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fhe Co f n ^ le form of a very fine powder, and the syrup to be added when>Hg f 0r ectlon is to be used. The Edinburgh College adopts the follovv-“Aromatic Powder, svj.; Senega, in fine powder, 3iij ;togetjjg luse< l in a little Sherry, 3ss.; Syrup of' Ginger , lb.j. Mix themploy C( j •’ av *A beat into an electuary”). Aromatic and narcotic. Em-au a< ]: 111 flatulent colic and diarrhoea ; in the latter complaint usually asNation Ct mixture. Dose, gr. x. to 5j.—The Dublin pre-

"Tli e r contains gr. j. of opium in about twenty-five grains of confection.1,1 Peril . ° n l )r<; P ara tioii is somewhat weaker, and contains gr. j . of opiumfrjUy.p a P s thirty-six grains. The Edinburgh preparation is still weaker;

>/ eo grains of it containing about one grain of opium.

Pe.sj,) A p' LA ^Ti-i uai Opii, L. E. D. (Hard Opium , powdered, 3ss. ;ffijjj ot Spruce Fir, powdered, 3iij.; Plaster of Lead, lb.j.; Water,the , -‘d the Resin of the Spruce Fir, the Opium , and the Water, to

Prop er le<a blaster, and with a slow fire boil down until all unite into av btt ( '. insistence, L. — The Edinburgh and Dublin Colleges omit the

ail d, for the Resin of the Spruce Fir, substitute Burgundy Pitch).s*a. [. as a topical anodyne in rheumatism, lumbago, and neu-!). » ts powers are very slight, or even equivocal.

- Tra ctttm Optt v i p r i.'i t' f!'t 'w |, Extr actum

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ral kia.

?*»! g .T Rac tvm Opr i purificatom, L. Extr actum Opii, E . Extrac-^ s ti]]p*i a 9 Uosu in, D. (Opium sliced, Sxx. [Oj. E .; Sij . D.] ; Waterto tl ^ -0-]> Cong. j. [Ov. E .; Oj. D.\ Adda little

'hfitq ^ le opium, and macerate for twelve hours, that it may soften ;^ r e v er rem aining water being poured in gradually, rub them until theyr^i’Uh 'i- e ^ m ^ xe Aj an d set by, that the dregs may subside; afterwards\^ e ge i- < l Uor > and evaporate to a proper consistence, L. —The Edinburgh

I ^ea t - ts A ve times, in successive pints of water, and for twenty-four

tlm e. The evaporation is directed to be effected by a vapour-bef ° r « ev 6 r>whVm College exposes the infusion to the air for two daysthe JJtooration). When opium is digested in water, this fluid takesf Hum ^ ° Us principle, the salts of morphia and codeia, the narco tina,11 1 '! 1 lent] !- C extrac tive, and some of the resin. A portion of morphia is

II s o]m" V *°und in the dregs. Moreover, a portion of the oil is found in16 I'Osb/ 011 ' concentration, the odorous principle is dissipated, and

Se par Un< ^ ^ le combined with, and in part saturating the narcotina,^'Aissoly' 1 ^' d'hese matters would be more completely got rid of byj^Ples, a ^ Ul S the extract in water. The removal of these inert prin-t J°n of tv " as the impurities of opium and the consequent concentra-r, 6 e Xtr a ( ac d ve constituents of this substance, must, of course, renderd n Ut n vj 11 a more powerful preparation than ordinary opium. Goodwp- S more than half its weight (from CO to 70 per cent.) ofo'hile o’j lc ‘b therefore, should be at least one-third more active thanw 6 general™' ^’ s usually believed to operate with less disturbance too °l’ e d as SyStem than the ordinary preparations of opium. It is em-0 an anodyne, sedative, and soporific, in cases where crude* §r. iv. lts tincture disagrees. The dose of it is from gr. j to gr. iij.

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Celtic* of - vears slnce * assured me that the only ingredients employed in thethi s a So Hewhw f Uor °P™ sedativus were opium, water, and heat. It appears tosome othL • * eco,iic acid than the ordinary tincture of opium. Probably

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1> °/^ er principles of opium are got rid of by successive evaporations_ i. .^l‘Qat)S an nnupmic colntion of flio M/aforr pvtraP t. of onium. with the t

°f a ] iul erba Ps an aqueous solution of the watery extract of opium, with the addi-e spirit to preserve it, would be a convenient substitute.