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FERRUM.— IRON.
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1. TINCTURE OF PROTO-HYDROCHLORATE
OF IRON.
Lond. ; Edinb. ; Dübl. ; Ames. ; Ba-vae. ; Bruns. ; Ferr. ; Hank. ; Lipp.;Olden. ; Pol. ; Cast. Borus.; Borus. ;Sax. ; Herbip. ; Ph. Syph. ; Coxe.
Tinctura Ferri Muriatis.
It. Carbonate of Iron, half a pound.Muriatic Acid, one pint.
Rectified Spirit, three pints.
Pour the acid upon the carbonateill a glass vessel, and set it aside lorthree days, occasionally shaking it.Then, having set apart the solution,pour oft' the clear part, and add thespirit to it. ('Lond.)
R. Black Oxide of Iron, purifiedand finely powdered,
three ounces.Muriatic Acid, ten ounces ;
or, a sufficient quantity to dissolvethe oxide. Digest in a moderateheat, and when the solution is ef-fected, add as much alcohol as willmake the whole liquor amount to twopounds and a half. (Edinb.)
Muriatis Ferri Liquor. (Dubl.)
R. Rust of Iron, one part.
Muriatic Acid, \ of each,Rectified Spirit, J six parts.
Put the rust and the acid into aglass vessel, and having occasionallyshaken it for three days, set it apartthat the fœces may subside, and pouroff (he clear liquor: evaporate thisslowly till reduced to one pint, andwhen cold add the spirit to it.
Amer. ; and Coxe give the same formulaas Dubl.
R. Pure Iron Filings, three ounces.
Hydrochloric Acid,
a sufficient quantityto dissolve the metal : evaporate the solu-tion till it is reduced to six ounces, and addto it
Alcohol, eighteen ounces.
Mix. (Ferr. ; Hann. ; Olden. ; Pol. ;Borus.)
Cast. Borus. gives the same formula,but substitutes the black oxide for the fi-lings. — Sax. directs one part of filings tobe dissolved in a sufficient quantity of hy-drochloric acid, the solution to be evapo-rated till its weight is equivalent to twicethat of the iron employed, and then sixparts of alcohol to be added to it. — Ph.Syph. — two ounces of black oxide to bedissolved in one pound of hydrochloricacid, and, after three days' digestion, threepounds of alcohol to be added to the de-canted liquor.
R. Iron Filings, one part.
Diluted Hydrochloric Acid,
a sufficient quantityto dissolve the metal : evaporate the liquorto dryness, in a sand-bath, and dissolve theresiduum, with a moderate heat, in
Alcohol (0.900), six times its weight.Filter the solution. (Bavab.)R. Iron Filings, two ounces.
Alcohol. eleven ounces.
Add gradually to these mixed together,
Hydrochloric Acid, five ounces.
Digest in a moderate heat for four days,and preserve the decanted liquor. (Lipp.)Bruns, prescribes one ounce of filingsand eight ounces of alcoholized hydrochlo-ric acid.
R. Proto-hvdrochlorate of Iron, one part.Concentrated Alcohol, six parts.
Dissolve and filter. (Fenn. ; Suec. ;Van Mons)
2. tincture of trito-hydrochlorateof iron.
Amst. ; Ross. ; Coxe ; Swediaur.
R. Proto-chloruret of Iron which has
deliquesced in a cellar, three drams.Alcohol, twelve ounces.
Mix together, and expose it to the sun.
Swediaur prescribes one ounce of deli-quesced proto-chloruret and four ounces ofalcohol.
R. Subcarbonate of Iron, three ounces.
Hydrochloric Acid, a sufficient quantityto effect the solution by aid of a moderateheat. Add to the liquor,
Alcohol (0.884), a sufficient quantityto make the whole liquor weigh two poundsand a half. (Amst.)
R. Red Oxide of Iron, one ounce.
Hydrochloric Acid, four ounces.
Rectified Spirit, a sufficient quantity.