Practical Pharmacy: A Description of the Machinery, Appliances and Methods Employed in the Preparation of Galenicals; with an Account of the Assay of Crude and Manufactured Drugs, Together with a Short Treatise on the Art of DispensingJ. & A. Churchill, 1908 - 423 pages |
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Acetate added alcohol Alcohol by volume alkali alkaloid ammonia ammonium Anhydrous Assay boiling bottle Bromide c.c. of water calcium carbonate cent chloride chloroform colour condenser containing cool crystallised dilute dispensing dissolved distilled water drachm drug ether ethyl evaporated Extractum fats ferric ferrous filter filtration flask fluid ounces Freely in S.V.R. funnel gelatin glass glycerin grains grammes H₂O H₂SO heat hydrochloric acid inches Insoluble iodide iodine iron liquid extract Liquor mass melted menstruum mercury mixed mixture morphine mucilage Nitrate nitric acid obtained ointment oxide paraffin pepsin percentage percolate Pharmacopoeia pills placed plaster potassium hydroxide powder prepared pressure quantity resin Salicylate salt saponification shake soap Sodium Sodium Bicarbonate soluble solution of ammonia solution of potassium Sparingly specific gravity spirit steam stopper strychnine substances sugar Sulphate sulphide sulphuric acid syrup Tartrate temperature tincture tragacanth tube Unguentum volume warm washed water-bath weight yield zinc
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Page 408 - Act, to any person unknown to the seller, unless introduced by some person known to the seller ; and on every sale of any such article the seller shall, before delivery, make or cause to be made an entry in a book to be kept for that purpose, stating...
Page 408 - ... same, a label printed or plainly written containing the name of the article, the word "poison...
Page 79 - The pressure per unit of area exerted anywhere upon a mass of liquid is transmitted undiminished in all directions, and acts with the same force upon all surfaces, in a direction at right angles to those surfaces.
Page 69 - Pharmacopoeia, consists in subjecting a substance, in powder, contained in a vessel called a percolator, to the solvent action of successive proportions of menstruum in such a manner that the liquid, as it traverses the powder in its descent to the receiver, shall be charged with the soluble portion of it, and pass from the percolator free from insoluble matter.
Page 409 - Act, provided such medicine be labelled in the manner aforesaid with the name and address of the seller, and the ingredients thereof be entered, with the name of the person to whom it is sold or delivered, in a book to be kept by the seller for that purpose...
Page 70 - Cm. beyond the outer surface of the cork, and should be provided with a closely fitting rubber tube, at least one-fourth longer than the percolator itself, and ending in another short glass tube, whereby the rubber tube may be so suspended that its orifice shall be above the surface of the menstruum in the percolator, a rubber band holding it in position. "The shape of a percolator should be adapted to the nature of the drug to be operated upon.
Page 72 - A layer of menstruum must constantly be maintained above the powder, so as to prevent the access of air to its interstices, until all has been added, or the requisite quantity of percolate has been obtained. This is conveniently accomplished, if the space above the powder will admit of it, by inverting a bottle containing the entire quantity of menstruum over the percolator in such a manner that its mouth may dip beneath the surface of the liquid, the bottle being of such shape that its shoulder...
Page 408 - Act, the date of the sale, the name and address of the purchaser, the name and quantity of the article sold, and the purpose for which it is stated by the purchaser to be required, to which entry the signature of the purchaser and of the person, if any, who introduced him shall be affixed...
Page 71 - The moist powder is now transferred to a sheet of thick paper and the whole quantity poured from it into the percolator. It is then shaken down lightly and allowed to remain in that condition for a period varying from fifteen minutes to several hours, unless otherwise directed ; after which the powder is pressed, by the aid of a plunger of suitable dimensions, more or less firmly, in proportion to the character of the powdered substance and the alcoholic strength of the menstruum ; strongly alcoholic...
Page 71 - The powdered substance to be percolated (which must be uniformly of the fineness directed in the formula, and should be perfectly air-dry before it is weighed) is put into a basin, the specified quantity of menstruum is poured on, and it is thoroughly stirred with a spatula, or other suitable instrument, until it appears uniformly moistened. The moist powder is then passed through a coarse sieve — No. 40 powders, and those which are finer, requiring a No.