Chap. XXXIX.

Of Pills.

62§

Water of carbonate of ammonia, as much as may be suffi-cient.Beat them into a mass, to be divided into thirty-two equalpills.

Each of these pills weighs about three grains, and con-tains somewhat more than half a grain of the ammoniaret ofcopper. They seem to be the best form of exhibiting thismedicine.

PjluljE fzrri composite. Lond,Compound Pills of Iron.Take of

Myrrh in powder, two drachms;

Subcarbonate of soda,

Sulphate of iron,

Sugar, of each one drachm.Powder the myrrh with the subcarbonate of soda ; then

having added the sulphate of iron, rub them again; then

beat the whole, mixed together, into a homogeneous mass.

This is Griffith's mixture in a solid form, and may oftenbe convenient. ^Q* «~» 4»Al&(

PlLUIJE HYDRATJGYRr. Ed.

Mercurial Pills.

Take of

Purified quicksilver,

Conserve of red roses, of each one ounce;

Starch, two ounces.

Triturate the quicksilver with the conserve, in a glass mortar,till the globules completely disappear, adding, occasionally,a little mucilage of gum arabic; then add the starch, andbeat the whole with a little water into a mass, which is tobe immediately divided into four hundred and eighty equalpills.

Lond. Dub.

Take of

Purified quicksilver, two drachms;Confection of red roses, three drachms ;Liquorice root, powdered, one drachm ;

Rub the quicksilver with the confection until the globules dis-appear ; then, adding the liquorice powder, mix them to-gether into a homogeneous mass.

The common mercurial pill is one of the best preparations

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