FERRUiM.—IRON.
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Separate by means of a magnet, all theparticles which this latter will take up, pul-verize them as finely as possible, and pre-serve the powder for use. (Amer. ; Amst. ;Batav. ; Belg. ; Hass. ; Herbip. ;Coxe ; Piderit)
The magnet is not effectual in establishingthe purity of iron-filings, as it will readilyraise particles which are partly iron andpartly copper. Indeed, Henkel has ascer-tained that it exercises its action even upona mass which results from the melting to-gether of one part of iron with two parts ofcopper.
The other pharmacopoeias direct well se-lected iron-filings to be simply pulverizedand sifted.
Tonic, corroborant, and resolvent virtuesare attributed to metallic iron. It has beenrecommended in all diseases which are sup-posed to result from inertia of the circula-tory system, general debility, or from di-minution of excitability, as chlorosis, leu-corrhcea, amenorrhoea, rachitis, dyspepsia,pyrosis, jaundice, &c.
Dose, from ten grains to one dram, twiceor thrice a day.
AROMATIC MIXTURE OF IRON.
Mixtura Terri Aromática. (Dübl.)
R. Lanceolated Cinchona Bark,
in coarse powder, one ounce.Calumba Root, bruised,
three drams.
Cloves, bruised, two drams.
Iron Filings, half an ounce.
Digest in a close vessel for three
days, with frequent agitation, with
Peppermint Water,
a sufficient quantityto obtain twelve ounces of strainedliquor. Add to this
Compound Tincture of
Cardamoms, three ounces.Tincture of Orange Peel,
three drams.Mix.
POWDER OF IRON FILINGS.
Pulvis martialis seu Ferri Limati. (Au-gustin ; Brera)
R. Iron Filings, ten grains.
White Sugar, one dram.
Mix. — For one dose, to be repeated four
times a day, in chlorosis and amenorrhoea.
(Brera)
of each,
two ounces.
R. Iron Filings, 1 . , , , „
Cinnamon" / of each > half a dram -
White Sugar, three drams.
Mix, and divide into twelve doses ; one
to be taken every three hours. (Augustin)
R. Iron Filings, 1 c . ,
Winter's Bark, / of each > tw0 drams -Chamomile Flowers, half an ounce.Mix, and divide into twenty-four doses ;one to be taken every three hours. (Au-gustin)
anti-cachectic powder. (Bruns. ;Fuld.)
R. Prepared Iron Filings,Orange Peel,White Sugar,Root of Common Arum, one ounce.
Make a very fine powder, without the su-gar, which is to be added at the time of thepowder being taken, if added before, thepowder attracts the moisture of the atmos-phere, and the iron becomes rusted.(Brins.)
R. Prepared Iron Filings, half an ounce.
------------- Oyster Shells, "1 of each,
Powdered Root of Arum, J two drams.
------------- Cinnamon, two scruples.
Mix. (Fuld.)Dose, from one to two scruples.
Herbip. gives under the same title, thefollowing formula, which is different :R. Prepared Iron Filings, half an ounce.
Root of Calumba, 1 of each,
---------- Rhubarb, J one dram.
Oil of Cinnamon, eight drops.
Sugar, a sufficient quantity
to incorporate the oil.
This latter formula resembles the follow-ing. As to the rest, all the powders intowhich iron filings enter, scarcely differ fromeach other except in their names and in theproportions of the stimulant substanceswith which the metal is combined.
ENGLISH MARTIAL POWDER. (WlRTEM.)
R. Levigated Iron Filings, six drams.
Cassia Lignea, 1 of each,
Nutmegs, J half an ounce.
Cloves, 1 of eachj tw0 drams-
l»i ace, J
White Sugar, two ounces.Mix.—Dose, one dram.
TONIC AND ANTI-SPASMODIC POWDER.
Pulvis tonico-anti-spasmodica martialis.(Brera)
R. Calumba, twelve grains.
Valerian, two scruples.