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Medicinal Compojitions.

Part IV.

AQUA VITRIOLICACVERULEA.y Blue vitriolic water.Lond.

T :'ke of

Blue vitriol, three ounces;Alum,

part of which feparates with thefeces of the vitriol, very little of itremaining fefpended in the water.The Edinburgh college, in thepreceding edition of their pharma-copoeia, had a preparation underthe title of A(\v\ ophthalmi-Strong fpirit (or oil) of vitriol, ca, differing little otherwif'e from

each two ounces ;

Water, a pint and a half.

Boil the falts in the water, untilthey are diffolved, then add theacid fpirit, and filter the mixturethrough paper.

AQUA STYPTICA.

Styptic water.

Edinb.

Take ofBlue vitriol,

Alum, each three ounces;Water, two pints.

Boil them until the falts are dif-folved, then filter the liquor,and add two drams of oil ofvitriol.

T hese compofitions are formedupon the ftyptic, recommended bySydenham, for flopping bleedingat the nofe, and other externalhemorrhages : for this purpofe,cloths or doffils are to be dipt inthe liquor, and applied to thepart.

AQUA VITRIOLICACAMPHOR ATA.Camphorated vitriolic water.Lond.

Take of ' "

White vitriol, half an ounce;Camphor, two drams;

Boiling water, two pints.Mix them, that the vitriol may beduTolved; and after the feceshave fubfided, filter the liquorthrough paper.

j. his is an

managing camphor,

unfrugal method ofthe greateil

the above than in the quantity ofwater being greater, and in anaddition of tutty and bole, ingre-dients which could be of 110-ufe,as not being foiuble in water, andfubfiding from it in (landing. Theyhave therefore, at the late revifalof their pharmacopoeia, reducedthis preparation to the followingmore fimple form.

AQUA VITRIOLICA.

Vitriolic water.

Edinb.

T(ike of

White vitriol, two drams;

Water, two pints.

Boil till the vitriol is difTolved, andthen filter the liquor.

W here the eyes are watery orinflamed, thefe folutions ot whitevitriol are very ufeful pplica-tions : the flighter inflammationswill frequently yield to this medi-cine, without anv other affiftance :in the more violent ones, venaifec-/tion and cathartics are to be pre-mifed to its ufe.

AQUA PHAGEDENIC A.

Phagedenic water.

Edinb.

Take of

Lime-water, one pint;

Corrofive mercury fublimate,half a dram.

Let a folution be made. '

T his is defigncd for wafflingand cleanfiijg old foul ulcers, andpreventing the growth of fungousflefh. It is for inoft purpofes ra-ther