Volume 1

The pharmacopoeia universalis; or, complete encyclopedia of the materia medica. Contained in the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, as well as of all those of Europe and America, dispensatories, formularies, and chemical works of Ainslie [et al.]; giving the officinal [sic] and other synonimes [sic] and scientific characters of simple substances, the preparations of the compounds, according to the various formulae, and the usual doses prescribed. With an appendix. Containing the charters, laws, and regulations, affecting the medical profession; and an outline of medical chemistry, and manipulations in the manufacture of drugs and medicinal waters; including the most recent discoveries in pharmacy / Edited by J. Rennie.

  • Jourdan, A. J. L. (Antoine Jacques Louis), 1788-1848
Date:
1831
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Credit: The pharmacopoeia universalis; or, complete encyclopedia of the materia medica. Contained in the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, as well as of all those of Europe and America, dispensatories, formularies, and chemical works of Ainslie [et al.]; giving the officinal [sic] and other synonimes [sic] and scientific characters of simple substances, the preparations of the compounds, according to the various formulae, and the usual doses prescribed. With an appendix. Containing the charters, laws, and regulations, affecting the medical profession; and an outline of medical chemistry, and manipulations in the manufacture of drugs and medicinal waters; including the most recent discoveries in pharmacy / Edited by J. Rennie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    —one part of cherries, and two of water; ! distil one part.—Austr.—one part of cher- 1 ries, and eight parts of water; distil six parts.—Bavar.—one part of cherries, and ten of water ; distil two parts.—Pol.—three parts of cherries, and a sufficient quantity of water; distil twenty parts. — Ferr.— twenty parts of cherries, and so much of water, as to prevent empyreuma ; distil twenty parts. R. Black Cherries, any quantity. Take out the stones, and express the juice ; crush the stones, mix them with the expressed fruit; then to one part of this mixture, add twenty-four parts of water, and distil six parts. (Van Mons) Sard, directs the juice of cherries to he j expressed ; to add to the expressed fruit, j one half of the stones crushed ; and to distil one third in a water-bath.—Hass.—to ex- press the juice of three pounds of cherries ; to add six pounds of water, and to distil slow- ly, eight pounds. SPIRIT OF BLACK CHERRIES. Aqua Cerasorum niyroriim alcoholica, seu Pruni Avium alcoholica. (Ant. ; Pal at.; Sax. ; Sard. ; Wirtem. ; Brugna- telli ; Van Mons) R. Ripe Black Cherries, any quantity, j Express the juice ; then crush the stones, and put them into a barrel, with the ex- pressed fruit; let the mass ferment, until it has acquired a vinous smell: then distil in a water-bath, and re-distil the product two j or three times upon fresh bruised stones. (Palat. ; Sard.) Wirtem. directs a small quantity of the yeast of beer to be added.—Brugnatelli —to ferment together one part of crushed cherries, with their stones, and one part of boiling water ; to add ten pounds of cold wa- ter, and to distil six parts.—Van Mons— to mix cherries, crushed with their stones with an equal quantity of water ; to let them ferment, to add twenty-four parts of cold water, and to distil six parts.—Sax.—to let one part of crushed cherries and six parts of water ferment together, and to distil two parts. R. Ripe Black Cherries, six pounds. Remove the stones, break them, and let them macerate for three days, with the bruised fruit, in Alcohol (20 degrees), two pounds. Water, four pounds. (Augustin) Then add enough of water, to prevent empyreuma, and distil eight pounds. (Ant.) distilled water of the bird cherry tree, (Merisier a Grappes). Aqua Pruni padi. (Hann. ; Pol.; Sax.; Niemann) R. Bark of the Bird Cherry Tree, eight ounces. Water, twelve ounces. Infuse for a sufficient time, and distil ten ounces. (Niemann) R. Bark of the Bird Cherry Tree, two pounds. Alcohol, two ounces. Water, six pounds. Distil three pounds. (Hann.; Pol.; Sax.; Niemann) COMFORTING MIXTURE. Aqua comforiativa, seu perlata. (Wirtem. ; Spielmann) R. Cherry Water, nine ounces. Linden Water, three ounces. Vinous Cinnamon Water, six drams. Prepared Eastern Pearls, a scruple. Prepared White Coral, half a dram. Burnt Hartshorn, two scruples. Rose Mixture, one ounce and a half. Dose, from half an ounce to one ounce. DISTILLED WATER OF BITTER ALMONDS. Aqua Amygdalarum amararum. (Batav. ; Gall. ; Ferr. ; Hann.; IIass.; Borus.; Brugnatelli; Piderit; Swediaur ; Van Mons) R. Fresh Bitter Almonds, pounded, two parts. Alcohol, one twelfth part. Water, six parts. Distil two parts. (Hann. ; Borus.) Sax. gives the same proportions, but di- rects three parts to be distilled.—Bavar. directs six parts of almonds, one part of alcohol (0,900), and eleven parts of water; and six to be distilled.—Swediaur—twen- ty-four of almonds, one of proof spirit, and seventy-two of water ; and twenty-four to be distilled.—Van Mons — twelve of almonds, one of proof spirit, and one hun- dred and fifty of water ; and thirty-six to be distilled. R. Bitter Almonds, pounded, one part. Water, two parts. Distil one half part. (Gall.; Ferr.) Hass. ; and Piderit direct one part of almonds, and twelve of water ; and eight to be distilled. — Bruns.—two of almonds, three of water; and two thirds of the liquid to be distilled. ESSENTIAL OIL OF BITTER ALMONDS. (Niemann) R. Ritter Almonds, any quantity.