A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . ll quantity of distilled water materially hastensand facilitates the process. Glycerite of starch is a semisolid, semitranslucent, grayish-white,gelatinous mass. It is used as a vehicle for medicaments intended forexternal application, and has the advantage of being easily washed offwith water whenever desired. Eye-salves, as, for instance, ointment ofyellow oxide of mercury, when prescribed for anointing the eyelids,may well be made with glycerite of starch in place of fat, provided theglycerin from which it was made was perfectly pure. Glycerit
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . ll quantity of distilled water materially hastensand facilitates the process. Glycerite of starch is a semisolid, semitranslucent, grayish-white,gelatinous mass. It is used as a vehicle for medicaments intended forexternal application, and has the advantage of being easily washed offwith water whenever desired. Eye-salves, as, for instance, ointment ofyellow oxide of mercury, when prescribed for anointing the eyelids,may well be made with glycerite of starch in place of fat, provided theglycerin from which it was made was perfectly pure. Glycerite of starch is also used per se as a soothing application tochafed surfaces, chapped hands, etc. Anacardium Occidentale. Occidental (oe Teue) Anacaedium. Anacardii Occidentalis Fructus— Cashew Nut. Origin.—Anacardium occidentale, Linne (Anacardiacece).Habitat.—Tropical America ; naturalized in Africa and the EastIndies. Part used.—The fruit. Description and Constituents.—See Figs. 34 and 35. A kidney- UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA. 141. shaped, grayish-brown nut about twenty-five millimeters (1 inch) long,eighteen millimeters (f inch)broad, and eight millimeters (£inch) thick. It is marked by ascar at one end. The shell is hardand brittle, and contains a veryacrid, vesicating, yellowish orreddish oil, some acrid resin, tan-nin, etc. The kernel is white andcontains some bland fixed oil. Uses.—The kernel, raw orroasted, is edible. The rind fur-nishes an acrid juice, sometimesemployed to destroy warts and vegetations. The oil from the rind has been employed as a vermifuge in doses of gram (3 drops). ANACAEDIUM OEIENTALE. Oriental Cashew Nut. The Oriental Cashew Nut, from Semecarpus Ana-cardium of East India, is heart-shaped, flattish, blackishbrown, contains a brown acrid juice in the shell. Likethe true Anacardium in constituents and Fig. 36. Figs. 34, 35.—Cashew Nut, whole and longi-tudinal section, natural size.
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