SODIUM.
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LITHONTRIPTIC POTION. (Ellis)
R. Subcarbonate of Soda, one dram.
Infusion of Quassia, four ounces.
Tincture of Calumba, one ounce.
Dissolve. — Dose, a spoonful four times aday.
EXPECTORANT POTION. (ELLIS)
R. Subcarbonate of Soda, twelve grains.
Wine of Ipecacuanha, fifteen drops.
Tincture of Opium, four drops.
Water, one ounce.
Dissolve. — Dose, a tea-spoonful, everytwo or three hours ; in hooping cough.
STOMACHIC LIQUOR.
Infusum Quassiœ cum Natro. (Augustin)
R. Quassia Wood, one drain and a half.Subcarbonate of Soda,
two drams and a half.Boiling Water, one pound.
Infuse for an hour, and strain.
Dose, from two to four spoonfuls, daily,in dyspepsia.
PROTO-CARBONATE OF SODIUM.
Carbonos Sodœ seu natricum, BicarbonasSodœ. — Carbonate, or Bicarbonate, orNeutral Carbonate, of Soda, Carbonateof Protoxide of Sodium.
1. In the solid state.
Lond. ; Dubl. ; Edinb. ; Batav. ; Ba-var. ; Belg. ; Fenn. ; Suec.
Sodœ Car bunas. (Lond.)
R. Subcarbonate of Soda,
one pound.Distilled Water, three pints.
Dissolve ; and transmit carbonicacid through the solution by meansof a proper apparatus till it is satu-rated; then set it apart to crystal-lize. Dry the crystals, folded andcompressed in blotting paper. Eva-porate the remainder of the solutionwith a heat not exceeding 120 de-grees, that more crystals may be ob-tained. Dry these in the same man-ner as the former.
Carbonas Sodœ. (Edinb.)
R. Subcarbonate of Soda,
two parts.Water, three parts.
Dissolve, and submit the solutionto a current of carbonic acid gas tillthis ceases to be absorbed. Filterthe liquor, and evaporate it with aheat not exceeding 180 degrees, thatit may crystallize.
The carbonic acid may be ob-tained from equal weights of pul-verized carbonate of lime and of sul-phuric acid largely diluted withwater.
Sodœ Bicarbonas. (Dubl.)
R. Carbonate of Soda, two pari».Water, three parts.
Dissolve ; and by means of a pro-per apparatus, pass through the so-lution a current of carbonic acid gas,extricated from white marble bymeans of diluted hydrochloric acid,till crystals form : then, with a heatnot exceeding 120 degrees, evaporatethe liquor to obtain more crystals.Dry the crystals and preserve themin well-stopped bottles.
R. Pure Subcarbonate of Potass, one part.Hot Water, two parts.
Pass a current of carbonic acid gas intothe filtered and cold solution, and preservethe crystals which form spontaneously.(Amer. ; Batav. ; Bavar. ; Belg. ;Fenn.; Suec; Coxe)R. Subcarbonate of Soda, 1 of each,Water, J one pound.
Add to the solutionSubcarbonate of Ammonia,
three ounces.
Apply to the mixture for three hours, a
heat of 80 degrees C, till all the ammonia
is driven off ; then set aside the liquor to
crystallize. (Amer. ; Coxe)
2. In the liquid state.
Aqua Supercarbonatis Sodœ seu CarbonatisSodar acidula. (Edinb. ; Fenn. ; Hann. ;Pol. ; Ross. ; Suec ; Niemann ; Swe-DiAUR ; Van Mons)
Aqua Supercarbonatis Sodœ. (Edinb.)
R. Water, ten pounds.
Subcarbonate of Soda,
two ounces.
Disssolve ; and submit the solution
to a stream of carbonic acid gas pro-