ZINCUM.— ZINC.
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t. Sulphate of Zinc, ten grains.
Myrrh, one dram and a half.
Conserve of Roses, a sufficient quantity.
Make twenty pills. They are prescribedn hooping cough. (Ellis ; Paris)
simple aqueous solution of sulphateof zinc. (Amer. ; Coxe ; Niemann)
1. For external use.
R. Sulphate of Zinc,Chamomile Water,
two grains,three ounces.
Dissolve. — Dose, one spoonful, two orthree times a day.
Wylie administers every two or threehours, in malignant fevers, a spoonful of asolution of nine grains of sulphate of zincin six ounces of elder-flower water.
Moseley also recommends in chronic dy-sentery without fever, a solution of threedrams of sulphate of zinc and two drams ofalum in half an ounce of spirit of lavenderand one pint of water, in the dose of fromfour to six drams in water, which he some-times repeats at the end of three hours.
We also find in Amer. ; and Coxe a simi-lar preparation, of which the following isthe formula :
R.
Quassia Wood,Sulphate of Zinc,Water,
one dram.
eight grains.half a pint.
Macerate for twelve hours, and strain.
2. For internal use.
A.
In the form of Gargle. (Augustin ; Nie-mann)
R. Sulphate of Zinc, one dram.
Distilled Water, six ounces.
Honey, one ounce.
Dissolve. (Niemann)
R. Sulphate of Zinc, fifteen grains.
Infusion of Sage, six ounces.
Dissolve. (Augustin)
B.
In the form of Collyrium. — A qua ophthal-mica seu ophthalmica adstringens senvitriolica seu e Vitriolo Zinci, Aqua Vitri-oli albi, Solutio Sulpkatis Zinci, Colly-rium vitriolicnm seu e Zinco sulphurieoseu e Vitriolo albo seu Zinci. (Edinb. ;Amer.; Mil. Copen.; Gall.; Form.Hop. Fr. ; Hamb. ; Lusit. ; Cast. Bo-rus. ; Sard.; Suec. ; Wurceb. ; Au-gustin; Bories ; Cadet de Gassi-
court ; Coxe ; Disp. Cha. Paris ;Ratier ; Saunders ; Spielmann ;Swediaur.
R. Sulphate of Zinc, one part.
Water, two hundred and forty parts.
Dissolve. (Mil. Copen. ; Cast. Bo-nus. ; Wurceb. ; Niemann)
Form. Hop. Fr. prescribes one part ofsulphate, and two hundred parts of water.— Lusit. ; Suec. ; and Spielmann — one ofsulphate, and ninety-six of water. — Mil.Copen. — one of sulphate, and sixty-four ofwater. — Amer. ; and Coxe — twelve grainsof sulphate, and half a pint of water. — Disp.Cha. Paris — from four to six grains ofsulphate, and six ounces of water. — Hamb.—one part of sulphate, and three hundredand twenty parts of water. — Ratier — oneof sulphate, and one hundred and twenty ofwater. — Ratier ; and Swediaur — one ofsulphate, and ninety-six of water. — Saun-ders ; and Swediaur — one of sulphate,and forty-eight of water.
Solutio Sulphatis Zinci. (Edinb. ;Coxe)
R. Sulphate of Zinc, sixteen grains.Water, eight ounces.
Dilute Sulphuric Acid,
sixteen drops.Dissolve the sulphate in the water,add the acid, and filter.R. Sulphate of Zinc, one grain.
Rose Water, one ounce.
Mucilage of Quince Seeds, one dram.Mix.R. Sulphate of Zinc, one scruple.
Infusion of Elder, one pound.
Dissolve. (Ratier)
Ratier prescribes elsewhere one grainof sulphate, and one ounce of plantain wa-ter. — Amer. ; and Coxe— two drams ofsulphate, two ounces of spirit of lavender,and six ounces of water. — Sard, directsthe yolk of a boiled egg to be removed andreplaced by sulphate of zinc, and six ounceseach, of rose water and of plantain water tobe added to the liquor which drops from it.— Augustin — three grains of sulphate tobe dissolved in one ounce and a half of rosewater beaten with the white of an egg.R. Sulphate of Zinc, five grains.
Plantain Water, four ounces.
Mucilage of Quince Seeds,
half an ounce.
Dissolve. (Cadet de Gassicourt)
R. Sulphate of Zinc, one dram.
Rose Water, two pounds.
Alcohol (22 degrees), one ounce.
Dissolve. (Gall.)
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