GALBANUM.

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Brugnatelli prescribes five pounds ofplaster, eight ounces of wax, four ounceseach, of galbanum and of gum ammoniac,and five ounces of turpentine. — Piderit —one pound of plaster, one ounce of each ofthe gum resins, and four ounces of turpen-tine. — Lipp. directs to be mixed together,one pound of melted plaster, and a meltedmixture of one ounce each, of galbanumand of gum ammoniac, and four ounces ofturpentine.

Van Mons directs one part of galbanum,and one and a half of yellow wax to bemelted together, and left in digestion forone hour ; then to be strongly expressed,and six parts of simple plaster added.R. Simple Plaster, two pounds.

Gum Ammoniac, six ounces.

Yellow Wax, three ounces.

Melt very slowly together. (Lusit.)R. Galbanum, one ounce and a half.

Simple Plaster, half an ounce.

Melt together. (Saunders ; Swediaur)

This plaster is reputed warming andirritant.

It is not unlikely that when the necessityshall be sufficiently understood, of purgingour pharmacopœias of empirical formula;,that, in place of such useless lumber as themass of the above recipes form, some plastersimilar to that of the last formula will beadopted. It is difficult to see the use ofthe oleo-margarate of lead in these com-pounds, and perhaps Palat. and Fuld.have done well in suppressing it in theformula; they prescribe.

compound plaster of gums. (mll.Copen.)

R. Compound Plaster of

Galbanum,

Melilot Plaster,

Camphor, in powder,

Knead well together.

of each,halfan ounce,half a dram.

DIAPHORETIC PLASTER.

Emplastrum diaphoreticum Mynsichti.(Bruns. ; Palat. ; Sard. ; Wirtem. ;Spielmann ; Van Mons)

R. Yellow Wax,Resin,Turpentine,Melt together and addPulverized Amber,-------------■ Bdellium,

eleven ounces,four ounces,two ounces.

three ounces,four ounces.Gum Ammoniac,

two ounces.Sandarac, "I of each,Galbanum, J one ounce.Mastic, \ of each,Olibanum, J half an ounce.

Mix. (Brüns. ; Palat. ; Wirtem. ;Spielmann)

R. Yellow Wax, twelve parts.

Resin, four parts.

Melt, strain, and add to the mass when

half cold, the following substances melted

slowly together,

Turpentine, four parts.

Gum Ammoniac, two parts.

Galbanum, one part.

Add when the mass is nearly cold,

Pulverized Myrrh,'------------- Amber,

------------- Juniper,

------------- Olibanum,

------------- i Mastic,

Mix. (Sax.)

four parts.

three parts.

two parts.

of each,

one part.

R. Resin, one pound.

Turpentine, six ounces.

Sandarac, four ounces.

Gum Ammoniac, 1 of each,

Galbanum, J three ounces.

Sulphur, two ounces.

Melt the resins, and gums with the tur-pentine over a slow fire, and when the massis nearly cold, add to it the pulverized sul-phur. (Sard.)

R. Yellow Wax, twelve parts.

Elemi, one part.

Strain the melted mass, and incorporateit with a slightly warmed mixture of

Sagapenum, one part.

Gum Ammoniac, two parts.

Turpentine, three parts.

Then add

Pulverized Bdellium,------------- Amber,

of each,four parts.

Mix. (Van Mons)

It is stimulant, resolvent and corroborant.— It was formerly much extolled in cases ofoedema and luxations.

RED PLASTER. (NIEMANN)

R. Yellow Wax, "1 of each,

Resin, J sixteen ounces.

Melt over a slow fire, and add,Terra Orleana, trituratedwith half an ounce ofalcohol,Galbanum,Mix.

Trommsdorf has proposed to substi-tute this plaster for the following.

CROCATED PLASTER OF GALBANUM.

Emplastrum de Galbana crocatitm seu Crocisativi compositum seu Oxycroceum.(Amst. ; Ant. ; Bruns. ; Hisp. ; Fuld.;Genev. ; Hann. ; Hass. ; Lipp. ; Pa-lat. ; Sax. ; Sard. ; Wirtem. ; Nie-

of each,fourounces.