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Take equal parts of myrrh, savine, rue, and Russian castor, to forma powder.

Pulvis Opiatus. E. See Pulv. Corn. Cerv. c. Opio.

Pulvis pro Cataplasmata. D. Powder for a Poultice. Take onepart of the linseed which remains after expressing the oil, and twoparts of oatmeal; mix. This powder is made into poultices withboiling water.

Pulvis Quercus Marine. D. Powder of Yellow Bladder Wreck.The wreck in fruit, dried, cleaned, exposed to a red heat in a cruciblewith a perforated lid, and then reduced to powder. It must be keptin close vessels.Medicinally it is deobstruent and antiscrofulous, but evidently in conse-quence of its containing iodine. It has been given in doses of gr. xto 3ij in bronchocele mixed with currant jelly, &c.

Pulvis Refrigerens. Pharm. Copenhag. Take 50] of supertartrate ofpotass in powder, Jss each of oleo-saccharum of citron and nitrate ofpotass purified; mix, and keep in a phial closely stopped. Dose gr. vto gr. x thrice a day.Or, Take from gr. xii to 3j of nitrate of potass in powder. It is to bedissolved in a glass of water, and taken immediately, for a dose.

Pulvis Rhei. Rhubarb Powder. Pulvis Rhubarbari. The powderedroot of Rheum pulmalum.Adulterated with the powdered root of meadow rue, or of monks'

rhubarb.Medicinally it is excellent when sprinkled over ulcers once or twice aday to promote their healing. When irritable, powdered opium orhemlock may be added, and when it ceases to affect it may be alter-nated with columba, or cinchona. Carbonate of iron is valuablewith it for foul sores.

Pulvis Riiei Compositus. Compound Rhubarb Powder. Take equalparts of powdered rhubarb and ipecacuan; mix, and apply to wartsand other excrescences; but it is not so efficacious as the muriates ofiron or of antimony, or Fowler's solution.

Pulvis Saving Compositus. Compound Savine Powder. Take equalquantities of prepared verdigrise and savine-leaves powdered. It isused for destroying warts, &c. (John Hunter.)

Pulvis Salinus Compositus. D. Compound Saline Powder. Takefour parts each of pure common salt and Epsom salts, three parts ofsulphate of potass. Rub the dried salts separately into fine powder;then rub them together, and preserve in a closely-stopped bottle.Medicinally it is given as a purgative in doses of 5"j to 5 v j> dissolvedin a large quantity of water.

Pulvis Salop. See Salop.