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The London Dispensatory, containing : 1. the Elements of Pharmacy ; 2. the botanical Description, natural History, chemical Analysis, and medicinal Properties of the Substances of the Materia Medica ; 3. the pharmaceutical Preparations and Compositions of the Pharmacopoeias of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Colleges of Physicians ; the Whole forming a Practical Synopsis of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, and Therepeutics
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Tinctures.

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TINCTU'RA DIGITA'LIS. 1 Lond. Tincture of Fox-glove.

lt Take of foxglove leaves dried, four minces; proof spirit,two pints. Macerate for fourteen days, and filter."

Dublin.

" Take of foxglove leaves (the larger ones being rejected)dried and reduced to coarse powder, two ounces; proof spirit,a pint. Digest for seven days, and filter."

Tinctura Digitalis purpurea. Edin. Tincture of Fox-glove.

" Take of foxglove leaves dried, one ounce; proof spirit,eight ounces. Digest for seven days, and filter through paper."

This is a convenient form for exhibiting foxglove. It con-tains all the virtues of the plant, and has the advantage of pre-serving them unimpaired for any length of time. The doseshould be 7i\ x. at first, and gradually increased, the same cau-tions being necessary as in the exhibition of the plant in sub-

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TINCTURA GALBANI. Dub. Tincture of Galbanum.

" Take of galbanum cut into small piece?, two ounces; proofspirit, two pints. Digest for seven days, then filter."

It is used in the same cases as tincture of assafcetida; but,if less nauseous, it is also less powerful.

TINCTURA GALL A RUM. Edin. Dub. Tincture ofGalls.

" Take of galls in powder, fzvo ounces (four ounces, Dub.);proof spirit, sixteen ounces, (two pints, Dub.) Macerate forseven days, then filter through paper."

Proof spirit dissolves tannin ; consequently this tincture con-tains all the astringency of the galls, and may be employedin the same cases. The dose is from f^j. to fjjiij.

TINCTU'RA GENTIA'N^ COMPOSTTA.* Lond.Dub. Compound Tincture of Gentian.

" Take of gentian root cut, two ounces; orange-peel dried,an ounce; cardamom seeds bruised, half an ounce ; proof spirit,two pints. Macerate for fourteen days, (seven days, Dub.) andfilter."

Tinctura Gentianje composita. Edin. Compound Tinc-ture of Gentian, commonly called Stomachic Tincture.

" Take of yellow gentian root sliced and bruised, two ounces;orange-peel dried and bruised, one ounce ; canella alba bruised,half an ounce; cochineal in powder, half a drachm; proof spirit,

1 Teinture de Digitate (F.) FmgerhautInktur(G ; .) Tintura di Digitale porporrina (7.)i Tinturaamara, P. L. 1745. Teinture de Gentiane compost (F.) Enziautinktur(Gv) Tintura di Genziana (/.)

 
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