. An introduction to practical pharmacy: designed as a text-book for the student, and as a guide to the physician and pharmaceutist. With many formulas and prescriptions . Wedgewood mortar and pestle. also be found convenient in preparing such ointments and ceratesas require to be introduced into a mortar, being more readilycleansed than wedgewood ware. The one shown in Fig. 85 has apestle of the same material. Fig. Porcelain mortar. Glass mortars are frequently found in the office of the physician,and the shop of the apothecary. They are too soft as well as toosmooth for use in reducing
. An introduction to practical pharmacy: designed as a text-book for the student, and as a guide to the physician and pharmaceutist. With many formulas and prescriptions . Wedgewood mortar and pestle. also be found convenient in preparing such ointments and ceratesas require to be introduced into a mortar, being more readilycleansed than wedgewood ware. The one shown in Fig. 85 has apestle of the same material. Fig. Porcelain mortar. Glass mortars are frequently found in the office of the physician,and the shop of the apothecary. They are too soft as well as toosmooth for use in reducing hard substances to powder. The prin-cipal use to whicli they are appropriate, is in forming solutions ofreadily soluble materials, and in making ointments. The small MORTARS. 31. sizes are much employed in fitting up medicine-chests and medicalsaddle-bags. For large operations, as, for instance, in making syrup of bitteralmonds, confection of roses, or mercurial ointment, a marblemortar is most convenient; a perfect block of bard and close grainedmarble of requisite size, is cut out iato a shape corresponding withthat of the perfect wedgewood mortar, represented in Fig. 33. Thepestle is made of the same material, fastened upon a long woodenhandle, which may be projected into an iron ring above, securedproperly over the centre of the mortar, so that while the operatorgives the requisite grinding motion to the lowe
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