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FERRUM,— IRON.
Lime-flower Water,
six ounces,two ounces.
Syrup of Poppies,Mix. (Saunders)R. Red Oxide of Iron, two drams.
Cinnamon Water, half an ounce.
Balm Water, \ of each, one ounce,Mint Water, J and a half.
Syrup of Mint, one ounce.
Mix. (Pierquin)
It is recommended in haemoptysis.
ANTI-HTDROPIC MIXTURE.
Remède contre Vhydropisie. (Pierquin)
R . Red Oxide of Iron , pre- ] , .
pared by Sulphur, )■ 0t eaC "'Sulphuret of Antimony,/ one 0,mce -Scammony, four ounces.
Alcohol, a sufficient quantity.
Syrup of Lemon, four pounds.
Mix. — Dose, one or two spoonfuls, daily.
SUB-TRITOCARBONATE OF IRON.
Carbonas Ferri Oxydati, Corbonas Ferriprœcipitati, Crocus Ferri seu Mariis ape-ritivas seu aperiens seu Martis Rore ma-jali paratas, Ferri Subcarbonas seu Ru-bigo, Ferrum oxydatum carbonicumfuscumseu oxydatum fuscurn seu hydraticum,Hydras ferricum, Oxydulum Ferri fus-cum, Rubigo, Subcarbonas Ferroso-fer-ricum, Subcarbonas Tritoxidi Ferri. —Subcarbonate of Iron, Rust of Iron.(Lond. ; Edinb. ; Dubl. ; Amer.Amst. ; Ant. ; Batav. ; Bavar.Belg. ; Dan. ; Hisr. ; Gall. ; Ferr.Fenn. ; Form. Hop. Fr. ; Genev.Hann. ; Olden. ; Lusit. ; Palat.Pol. ; Borus. ; Sax. ; Sard. ; Suf.c.Wirtem. ; Coxe ; Swediauk ; VanMons)
Ferri Subcarbonas. (Lond.)
R. Sulphate of Iron, eight ounces.
Subcarbonate of Soda,
six ounces.
Boiling Water, one gallon.
Dissolve the sulphate and the sub-carbonate separately in the water ;then mix together the solutions, andset the mixture apart that the preci-pitate may subside : then pour offthe supernatant liquor, and wash thesubcarbonate of iron in hot water.Finally, dry it at a gentle heat,wrapped in bibulous paper.
Carbonos Ferri prsecipitatus.(Edinb.)
R. Sulphate of Iron, four ounces.
Subcarbonate of Soda,
five ounces.Water, ten pounds.
Dissolve the sulphate and the sub-carbonate separately in the water,and then mix the solutions. Washthe carbonate of iron, which is preci-pitated with warm water, and thendried.
Ferri Carbonas. (Dubl.)
R. Sulphate of Iron,
twenty-five parts.Subcarbonate of Soda,
twenty-six parts.Water, eighty parts.
Dissolve the sulphate in a portionof the water, and then the subcarbo-nate in the remainder ; mix the so-lutions, and dry the precipitate whichis formed, after having washed itwith warm water.
R. Sulphate of Iron, one part.
Distilled Water, eight parts.
Dissolve and add
Solution of Subcarbonate of Potass,
a sufficient quantity,or, till no more precipitate is formed.Wash this with warm water, and pulve-rize it when dried. (Gall. ; Form. Hop.Fr.)
Ant.; Batav.; Belg.; Dan.; Fenn.;Ferr.; Olden.; Pol.; Borus.; Sax.; Suec;and Swediaur do not fix any proportions.— Wirtem. prescribes one part of sulphateand three parts of water. — Bavar — one ofsulphate and twenty of water. — Amer.;Coxe ; and Niemann give the same for-mula as Edinb. — But these differences areunimportant.
Bavar. ; and Wirtem. direct the driedprecipitate to be calcined to redness, forone hour.
R. Iron Filings, one ounce.
Dissolve them in a mixture of
Hydro-chloric Acid, two parts.
Nitric Acid, one part.
Having diluted the solution with hot wa-ter, decompose it by means of a solution ofsubcarbonate of potass. Wash, dry, andpreserve the precipitate. (Hann.)
Subcarbonas Ferri prsqiaratus.(Edinb.)
R. Purified Iron Filings,
any quantity.