A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . of finished product. Decoc-tions made according to the general rule of the present Pharmacopoeiawill, therefore, be about thirty per cent, stronger. We give give below a list of all the decoctions of the two editionsof the U. S. Pharmacopoeia, 1870 and 1880, and their respectivestrengths. The figures all represent weight. It will be found that oneavoirdupois ounce of drug will, according to the proportions of thePharmacopoeia of 1870, yield fourteen and one-half U. S. fluidounces ofdecoction, this corresponding to sixteen fluidounces from each tr
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . of finished product. Decoc-tions made according to the general rule of the present Pharmacopoeiawill, therefore, be about thirty per cent, stronger. We give give below a list of all the decoctions of the two editionsof the U. S. Pharmacopoeia, 1870 and 1880, and their respectivestrengths. The figures all represent weight. It will be found that oneavoirdupois ounce of drug will, according to the proportions of thePharmacopoeia of 1870, yield fourteen and one-half U. S. fluidounces ofdecoction, this corresponding to sixteen fluidounces from each troy-ounce y and fourteen and one-half fluidounces of decoction will weighabout fifteen avoirdupois ounces. Hence— 1870. Decoctum Cetrariae , 1 to 30 Chimaphilas 1 15 Cinchonas Flavas 1 15 Cinchonas Rubrae 1 15 Cornus Florida? 1 15 Dulcamaras 1 15 Hasmatoxyli 1 15 Hordei 1 15 Quercus Albas 1 15 Sarsaparillas Comp 1 10 Senegas 1 15 Uvas^Ursi 1 15 26 1880. 1 to 20 1 a 10 1 tt 10 1 u 10 1 it 10 1 a 10 1 a 10 1 It 10 1 tt 10 1 tt 10 1 tt 10 1 a 10. 402 A COMPANION TO THE In Decoctum Sarsaparillse Compositum the proportion of Mezereonhas been increased sixty per cent. (See Sarsap. Decoct. Comp.)The increase in strength of the decoctions is an improvement. Delphinium. Delphinium. Delphinii Semina—Larkspur Seed; Rittersporn-Samen, G.; Sentence de pied dalouette, F. Origin.—Delphinium consolida, Linne (JRanunculacew).Habitat.—Central Europe. Part used.—Seeds. Description.—Flat, angular, four-sided, ex-ternally black, internally whitish, oily. Odor,none ; taste, bitter, acrid. See Figs. 231, 232. Constituents.—The alkaloid delphinine,which is very poisonous. The seeds also contain Figs. 231, 232. —Delphi- fixed ol1mum natural size and en- Properties.—Diuretic, cathartic, emetic; ex- ternally rubefacient ; seldom — to gram (1 to 3 grains). DELPHIMI EXTKACTUM FLUIDUM. Fluid Extract of Delphinium. To make five hundred cubic centimeters (or its equivalent
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