Manual of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical ChemistryThe author, 1887 - 199 pages |
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acetic acid acid reaction ACIDUM alcohol alkaline alkaline reaction alkaloids ammonia Ammonium antimony Arsenic asafetida benzoin Bismuth blue color boiling Bromide Calcium carbonate CELLULIN charcoal chloride chloroform cm³ colorless Contains cooling crystalline crystals decomposed decomposition deliquescent Description diluted Dioxide dissolving distilled Dose drug ether evaporating Ferri Ferrous filter glycerin grams H₂O H₂SO heat HNO3 HYDRARGYRI Hydrochloric Hydrochloric Acid Hydroxide Impurities and tests insol insoluble iodide iodine iron lime liquid Maceration magnesium menstruum mercury metallic mixture mucilage neutral reaction NH4OH Nitrate nitric acid Number obtained odor odorless Officinal Preparation Oleate Oleum oxalic oxalic acid oxide percolate phosphate phosphorus potass Potassium Potassium Chloride powd powder precipitate purified quinine residue resin saline salt Sodium sodium carbonate solution solvent Specific Gravity starch substance sugar sulphate sulphide sulphuric acid syrup taste tasteless transparent volatile oil washed water of ammonia weight white ppt yellow zinc
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Page 48 - To begin percolation, the rubber tube is lowered and its glass end introduced into the neck of a bottle previously marked for the quantity of liquid to be percolated, if the percolate is to be measured, or of a tared bottle, if the percolate is to be weighed ; and by raising or...
Page 205 - A neutral principle obtained from elaterium, a substance deposited by the juice of the fruit of Ecballium Elaterium.
Page 16 - that every pound of money or of medicines is of twenty shillings weight, but the pound of all other things is twenty-five shillings weight.
Page 187 - A volatile oil obtained from black mustard by maceration with water and subsequent distillation, yielding, when assayed by the process given in the US Pharmacopeia, not less than 92 per cent. of allyl iso-thiocyanate.
Page 210 - Pepsin.) Pepsin, the digestive principle of the gastric juice, obtained from the mucous membrane of the stomach of the hog, and mixed with powdered sugar of milk.
Page 21 - Standard, specific gravity refers to the weight of a substance as compared to the weight of an equal volume of water.
Page 127 - ... together with the citric acid in 20 parts of the distilled water. Mix the two solutions, evaporate the mixture by means of a water-bath, at a temperature not exceeding 140° F., to the consistence of syrup; and spread it upon plates of glass, so that when dry, the salt may be obtained in scales.
Page 180 - Spiritus Vini Gallici. — Brandy. An alcoholic liquid obtained by the distillation of fermented grapes, and at least four years old.
Page 44 - An ordinary infusion, the strength of which is not directed by the physician nor specified by the Pharmacopoeia, shall be prepared by the following formula : Take of the substance, coarsely •comminuted, 50 Gm.
Page 175 - Graminaceae), caused to enter the incipient stage of germination by artificial means and dried.