Du Mez—The Galenical Oleoresins. 
1067 
1890 
Oleoresina 
Oleoresin 
Ginger, 1 in No. 60 powder, 2 five hun¬ 
dred grammes .500 6m. 
Ether, 3 a sufficient quantity. 
Put the ginger into a cylindrical 
glass percolator, provided with a stop¬ 
cock, and arranged with cover and 
receptacle suitable for volatile liquids. 3 
Press the drug firmly, and percolate 
slowly with ether, added in successive 
Zingiberis 
of Ginger 
portions, until the drug is exhausted. 1 
Eecover the greater part of the ether 
from the percolate by distillation on 
a water-bath, 8 and, having transferred 
the residue to a capsule, allow the re¬ 
maining ether to evaporate spontan¬ 
eously.® 
Keep the oleoresin in a well-stop¬ 
pered bottle. 10 
1900 
Oleoresina 
Oleoresin 
Ginger, 1 in No. 60 powder, 2 five hun¬ 
dred grammes .500 Gm. 
Acetone, 2 a sufficient quantity. 
Introduce the ginger into a cylindri¬ 
cal glass percolator, provided with a 
stop-cock, and arranged with a cover 
and a receptacle suitable for volatile 
liquids. 5 Pack the powder firmly, and 
percolate slowly with acetone, added 
in successive portions, until the ginger 
Zingiberis 
of Ginger 
is exhausted. 7 Recover the greater 
part of the acetone from the percolate 
by distillation on a water-bath, 8 and, 
having transferred the residue to a 
dish, allow the remaining acetone to 
evaporate spontaneously in a warm 
place.® Keep the oleoresin in a well- 
stoppered bottle. 10 
Average dose.—-0.030 Gm. = 30 
milligrammes (% grain.) 
1910 
Oleoresina 
Oleoresin 
Oleores. 
Ginger, 1 in No. 60 powder, 2 five hun¬ 
dred grammes .500 Gm. 
Ether, 3 a sufficient quantity. 
Place the ginger in a cylindrical 
glass percolator, provided with a stop¬ 
cock and arranged with cover and a 
receptacle suitable for volatile liquids. 6 
Pack the powder firmly, and perco¬ 
late slowly with ether, added in suc¬ 
cessive portions, until the drug is ex- 
Zingiberis 
of Ginger 
Zingib. 
hausted. 7 Recover the greater part 
of the ether from the percolate by 
distillation, on a water-bath, 8 and, 
having transferred the residue to a 
dish, allow the remaining ether to 
evaporate spontaneously in a warm 
place.® Keep the oleoresin in a well- 
stopped bottle. 10 
Average dose.—Metric, 0.03 Gm.—■ 
Apothecaries, % grain. 
