The Edinburgh new dispensatory ... including complete ... translations of the ... London pharmacopoeia, published in 1791; Dublin pharmacopoeia, published in 1794; and of the new ed. of the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia, published in 1803 ... / [Edited, with extensive alterations and additions] By Andrew Duncan, jun.

  • Lewis, William, 1708-1781
Date:
1803
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Credit: The Edinburgh new dispensatory ... including complete ... translations of the ... London pharmacopoeia, published in 1791; Dublin pharmacopoeia, published in 1794; and of the new ed. of the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia, published in 1803 ... / [Edited, with extensive alterations and additions] By Andrew Duncan, jun. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SPIRITUS RAPHANI COMPOSITUS. Land. Duh. Compound Spirit of Horfe-Radi/b. Take of Frefli horfe-radifh root, Dried outer-rind of Seville oranges, each two pounds ; Frelh herb of garden fcurvy-grals, four pounds ■, Bruifed nutmegs, one ounce ; Proof-fpirit, two gallons, (eighteen pounds, Dubi) Water fufficient to prevent empjreuma. JDraw off two gallons, (eighteen pounds, Dubi) Although this procefs tnaj furnifh an agreeable compound, fpirit, yet it is much to be doubted, whether it poflefles thofe an- tifcorbutic powers for which it was once celebrated. SPIRITUS AMMONIA FCETIDUS. Lond. * Fetid Spirit of A7nmonia. Take of Proof-fpirit, fix pints •, Sal ammoniac, one pound ; AfafcEtida, four ounces. Potafii, one pound and a half. , Mix them, and draw off by diftillation five pints, with a flow fire. Edin. SriRiTus Alcali Volatilis Foetidus. Dub. Fetid spirit of Volatile Alkali. Take of Spirit of ammonia, eight ounces, (ten ounces. Dub.) Afafoetida, half an ounce. ' Digeft in a clofe veflel twelve hours j then diftil off, with the heat of boiling water, eight ounces. This fpirit, the laft formula of which is the bell, as being moll eafily prepared, is defigned as an antihyfleric, and is undoubtedly a very elegant one. Volatile fpirits, impregnated for thefe pur- pofes with different fetids, have been ufually kept in the fliops ; the ingredient here chofen, is the bell calculated of any for ge- neral ufe, and equivalent in virtue to them all. The fpirit is pale •when newly diltilled, but acquires a confiderable tinge by keep- ing-