PHARMACY. 
Beat them into a mass with the mucilage of 
gum arabic. 
Dose 2 pills. It is a powerful cathartic. 
Pilute aloes cum myrrha, pills of aloes 
with myrrh, Ed. and Loncl. 
'l ake of socotorine aloes four parts ; myrrh 
two parts; saffron one part. Beat them 
with simple syrup into a mass. 
1 his is in frequent use as a purgative. 
Dose 2 or 3 pills. 
Pilulae assafoetidx composite, compound 
assafeetida pills. 
Take of assafeetida, galbanum, myrrh, of 
each eight parts; rectified oil of amber 
one part. Beat them with simple syrup 
into a mass. 
Dose 2 or 3 pills. 
Pilulae galbani composite, compound pills 
I of galbanum, Loud. 
! Take of galbanum, opoponax, myrrh, saga- 
penum, of each one ounce ; assafeetida 
half an ounce ; syrup of saffron as much 
as may be sufficient. Beat them together. 
These pills are nearly similar to the pre- 
j ceding. 
Pilulae ammonlareti cupri, pills of ammonia- 
ret of copper. 
Take of ammoniaret of copper sixteen 
grains ; crumb of bread four scruples; water 
of carbonat of ammonia, as much as is suf- 
ficient. Beat them into a mass which is to 
be divided into thirty pills. 
Dose 1 pill. 
Pilulae hydrargyri, mercurial pills, Ed. and 
Loiul. 
j Take of purified quicksilver, conserve of the 
red rose, of each one ounce; starch two 
ounces, llub the quicksilver with the 
conserve in a glass mortar, until the glo- 
bules disappear, adding, as occasion shall 
require, a little gum arabic mucilage ; then 
add the starch, and beat with a little water 
into a mass, which immediately divide into 
480 pills. 
Dose 2 pills, gradually increased, 
Pilulae opiate, opiate pills, Ed. Pilulae 
j opii, Lond. 
Take of opium one part; extract of liquorice 
seven parts ; Jamaica pepper two parts. 
Mix separately the opium and the extract, 
softened with diluted alcohol, and beat 
them into a pulp; then add the pepper 
previously reduced to powder, and beat 
them into a mass. 
In the Ph. L. the pepper is omitted. 
Pilute riiaei composite, compound rhubarb 
i pills. 
Take of rhubarb root one ounce ; socotorine 
aloes six drachms; myrrh half an ounce ; 
oil of peppermint half a drachm. Beat 
them with syrup of orange-peel into a 
mass. 
Dose 2 pills. 
Pilulae scilliticas, squill pills, Ed. Pilulae 
scilte, Lond. 
i Take of dried squills powdered one scruple ; 
1 gum ammoniac, smaller cardamom seeds 
in powder, and extract of liquorice, of each 
one drachm. Beat them into a mass with 
simple syiup. 
Dose 2 pilis. 
Trochisci, troches, or lozenges. 
Trochisci carbonatis calcis, troches of car- 
bonat oi lime, Ed. Trochisci crete, Lond. 
Take of prepared carbonat of lime four 
ounces ; gum arabic one ounce ; nutmeg 
one drachm; refined sugar six ounces. 
Hub these into powder, and with water 
form it into amass lit for leaking troches. 
Trochisci glycyrrhiza?, liquorice troches, 
Ed. and Lond. 
Take of extract of liquorice and gum arabic, 
of each one part ; refined sugar two parts. 
Let these be dissolved in warm water and 
strained; then with a gentle heat evaporate 
the solution into a mass, which is to be 
divided into troches. 
Trochisci glycyrrhizae cum opio, liquorice 
troches with opium. 
Take of opium two drachms ; tincture of 
tolu balsam half an ounce; simple syrup 
eight ounces; extract of liquorice soften- 
ed with warm water, and gain arabic in 
powder, of each live ounces. First rub the 
opium with the tincture; then gradually 
add the syrup and the extract; afterwards 
sprinkle in by degrees the gum arabic 
powder, and lastly dry the mass, that it 
may be made into troches, each weighing 
ten grains. 
These are useful in relieving catarrhal 
cough. 
Trochisci gummosi, gum troches. 
Take of gum arabic four parts; starch one 
part ; refined sugar twelve parts. These, 
powdered, are to be formed with rose water 
into a mass, fit for making troches. 
Trochisci nitratis potassa?, troches of ni- 
trat of potass, Ed. Trochisci nilri, Lond. 
Take of nitrat of potass one part; refined 
sugar three parts. Beat them to powder, 
and make them, with gum tragacanth mu- 
cilage, into a mass, proper for forming 
troches. 
