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A new Supplement to the Pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Paris; forming a complete Dispensatory and Conspectus; including the new French Medicines, and Poisons; with Symptoms, Treatment, and Tests
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SPIR

Medicinally, it is stimulant and stomachic, in doses of $j to 5iv, foratonic gout, dyspepsia, hysteria, &c. It is excellent for covering thetaste of rhubarb, and of the black draught.

Spibitus Pulegii. L. D. Spirit of Pennyroyal. Take 3vjss by weightof oil of pennyroyal, and Oivss of rectified spirit; add the spirit tothe oil, and pour on them q. s. of water to prevent empyrcuma;then distil a gallon with a gentle heat.Medicinally it is said to be emmenagogue and deobstruent, but it doesnot appear to have any other power than that of peppermint orspearmint. The dose is Jj to ^iv.

Spiritus Rectificatus. L. D. Rectified Spirit, Spirit of Wine.Alcohol fortius. E. The spec. grav. ought to be -835, and at 60°will contain fifteen parts of water, and 85 per cent, of alcohol.Medicinally it is a powerful stimulant, but is seldom used except in theform of tinctures, &c. Externally it is refrigerant by evaporation inproportion to its strength, when compared with water. See SpiritusTenuior and Alcohol.

Spiritus Ros/e. See Essence of Roses.

Spiritus Rosmarini. L. E. D. Spirit of Rosemary. Take Jj ofrosemary by weight, and a gallon of rectified spirit; add the spiritto the oil, and pour on them q. s. of water to prevent empyreuma,then distil a gallon with a slow fire. This distillation is unnecessary.See Hungary Water.Medicinally it is stimulant and carminative, in doses of jy to ^iv.

Externally, it may be advantageously used for sprains, bruises, &c.Enters into Liniment. Saponis Comp. L. E. D. Spir. Lavandula?Comp. L. E. D.

Spiritus Saponis. Spirit of Soap. Take Jvj of Venetian soap, Jj ofsubcarbonate of potass, Jss of gum benzoin, and Oviij of rectifiedspirit. Dissolve the soap, the potass, and the benzoin in thespirit.

Spiritus Succini. Spirit of Amber. Is procured from amber bydistillation.

Spiritus Tartari. Tartaric Acid. Sec Acidum Tartaricum.

Spiritus Tenuior. L. D. Proof Spirit. Weaker Spirit of Wine.Alcohol dil/ilum. E. It ought to be of the spec. grav. of '935, and tocontain 44 per cent, of alcohol. It may be prepared by mixing fourmeasures of rectified spirit with three measures of distilled water.Common brandy, rum, whisky, gin, &c, are usually contaminatedwith empyreuma.Medicinally it is stimulant, and may be given with advantage in gan-grene, even in the last stages, every half hour or oftener, till thepatient is slightly inebriated, a state which must be kept up till a

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