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FERRUM— IRON.
resolvent cataplasm. (cadet deGassicourt ; Pieröuin ; Sainte-Marie)
R. Pulp of Boiled Potatoes, one handful.
Vinegar, eight ounces.
Ox-gall, two table-spoonfuls.
Boil to a proper consistence.
It is applied to indolent tumours.
FERMENTUM CEREVISIiE.—YEAST, BARM.
Synonimes : — Levure de la Bière, Fr. ;Gœscht, Germ. ; Espuma de Cerbeza,Span. ; Fermento de Cervogia, Ital.
Lond. ; Edinb. ; Dubl. ; Amer, ¡ Ba-var. ; Gall.; Hass. ; Olden.
The scum which rises to the surface ofthe wort of beer while fermenting.
It is formed of beer, of leaven properlyso called, of a little starch, and perhapsalso of hordein.
The French reduce it to a firm and brittlepaste, by inspissation, after washing it todeprive it of the beer and of the bitter prin-ciple of the hop which it contains.
CATAPLASM OP YEAST.
Cataplasma Fermenti. (Lond. ; Coxe ;Cadet de Gassicourt; Henri)
R. Yeast of Beer, half a pint.
Flour, one pound.
Mix, and expose the mass to agentle heat till it begins to swell.(Lond.; Coxe)
R. Yeast of Beer, 1 L . . ,, ,
Honey, J of each ' half a P ound -
Flour, a sufficient quantity
to make a soft paste. (Cadet de Gassi-court)
R. Linseed Meal, four ounces.
Yeast of Beer, two ounces.
Galbanum, triturated with Yolk
of Egg, one ounce.
Pulp of roasted Garlic, two drams.
Ointment of Resin, one ounce.
Oil of Lily, a sufficient quantity.
Make a soft paste. (Henri)
FERRUM.— IRON.
Mars, Chalybs, ¡rlSripos.
Synonimes :— Fer, Fr. ; Eisen, Germ. ;Jern, Dan. ; and Suec ; Hierro, Span.;Loha, Hind.; Yzer, Dut. ; Ferro, Ital.;Zelazo, Port. ; Scheljeso, Russ. ; Ayas,Sans.
Lond. ; Dübl. ; Edinb. ; Amer. ; Amst.;Ant. ; Austr. ; Batav. ; Bavar. ;Belg. ; Bruns. ; Dan. ; Hisp. ; Gall. ;Fenn. ; Ferr. ; Fuld. ; Form. Hop.Fr. ; Genet. ; H amb. ; Hann. ; Hass. ;Lipp. ; Olden. ; Lusit. ; Pol. ; Borus. ;Ross.; Sax.; Suec; Wirtem. ; Her-bip. ; Wurceb. ; Coxe ; Guibourt ;Paris; Piderit.
A solid, hard, bluish-grey metal, grained,slightly lamellated, very ductile, more tensethan any other known, attractible by themagnet, magnetizable by percussion, elec-tricity, and situation ; it oxidizes in dampair; burns with a very brilliant flame;is fusible at above 130 degrees of thepyrometer ; it has a slight taste, and anodour which is developed in a sensible
manner by rubbing.7.788.
Its specific gravity is
prepared iron filings.
Chalybs preparatus, Ferri Seoiis seu Jiamen-ta, Ferrum pulveratum seu preparalum,Limatura Ferri seu Mariis depúrala seupreparata seu purificata, Limatura Cha-lybis seu Martis seu Ferri, Pulvis Ferrialcoholisatus, Limatura Ferri alcoholisata.(Edinb. ; Amer. ; Amst. ; Ant. ;Austr. ; Batav. ; Bavar. ; Belg. ;Bruns.; Dan. ; Gall.; Ferr. ; Fuld. ;Hann.; Hass.; Lipp.; Olden.; Pol.;Borus. ; Sax. ; Wirtem. ; Herbip. ;Brugnatelli ; Coxe ; Piderit ;Spielmann ; Swediaur)
R. Iron Filings, any quantity.
Place a sieve over them ; then by
means ofthrough it.R.
draw them
a magnet,(Edinb.)
Filings of Iron, free from rust,
any quantity.