MAGNESIUM.

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STOMACHIC BOLUSES. (FoRM. HUP. Fa.)

R. Subcarbonate of Magnesia, five parts.

Saffron, three parts.

Cinnamon, two parts.

Simple Syrup, a sufficient quantity.

Mix.

ABSORBENT TROCHISCS.

Tabelles absorbentes seu Magnesite, Tro-chisci antacidi seu Magnesia* seu Carbo-natis Magnesia?. (Edinb. ; Amer ; Ant. ;Gall. ; Lusit. ; Brugnatelli ; Coxe ;

PlERQUIN; SWEDIAUR; VAN MoNs)

Trochisci Carbonatis Magnesiae.(Edinb.)

R. Carbonate of Magnesia,

six ounces.Refined Sugar, three ounces.Nutmeg, one scruple.

Pulverize, and form trochiscs withmucilage of tragacanth.

Pierquin gives the same formula. —Ant.; and Gall, prescribes one part ofsubcarbonate, four parts of sugar, and a suf-ficient quantity of mucilage of tragacanthprepared with orange-flower water. — Brug-natelli — three ounces of subcarbonate,one ounce and a half of sugar, one scrupleof ginger, and mucilage of gum arabic. —Sweihaur — four ounces of magnesia, twoof sugar, one scruple of ginger, and muci-lage of gum arabic. — Lusit. — six ounces ofmagnesia, three of sugar, half a dram ofpichurim bean, and mucilage of tragacanth.— Amer. ; and Coxe — four ounces of sub-carbonate, two of sugar, one scruple of gin-ger, and a sufficient quantity of simplesyrup.

R. Subcarbonate of Sugar, one part.

White Sugar, eight parts.

Boil seven-eighths of the sugar à la plume,and incorporate the rest triturated witli thesubcarbonate. (Van Mons)

Chevallier has proposed the followingpastilles :

R. Chocolate, two ounces.

Sugar, five ounces.

Pure Magnesia, one ounce.

Make them into a paste with mucilage of

tragacanth flavoured at pleasure, and divide

the mass into pastilles of eight, sixteen, and

twenty-four grains.

antacid electuary.

Electuarium anodynum pro infantibus seuantacidum seu mithridaticum. (Bruns. ;Lipp. ; Cadet de Gassicourt; Spiel-mann ; Swediaur)

Vol. II.

R. Subcarbonate of Magnesia, one ounce.Anise, half an ounce.

Compound Syrup of Cichory,

three ounces.Mix. (Bruns.)

Cadet de Gassicourt ; and Spiel-mann prescribe six drains of subcarbonate,half an ounce of anise, one dram of saffron,and a sufficient quantity of the syrup.

R. Subcarbonate of Magnesia, six drains.

Cnarcoal, } of each > tllree drams -Saffron, one dram.

Simple Syrup, eight ounces.

Petals of Red Poppies,

a sufficient quantityto colour the whole reddish-brown. (Lipp. )

R. Subcarbonate of Magnesia,

one ounce and a half.

Herb of Mentha Crispa, one ounce.

Saffron, one dram.

Rhubarb, two drams.

Honey, six ounces.

Charcoal, a sufficient quantity

to colour it blackish-green. (Lipp.)

R. Conserve of Mentha Crispa, one ounce.

Aromatic Powder, one dram.

Subcarbonate of Magnesia, two drams.

Syrup of Mentha Crispa,

a sufficient quantity.Mix. (Swediaur)

Dose, one or two drains, or more.

WATER OF MAGNESIA.

Aqua Magnesia:. (Amer. ; Coxe ; Henri ;Niemann)

R. Water, eight pounds.

Subcarbonate of Magnesia,

three drams.By means of a forcing pump, pass intothe mixture about ten times its volume ofcarbonic acid gas. (Amer. ; Niemann)

R. Hydrated Carbonate of Magnesia,

four parts.Water, charged with four times itsvolume of carbonic acid gas,

five hundred parts.Mix. (Henri)

FACTITIOUS PYRMONT WATER. (GALL.)

R. Water, charged with five measuresof carbonic acid gas,

twenty ounces and a half.Muriate of Soda, two grains.

Sulphate of Magnesia, eight grains.Subcarbonate of Magnesia,

twelve grains,—-------------------- Iron, one grain.

Mix.2E