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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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•PART III

POWDERS.

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sufficient to cover the nauseous taste of the aloesare warm sudorific cathartics, and may be givenof from gr. x. to 9j. but are seldom ordered.

PURVIS ALOES CUM CANELLA. Dub. PoxvderAloes xvith Canella.

" Take of hepatic aloes, a pound; white canella, threeounces. Rub them separately to powder, and then mix them."

This powder is liable to the same objection as the former,although the canella covers the taste better than the aromaticpowder. It has been long known in the shops under the nameof Hicra Picra ,■ and is used as a domestic remedy, infused inwine or spirits. From grs. x. to 3j. may be given for a dose.

PULVIS ASARI COMPOSITUS. Edin. CmipoundPowder of Asarabacca.

" Take of the leaves of asarabacca, three parts; the leavesof marjoram, flowers of lavender, of each one part. Rub themtogether to a powder."

Dublin.

" Take of dried leaves of asarabacca, an ounce; lavenderflowers dried, two drachms. Rub them together to a powder."

A few grains of this powder snuffed up the nostrils for seve-ral successive evenings at bed-time, excite sneezing and a co-pious discharge of mucus, which continues to flow on thesucceeding days. It has been particularly used in tooth-achand chronic ophthalmia.

PUL'VIS CINNAMO'MI COMPOSITUS. Lond. Com-pound Powder of Cinnamon.*

" Take of cinnamon bark, two ounces; cardamom seeds, anounce and a half; ginger root, an ounce; long pepper, halfan ounce. Rub them together to a very fine powder."

Puivis aromaticus. Edin. Aromatic Powder.

" Take of cinnamon bark, cardamom seeds, ginger root, ofeach equal parts. Rub them to a very fine powder, which isto be preserved in a well stopped phial."

Dublin.

" Take of cinnamon bark, an ounce; lesser cardamom seedsfreed from the husks, ginger, long pepper, of each an ounce.Rub them together to a powder."

These combinations of aromatics are stimulant and carmi-native, and may be used to promote digestion, and expel flatusin cold phlegmatic habits; but they are more generally em-ployed to give warmth to other compositions. The dose is fromgr. viij. to 9j. given in the form of bolus, or diffused in water.

1 Species Diambraj sine odoratis, P. L. 1*20. Speties aromaticae, P. L. 1745.Puivis aromaticus, P. L. 1"8", Poudre aromatiquc (F.) Gewurpulver (G.) Polverearomatica (7.)

 
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