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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.

part III.

urine, and in some cutaneous eruptions. The dose is From v\ x.to fjj. given in some demulcent infusion. As an external ap-plication it is efficaciously employed, in conjunction with soapor camphor liniment, as an embrocation against rheumaticpains; and I have found that a rag moistened with it is an use-ful application in that peculiar species of mortification of theextremities, which sometimes happens without any apparentcause ; and to frost-bitten parts.

TINCTU'RA MOSCHI. Dub. Tincture of'Musk .«

" Take of musk in powder, two drachms; rectified spirit, apint. Digest for seven days, then strain."

The only effectual form in which musk can be exhibitedis in powder; much larger doses of it being requisite to doany good than can be given in a spirituous vehicle.

TINCTU'RA MYRRHS. Lond.* Tincture of Myrrh.

" Take of myrrh, bruised, four ounces; rectified spirit, twopints; water, a pint. Macerate for fourteen days, and filter."

Edinburgh.

" Take of myrrh in powder, three ounces ■, alcohol, twentyounces '• water, ten ounces. Digest for seven days, and filterthrough paper."

Dublin.

" Take of myrrh bruised, three ounces ; proof spirit, a pintand a half; rectified spirit, half a pint. Digest for seven days,then strain."

A transparent tincture of a golden yellow colour may be pre-pared by treating myrrh with alcohol alone ; but, by followingthe directions of the colleges, a rather turbid tincture is ob-tained ; a circumstance which, a priori, might have been sus-pected. This tineture is tonic and deobstruent; but it is moregenerally used in gargles, combined with infusion of roses andacids; or as an application to foul ulcers, and exfoliating bones:or diluted with water, as a wash for the mouth when the gum*are spongy. The dose is from fjfs. to fy.

TINCTU'RA O'PII. Lond. Tincture of Opiums

" Take of hard opium, powdered, two ounces and a half:proof spirit, two pints. Macerate for fourteen days, andstrain."

Tinctura Oi'ir, sive Thebaica; vulgo, Laudanum liqui-dum. Edin. Tincture of Opium, or Thebaic Tincture; com-monly, Liquid Laudanum.

' Teinture cle Muse (F.) Tintura di Muschio (7.)

* Tract. Myrrha: simplex, P. L. 1720. Teinture de Myrrhe (F.) Myrrhentinkttr-(G.) Tintura di Mirra [/.)i Teintured'opiuiu {F.) Opiums-tiuklur (G.) Laudano liquido; Alcoole opiato (/.;

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