the im- 

 moderate fweats in heclic complaints. 



It is made of fugar of lead and green vitriol, of each 

 two ounces, and of reftified fpirit a quart. The falls arc 

 feparately to be reduced to powder, and then put into the 

 fpirit, then the whole is to iland fome d.ays without heat to 

 extraft the tintlure, and afterwards filtered through paper. 



Many perfons have found great perplexity in making this 

 tindure, it having at firll begun to (hew a good colour, 

 but afterwards loft it : this accident is owing to the heat 



in twenty-two fluid-ounces of redified fpirit, and a pint and 

 a half of water, and filtering. The Edinb. Ph. direds three 

 ounces of myrrh in powder to be digefted for feven days, in 

 twenty ounces of alcohol and ten ounces of water, and 

 filtered through paper. The Dub. Ph. orders three ounces 

 of myrrh bruifed to be digefted for feven days, in a pint and 

 a half of proof-fpirit and half a pint of redified fpirit, and 

 then ftrained. This tindure is tonic and deobftruent ; it is 



This tindure is a powerful ftyptic, and is often ufed 

 with good fuccefs in hedic fevers, fpitting of blood, heat 

 of the kidnies, fimplc gonorrhoeas, fluor albus, and tabes 

 dorfalis. 



It was firft recommended by Etnniller ; who, from its 

 effed, gave it the name of tinatira niuiphthifca, which our 

 College of Phyficians changed to that of tinaura filurnlna. 

 The Edinb. Ph. direded it to be made of three ounces of 



ufed now generally in gargles, combined with infufions of the fugar and two of the vitriol, to a quart of fpirit, and 

 rofes and acids ; or applied to foul ulcers and exfoliating in the beft of the foreign ones. Mr. Boyle recommends it 

 bones, or diluted with water, as a wafti for the mouth when and our moft eminent phyficians formerly ufed it, notwith- 

 the gums are fpongy. The dofe is from f5fs to fjj. ftanding that fome authors confider it as a dangerous medi- 



Tincture of Opium oi the Lond. Ph., is formed by cine, on account of its principal ingi-edient, t\i<: faccharum 

 macerating for fourteen days, two ounces and a half of fatunii, which fome call a flow poifon. Wliether it be fo 



