Volume 7

An ephemeris of materia medica, pharmacy, therapeutics and collateral information / by Edward F. Squibb.

  • Squibb, Edward Robinson, 1819-1900.
Date:
1885-
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An ephemeris of materia medica, pharmacy, therapeutics and collateral information / by Edward F. Squibb. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    alcoholic fluid extracts and that they will keep quite indefinitely. For those who are still interested in following up this subject, the same table of drugs given here last year is again presented. No apparent change has yet taken place in the general appearance of these Acetic Fluid Extracts during the past year. Those then marked “turbid” (with one exception, Wild Cherry) must still be classed as “turbid”, but there is no apparent increase in the turbidity. The noticeable mellowness spoken of last year in these sample fluid extracts has not only been maintained but has increased in some cases so that “ageing” is an important element in their palatability. Drug. Liquid Portion, Per cent. Deposit, Per cent. Condition. Aconite Root. 99 1 Clear Allspice. 98 2 4 i Arnica Root... 99 1 Turbid Aromatic Powder.. 95 5 4 4 Belladonna Leaf. 95 5 Clear “ Root. 98 2 4 4 Bittersweet. 98 2 4 4 Black Pepper... 95 5 4 4 Buchu. . 99 1 4 4 “ and Potassium Acetate. 99 1 4 i Buckthorn . 99 1 4 4 Burdock . 99 1 4 i Calumba. 95 5 Turbid Cannabis Indica. 99 1 Clear Capsicum ... 98 2 4 i Cardamom. 99 1 4 4 Cascara Sagrada. 99 1 Aromatic. 97 3 4 4 Cassia, Saigon. 98 2 4 4 Celery.. 99 1 4 4 Cimicifuga... 99 1 Cinchona, Red Compound. 98 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 98 2 4 4 Yellow. 98 2 4 4 Compound. 98 2 4 4 Cinnamon Ceylon.. 25 75 { Tendency to Gelatinize Cloves.. 98 2 Clear Coca..... 97 3 4 4 Colchicum Seed.. 99 1 4 4