Trochisci amyli, starch troches, Lond. 
Take of starch one ounce and a half; liquo- 
rice six drachms ; Florentine orris half an 
ounce ; refined sugar one pound and a 
half. Bub these to powder, and with 
tragacanth mucilage form troches. They 
may be made, it preferred, without the 
orris. 
Trochisci magnesia?, magnesia troches, 
Lond. 
Take of burnt magnesia four ounces; refined 
sugar two ounces; powdered ginger one 
scruple. Hub them together, and adding 
mucilage of gum arabic, form them into 
troches. 
Trochisci sulphuris, sulphur troches, Ph. 
Lond. 
lake of washed flowers of sulphur two 
ounces; refined sugar four ounces; muci- 
lage of quince seeds as much as sufficient. 
Hub them together and form troches. 
Linimenta, unguenta, et cerata, liniments, 
ointments, and cerates. 
In making these compositions, fatty and 
resinous substances are to be melted with 
a gentle heat, constantly stirring, and 
sprinkling in the dry ingredients, if there 
are any, in line powder, until by cooling 
the mixture acquires a stiffness of consist- 
ence. 
Liuunentum simplex, simple liniment. 
Take of olive oil four parts ; while wax one 
part. 
Unguentum simplex, simple ointment. 
Take of olive oil live parts ; white wax two 
parts. 
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Ceratum simplex, simple cerate, Ed. Ce- 
ratum spermatis ceti, Lond. 
lake of oiive oil six parts; white wax three 
parts; spermaceti one part. 
The above three compositions only 
differ in consistence. 
Unguentum adipis suilte, ointment of 
hog’s lard, Ph. Lond. 
l ake of prepared hog’s lard two pounds ; rose 
water three ounces. Beat the lard with 
the rose water until they are mixed, then 
liquefy with a gentle heat, and put it aside 
that the water may subside. After pour 
off the ointment, stirring it constantly 
until it lias cooled. 
Unguentum resinosum, resinous ointment, 
Ed. Ung. resinie flavse, Lond. 
l ake of hog’s lard eight parts ; white resin 
live parts; yellow wax two parts. 
This ointment is used principally when 
suppuration is wished to be promoted. 
Unguentum pulveris meloes vesicatorii, 
ointment ot the powder of cantharides, Ed. 
Ceratum cantharidis, Lond. 
Take of resinous ointment seven parts ; pow- 
der of cantharides, one part. 
'Phe cantharides ointment is used prin- 
cipally when the discharge, excited by a 
blister, is wished to be preserved and con- 
verted into a purulent matter. 
Unguentum infusi meloes vesicatorii, oint- 
ment of infusion of cantharides, Ed. Ung.. 
cantharidis, Lond. 
Take of cantharides, white resin, yellow wax, 
of each one part; Venice turpentine and 
hog’s lard, of each two parts ; boiling water 
four parts. Macerate the cantharides in 
the water for a night, and strain the liquor, 
pressing it strongly : having added the lard 
boil the liquor until the water is evapo- 
rated, then add the wax and resin. These 
being melted and removed from the fire,, 
add the turpentine. 
This is milder than the preceding. 
Unguentum subacetitis cupri, ointment of 
subacetite of copper (verdigris). 
Take of resinous ointment fifteen parts ; sub- 
acetite of copper one part. 
An escharotic applied principally to foul 
and obstinate ulcers, 
Unguentum h\ drargyri, ointment of quick- 
silver (blue ointment). 
lake of quicksilver, mutton suet, of each one 
part; hog’s lard three parts. Carefully rub 
them in a mortar until the quicksilver glo- 
bules disappear. It may be made with 
double or triple the quantity of quick- 
silver. 
Unguentum hydrargyri fortius, stronger 
ointment of quicksilver, Ph. Lond. 
l ake of purified quicksilver two pounds ; 
prepared hog’s lard twenty-three ounces ;. 
prepared tallow one ounce. Hub first the 
quicksilver with the tallow, and - a little lard, 
until the globules disappear. 1 lien add 
the remaining lard so as to form an oint- 
ment. 
Unguentum hydrargyri milius, milder 
ointment of quicksilver, Ph. Lond. 
Bake of the stronger ointment of quicksilver 
one part ; prepared hog’s lard two parts. 
Mix them. One drachm of the stronger 
ointment to be introduced by friction ; the 
weaker ointments aresupertluous. 
Ungu nb.moxidi hydrargyri cinerei, oint- 
ment of grey oxide of quicksilver. 
