NEAV SUPPLEMENT

PHARMACOPEIAS.

Abietic Acid. This has recently been discovered by M. Baup in the

resin of Tinus Abies. It crystallizes in square plates, soluble in

alcohol, and combines with alkalies.Abietis Resina. L. E. D. P. Resin of the Spruce-fir, Pinus Abies.

Frankincense. Thus. O. Ilesina co/icre/a. O.Composed of resin, and fragrant essential oil, and containing sylvic or

pinic acid. It is solid, dry, brittle, of a pale yellowish-brown colour,

frequently intermixed with white streaks, and whitish when broken.

It is usually brought into this country from Germany. See Pix

Abietina.Medicinally it is stimulant and rubefacient, and is employed externally

in form of plaster in chronic catarrh, hooping-cough, rheumatic

pains, &c.Eiders into Empl. Arom. D. Empl. Galb. Comp. L. Empl. Opii. L.

Empl. Thur. D.Abluents, from abluo, to cleanse, medicines supposed to cleanse the

blood by washing away impurities..Abrotani Folia. D. Leaves of Southernwood, Artemisia abrotanwn.

A warm, stomachic, tonic bitter, in doses of 3j to 5j of the powder;

or in infusion, Sy to two ounces of water, in dyspeptic or worm

cases. Used also in fomentations, and said to promote the growth of

the hair.Incompatible with the acetates of lead and the sulphates of iron and

zinc.Absinthin, a bitter resin discovered in wormwood by Kunsmuller, but

not yet much investigated.Absinthium. L. E. D. P. Common wormwood, Artemisia absinthium,

Abs. vidgare. O. A warm, tonic bitter in doses of 3j to Oij of the

powder ; gr. v to 3jss of the extract ; ^ss to ~ss or more of the*