GALBANUM.
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Oil of Almonds, 1 of each,
Turpentine, J half an ounce.
Spermaceti, two ounces.
Pulverized Galbanum, half an ounce.Mix perfectly. (Bruns. ; Wirtem.)R. White Wax, four ounces.
Having melted it, add
Spermaceti, two ounces.
Powdered Galbanum, one ounce.
Mix. (Palat.)R. Spermaceti Cerate, seven parts.
Ä } of each, one part.
Beat together. (Sax.)
It was formerly employed to soften andresolve glandular tumours ; and particularlyto disperse the mammary swellings of lying-in women, which were attributed to coagu-lation of the milk.
COMPOUND PLASTER OF GALBANUM.
Emplastrum Galbani compositum seu am-moniaco-galbanicum seu diachylum compo-situm seu cum Gummi seu cum Gumma-tibus seu gummatum, Emplastrum Am-moniaci seu commune gummosum seu Gal-bani saturninum seu Galbani seu de Gal-bana seu è Gummis resinosis seu OxydiPlumbi semivitrei gummosum seu OxyduliPlumbi semivitrei gummosum seu Lithar-gyri compositum. (Lond. ; Dubl. ;Edinb.; Amst, ; Ant.; Batav. ; Ba-var. ; Belg. ; Bruns.; Dan.; Mil.Copen. ; Hisp. ; Gall. ; Ferr. ; Form.Hop. Fr. ; Fenn. ; Genev. ; Olden. ;Lusit. ; Palat. ; Pol. ; Borus. ; Ross. ;Sax. ; Sard. ; Brugnatelli ; Coxe ;Piderit ; Saunders ; Spielmann ;Swediaur; Van Mons)
Emplastrum Galbani compositum.Lond.; and Coxe.
R. Purified Galbanum.eightounces.
Plaster of Lead, three pounds.
Turpentine, ten drams.
Resin, three ounces.
Having melted together the galba-num and turpentine, mix in first theresin, and then the plaster previouslymelted over a slow fire, and mix thewhole together.
Emplastrum gummosum. (Edinb. ;and Coxe).
R. Plaster of Semivitreous Oxide
of Lead, eight parts.
-Gum Ammoniac,Galbanum,
Yellow Wax, cut.
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ofeach,one part.
Melt the plaster and wax, and theother ingredients, and mix.
Emplastrum Galbani. (Dubl. ;Coxe; Niemann)
R. Plaster of Litharge, two pounds.
Galbanum, half a pound.
Yellow Wax, cut, four ounces.Having melted the galbanum, addthe plaster and wax, and melt thewhole together with a gentle heat.
R. Simple Plaster, sixteen hundred parts.
Yellow Wax, ) , ,
Resin, I . of each,
Turpentine, J ninety-six parts.
Melt together over a slow fire ; then add,previously dissolved in alcohol (10 degrees),and evaporated to the consistence of honey,
Gum Ammoniac,")Bdellium,Galbanum, i
Sagapenum,Mix intimately. (Gall.)
R. Simple Plaster,Yellow Wax, 1Resin, S. of each, three parts.
Turpentine, J
Gum Ammoniac, two parts.
Galbanum, ) , ,
Sagapenum, } of each, one part.
Melt the plaster in a water-bath, and addthe wax ; at the same time put the othersubstances into a pipkin with four parts ofwater, and when dissolved, express the massinto the liquified plaster, and stir the wholetill cold. (Form. Hop. Fr.)R. Simple Plaster, one pound.
Melt it slowly, and add
Gum Ammoniac, 1 of each,
Galbanum, /
dissolved in
Vinegar,Then add
Saffron, one dram and a half.
Mix. (Bruns.)R. Simple Plaster, three pounds.
Melt it over a slow fire, and add
Gum Ammoniac, 1
Galbanum, of each,
Bdellium, one ounce,
Sagapenum, J
dissolved in
White Wine, one pound.
Evaporate slowly to the consistence ofhoney, stirring constantly, and then to theconsumption of all humidity. (Hisp.)
of each,thirty-two parts.
fifty parts.
one ounce,
one ounce.