The Pharmacopœia of the United States of AmericaP. Blakiston's Son, 1916 - 728 pages |
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50 mils accurately weighed alkaline alkaloids ammonia ammonia water ammonium anhydrous aqueous solution Assay AVERAGE DOSE-Metric barium chloride calcium calcium oxalate carbon cells cent chloroform color colorless constant weight cool crystals Dissolve distilled water dried to constant drops evaporate Extract ferric chloride filter filtrate flask Fluidextract glycerin Gm.-Apothecaries grammes heat hundred grammes hundred mils hydrochloric acid insoluble iodide iodine liquid menstruum Mercuric mil-Apothecaries milliliters mils of alcohol mils of boiling mils of diluted mils of distilled mils of normal mils of tenth-normal mils of water mixture nitric acid odor odorless oxalate Oxide percolator potassium hydroxide potassium hydroxide V.S. powder residue salt shake silver nitrate silver nitrate T.S. slightly sodium carbonate sodium hydroxide sodium thiosulphate soluble stopper sufficient quantity sulphate sulphide T.S. sulphuric acid sulphuric acid V.S. taste temperature tenth-normal potassium thousand grammes thousand milliliters thousand mils Tincture V.S. used corresponds volume water bath well-closed containers yellow
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Page xxxvii - drug," as used in this Act, shall include all medicines and preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary for internal or external use, and any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease of either man or other animals. The term "food...
Page 143 - ... menstruum to saturate the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, macerate for forty-eight hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed, gradually adding menstruum, until the hydrastis is exhausted.
Page 151 - Mix three parts of alcohol with one part of water, and, having moistened the powder with thirty grammes of the mixture, pack it firmly in a cylindrical percolator ; then add enough of the menstruum to saturate the powder and leave a stratum above it.
Page xxi - Society; provided that no such organization shall be entitled to representation unless it shall have been incorporated within and shall have been in continuous operation in the United States for at least five years before the time fixed for the decennial meeting of this corporation.
Page xv - President, in active duty as a member of the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Coast Guard, or any of their respective components, or on active sea duty as an officer or member of the crew on or in connection with vessels documented under the laws of the United States...
Page 488 - ... product is plainly marked with the proper name of the article contained therein, the name, address, and license number of the manufacturer, and the date beyond which the contents cannot be expected beyond reasonable doubt to yield their specific results...
Page 164 - Cc. of this menstruum, pack it lightly in a cylindrical percolator and add enough of the menstruum to saturate the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and having covered the percolator macerate the mixture for 48 hours.
Page 441 - Large, colorless, translucent rhombic prisms, having an aromatic, thyme-like odor, and a pungent, aromatic taste, with a very slight caustic effect upon the lips.
Page x - May, 1859, issue a notice requesting the several incorporated State Medical Societies, the incorporated Medical Colleges, the incorporated Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, and the incorporated Colleges of Pharmacy, throughout the United States, to elect a number of delegates, not exceeding three, to attend a general convention, to be held at Washington on the first Wednesday in May, 1860.
Page 98 - Cannabis, made into a fluidextract in which one hundred mils represent one hundred grammes of the drug when assayed biologically, produces incoordination when administered to dogs in a dose of not more than 0.0.3 mil of fluidextract per kilogramme of body weight.