220      Formulas  from  Pharrnacopoea  Germanica.  \  A\Ja7i,  is^* 
Oxymel  Scillce  is  prepared  in  the  same  manner  from  vinegar  o£ 
squill. 
Oxymel  simplex.  Acetic  acid,  No.  8,  1  p.;  clarified  honey,  40  p.. 
Mix. 
Pasta  gummosa  s.  Althcece  is  the  well-known  so-called  marsh-mallow 
paste,  and 
Pasta  Liquiritio?.  s.  Glycyrrhizce  is  sold  here  under  the  name  of 
jujube  paste. 
Pilulcv  aloeticai  ferratce  s.  Pil.  Italicce  nigral.  Equal  parts  of 
exsiccated  sulphate  of  iron  and  powdered  aloes  are  mixed,  and  witk 
alcohol  formed  into  pills,  each  weighing  10  centigrams. 
Pilulai  jalapai.  Jalap  soap,  3  p.;  powdered  jalap,  1  part.  The? 
pills  to  weigh  10  centigrams. 
Sapo  jalapinus,  Jalap  soap,  is  made  by  dissolving  4  parts  each  of 
resin  of  jalap  and  of  medicated  soap  (made  of  olive  oil  and  soda)  in 
8  parts  of  68  per  cent,  alcohol,  and  evaporating  to  9  parts. 
Pilulce  odontalgics,  tooth-ache  pills.  5  grams  each  of  powdered 
opium,  belladonna  root  and  pellitory,  7  grams  yellow  wax,  2  grams 
expressed  oil  of  almond  and  15  drops  each  of  cil  of  cajeput  and 
cloves,  are  mixed  in  a  warm  mortar  until  a  pill  mass  is  obtained,, 
which  is  divided  into  pills,  each  weighing  5  centigrams. 
Plumbum  taunicum  multiforme  s.  Cataplasma  ad  decubitum.  8  p. 
of  cut  oak  bark  are  boiled  with  sufficient  water,  for  half  an  hour,  to 
obtain  a  decoction  weighing,  after  straining,  40  parts ;  this  is  mixed 
with  4  parts  of  solution  of  subacetate  of  lead,  the  precipitate  collected 
upon  a  filter,  and  when  weighing  about  twelve  parts  transferred  into 
a  suitable  vessel  and  mixed  with  one  part  90  per  cent,  alcohol. 
Potto  Riveri,  an  effervescing  neutral  mixture,  prepared  of  4  parts 
citric  acid,  190  p.  distilled  water,  and  9  p.  pure  carbonate  of  sodium. 
Pulvis  aerophorus.  Bicarbonate  of  sodium,  10  p.;  tartaric  acid,  & 
parts;  sugar,  19  parts.  The  articles  are  separately  reduced  to  a  very 
fine  powder,  thoroughly  dried,  and  then  mixed. 
Pulvis  aerophorus  Anglicus  =  Soda  powders. 
Pulvis  aerophorus  laxans  =  Seidlitz  powders. 
Pulvis  arsenicalis  Cosmi.  Cinnabar,  120  parts ;  animal  charcoal, 
8  p.;  dragon's  blood,  12  p.;  arsenious  acid  40  parts.  Mix  thoroughly 
to  a  fine  powder. 
