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PHARMACY. 
Pulvis chelarum cancri compositus, com- 
pound powder of crab’s claws. Ph. Loud, 
l ake ol prepared crab’s claws one pound ; 
prepared chalk, prepared coral, of each 
three ounces. Mix them. 
This, though apparently a compound, 
is in reality a simple preparation, as the in- 
gredients are all mere carbonats of lime. 
Pulvds jalapce compositus, compound pow- 
der of jalap. 
'Lake of the powder of jalap one part ; super- 
tartrite of potass two parts; rub them to- 
gether into a very fine powder. 
This, in the dose of a drachm and a half, 
is an excellent cathartic. 
Pulvis ipecacuanha; et opii, powder of ipe- 
cacuan and opium, Ed. Pulvis ipecacuanha; 
compositus, Loud. (Dover’s powder.) 
Take of ipecacuan powder and opium, of 
each equal parts ; sulphat of potass eight 
parts. Rub them together into a fine pow- 
der. 
Dose from 15 grains to half a drachm. 
Pulvis opiatus, opiate powder. 
Take of opium one part ; prepared carbonat 
of lime nine parts. Rub them together 
to a fine powder. 
Pulvis opiatus, opiate powder, Ph. Lond. 
Take of hard purified opium, rubbed to pow- 
der, one drachm; prepared burnt harts- 
horn nine drachms. Mix them. 
Pulvis scammonii compositus, compound 
powder of scaimnony. 
Take of scammony, supertartrite of potass 
of each equal parts. Rub them together 
into a very fine powder. 
Dose from 10 grains to a scruple. 
Pulvis scammonii compositus, compound 
powder of scammony, Ph. Lond. 
Take of scammony, extract of jalap, of each 
two ounces; ginger half an ounce. Rub 
them to powder separately, and mix them. 
Dose about ten grains. 
Pulvis scammonii compositus cum aloe, 
compound powder of scammony with aioes, 
Ph. Lond. 
Take of scammony six drachms ; extract of 
jalap, socotorine aloes, of each one ounce 
and a half ; ginger half an ounce. Rub 
them to powder separately, and mix them. 
Dose .0 or 15 grains. 
Pulvis scammonii cum calomelane, pow- 
der of scammony with calomel, Ph. Lond. 
Take of scammony half an ounce; calomel 
and refined sugar, of each two drachms. 
Rub them separately to powder, and mix 
them. 
Dose from 10 grains to 15. 
Pulvis sulphatis alumina; compositus, com- 
pound powder of sulphat of argil. 
Take of sulphat of argil four parts ; kino one 
part. Rub them into a fine powder. 
A styptic powder principally used ex- 
ternally. 
Pulvis aloes cum canella, powder of aloes 
with canella, Ph. Lond. 
Take of socotorine aloes one pound; white 
canella three ounces. Rub them sepa- 
rately to powder, and mix them. 
1 his is generally given in spirits as a 
tincture. 
Pulvis aloes cum guaiaco, powder of aloes 
with guaiac, Ph. Lond. 
Take of socotorine aloes one ounce and a 
half; guaiac gum-resin one ounce; aro- 
matic powder half an ounce. Rub the 
aloes and guaiac into powder separately, 
then mix them with the aromatic powder. 
This is seldom used: dose 15 or 20 
grains. 
Pulvis aloes cum ferro, powder of aloes 
with iron, Ph. Lond. 
Take of socotorine aloes an ounce and a half; 
myrrh two ounces; dried extract of gen- 
tian and sulphat of iron, of each an ounce. 
Rub them separately to powder, and mix 
them. 
Dose from 10 to 15 grains. 
Pulvis cerussa* compositus, compound pow- 
der of ceruss, Ph. Lond. 
'Fake of cerusse five ounces; sarcocolla one 
ounce and a half; tragacanth half, an 
ounce. Rub them together into powders. 
This is used diffused in water as an in- 
jection and collvrium. 
Pul vis contrayerva; compositus, compound 
powder of contrayerva, Ph. Lond. 
Lake of contrayerva rubbed to powder, five 
ounces; compound powder of crab’s claw's 
one pound a half. 
This is a useless combination. 
Pulvis myrrhae compositus, compound 
powder of myrrh, Ph. Lond. 
Take of myrrh, dried savin, dried rue, Rus- 
sian castor, of each an ounce. Rub them 
together to a powder. 
Dose a scruple, or half a drachm. 
Pulvis senna; compositus, compound pow- 
der of senna, Ph. Lond. 
Take of senna, crystals of tartar, of each two 
ounces ; scammony half an ounce ; ginger 
two drachms. Rub the scammony sepa- 
rately, the others together, into a powder, 
and mix them. 
