OIL OF TURPENTINE.
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, y i ' I' 1 “Wacom discharges from the urino-genital organs; as gonorrhoea,2 ’» Iencon ' lla; a, and chronic cystorrhcea.n e ' chronic catarrh, both mucous and pituitous, occurring in oldg °ns of a lax fibre and lymphatic temperament.rar n c / lron ^ c mucous diarrhoea, especially when accompanied with ulce-H>n of 1 }^, mucous follicles.
°f th \ C °^ C anc ^ °^ ier cascs of obstinate constipation, Cullen {Treat.of tv. Med.) found a turpentine emulsion used as a clyster “ one
- ® m ost certain laxatives.”
n, '. n chronic rheumatism, especially sciatica and lumbago, the tur-u ^ s ai 'e occasionally used.
i tl( i 5 detergents and digestives they have been sometimes applied to^ out and ill-conditioned ulcers.
s e ' ^nisthation.—T he dose of the terebintliinate oleo-resin is from aelect 6 to a drachm. They are given in the form of pill, emulsion , orli (ll an J- To give the softer hinds a consistence fit for making pills," *th < j e P ovv der may be added to them. Bordeaux turpentine, mixedX(,]jd. ..°ut one -twenty-eighth part of its weight of calcined magnesia,bine ' n about twelve hours: the acid resins of this turpentine com-the magnesia, and form solid resinates, which absorb them U cif G 0l ^ - A turpentine emulsion is made with the yolk of egg, orele c , °f gum Arabic, sugar, and some aromatic water. To form anfr 0 , n , ar y they are mixed with sugar or honey. An emulsion, containingin 0 i . a u ounce to an ounce of turpentine, may be used as a clyster,Tl} S Ula * e ooustipation, ascarides, &c.ent ei .® terebinthinate oleo-resins yield several officinal substances, and, n lnto seve ral preparations:—
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| liE Bi\- nnNA v„ LGARIS> L. D. yields Oleum, TerebintMna, L. E. D. and Resina,* 1).; and enters into tlie composition ol Mmplastrum GalOauij L. and Uti-
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• , EBin thina veneta, E. D. is a constituent of Emplastrum Cantharidis compo-3. y (ii Urn ' E. and Unguentum Jnfusi Cantharidis , E.
an j Tls Resina, L.,Thus, D. yields Pine Abietina, L. (Pix Burgundica, E. D.):P paters into the composition of Emplastrum Galbani, L., Emplastrum Opii. L.,■a I f"f rum Picis, L., Emplastrum Aromaticum, D., and Emplastrum Thuris, D.
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7V^ e ^ essen tial oil is frequently, though erroneously, called Spirits of
is obtained by submitting to distillation a mixture'a du e 11Can tur P e »tine (which has been melted and strained) and waterdistin P r °P or ti°ns, ui the ordinary copper still, with a naked fire. The. l )ro( hict is found to consist of oil of turpentine swimming onhigher t ° res ^ ue * n the still is resin. If no water be employed a muchdie r( a , eni perature is required to effect tlie distillation, and danger is°f tu^j > Mcurred of causing empyreuma. Mr. Floekton, a large distilleryi(;ld,! ( i p ne ™ this metropolis, informs me the average quantity of oily American turpentine is from 14 to 1(1 per cent. He also tells°do Ur tiordeaux turpentine yields an oil having a more disagreeableTo ep . a ros ' u of inferior quality.
hiie sh ' 1 ’, nV ° ^ a b traces of resinous and acid matters, oil of turpen-°uld be re-distilled from a solution of caustic potash, and this is