Dose from half a drachm to a drachm. 
Pul vis tragacantha* compositus, compound 
powder of tragacanth, Ph. Lond. 
Take of tragacanth powdered, gum arabic, 
starch, of each one ounce and a half ; re- 
fined sugar, three ounces. Rub them into 
a powder together. 
Dose one or two drachms. 
Electuaria, electuaries. 
Electuarimn aromaticum, aromatic electu- 
ary, Ed. Confectio aromatica, Lond. 
I ake ol aromatic powder one part ; syrup of 
orange-peel two parts. Mix beating them 
well together so as to form an electuary. 
Electuarium cassia; fistula;, electuary of 
purging cassia, Ed. El. cassia;, Lond. 
i ake ol cassia pulp in pods four parts ; tama- 
rind pulp, and manna, of each one part ; 
syrup ot pale rose four parts. Dissolve 
the manna beat in a mortar, in the syrup, 
with a gentle heat; then add the pulps, 
and by continuing the heat, reduce the 
mixture to a proper consistence. 
This is scarcely used. 
Electuarium cassia: sennas, electuary of 
senna, Ed. Elect, senna;, Lond. 
Take ot senna leaves eight ounces ; seeds 
of coriander four ounces ; liquorice root 
three ounces ; figs one pound ; pulp of 
tamarind, ot cassia, and of prunes, of 
each halt- a pound; sugar two pounds and 
a half. Rub the senna with the coriander 
seeds ; and separate bv passing through a 
sieve, ten ounces of mixed powders. Let 
the residuum with the figs and liquorice be 
boiled in four pounds of water down to 
one-half, then express and strain. Evapo- 
rate the- strained liquor to about one pound 
and a half: afterwards add the* sugar so as 
to form a syrup ; add the syrup gradually 
to the pulps, and lastly mix in the powder. 
This is the well known lenitive electu- 
ary. Dose from half an ounce to an ounce. 
Electuarium catechu, electuary of catechu. 
Take of catechu extract. four ounces ; kino 
three ounces; cinnamon and nutmeg of 
each one ounce; opium, diffused through 
a sufficient quantity of Spanish white wine, 
one drachm and a half; syrup of red rose 
boiled to the consistence ot honev, two 
pounds and a quarter. Reduce to powder 
the solid ingredients, and mixing them with 
the opium and syrup, form an electuary. 
In this electuary, formerly called japonic 
confection, one grain of opium is contained 
in rather more than three drachms of the 
mass. 
Electuarium opiatum, opiate electuary, 
Ed. Confectio opiata, Loud. 
Take of aromatic powder six ounces; Vir- 
ginian snake root finely powdered, three 
ounces ; opium, diffused in a sufficient 
quantity of white wine, half an ounce ; 
syrup of ginger, one pound. Mix so as to 
make an electuary. 
This preparation has been inserted ip 
the Pharmacopoeia, in the place of the com- 
plicated mithridate of the antients, and the- 
riaca Andromachi. 
Electuarium scammonii, electuary of 
scammony, Ph. Lond. 
lake of scammony powdered one ounce and 
a half; cloves and ginger, of each six 
drachms ; oil of caraway half a drachm ; 
syrup of roses as much as may be sufficient. 
Mix the aromatics rubbed together into a 
powder, with the syrup; then add the 
scammony, and lastly the oi! of caraway. 
A stimulant purgative ; dose 1 drachm 
or more. 
Piluhr, pills. 
Pilula: aloeticie, aloetic pills. 
Take of socotorine aloes in powder, soap, of 
each equal parts. Heat them with connno* 
syrup, so as to form a mass fit to be made 
into pills. 
Pilula; aloes composita, compound aloes 
pills, Ph. Lond. 
Take of socotorine aloes in powder one 
ounce; extract of gentian half an ounce; 
oil of caraway two scruples; syrup of 
ginger as much as necessary. Beat them 
together. 
Dose 2 pills, or 10 grains. 
Pilula; aloes cum assafostida, pills of aloes 
with assafeetida. 
Take of socotorine aloes, assafoctida, soap, 
ot each equal parts. Beat them with muci- 
lage of gum arabic Into a mass. 
Dose 2 or 3 pills. 
Pilula; aloes cumcolocynthide, pills of aloes 
with eolocynth. 
Take ot socotorine aloes, scammony, of each 
eight parts; eolocynth four parts; sulphat 
of potass with sulphur, oil of cloves, of 
each one part. Let the aloes and scam- 
mony with the salt be reduced to powder; 
then let the eolocynth be rubbed into a fins 
powder, and the oil be added. Lastly, 
