1315
THE WHITE POPPY.
Ir^cetate of morphia is usually prepared by evaporating its solution todii r „ es f b .V a gentle heat. Obtained in this way it is amorphous. -«ol„‘. u 1 1° obtain pure, as it readily undergoes decomposition, wfeha] 10n evaporated, and is converted into a mixture of morp ia \
C(, lrn Cela -te, and the super-acetate of morphia. Hence, as meaci ! Cl ' C( b it is imperfectly soluble in water, unless a few drops of acetica re b f a< Med. It is usually slightly coloured. Its crystals, when pme,; c ^urle SS an d radiating. The following is the composition of this
-- nr. Per Cent.
'll
Morphia .
Acetic acid ..Water
salt
Atoms.
... 11
-^tatelf Morphia.-
r J stallized acetate of morphia is, , . , i ,.r
HpS' re "'Hly dissolved in water- Its oilier properties are such as
mi —Ph. L.
hi.
Eq- H T t
100 00
\\fy
ffissolvcd in water. Its other properties »—
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The ti\f- s °I u hle in alcohol than in water,salt ln ^ Ur ffh College gives the following characters of the purity of
One
a -“i mmce of water and
fi
tC ■'"‘"inis et i mea * ures of a solution of ten grains in half a fluid ounce of water and'0*’ yield° f . acet ‘ < : ac ’ l b heated to 212°, and decomposed by a faint excess of am-,5ur es of n V- Station a precipitate which, in twenty-four hours, occupies 15‘a
ll) e liquid.
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* Sur es of^tlj^p a gi ta tiou a precipitate >.
^ T ma* Q PlU . jB Hi 'i>ROCHLORAS, L. Morphia Murias. In the London n j. this salt is directed to be prepared as follows:—
W^^iein^n" 1 : ? licet h lb. j.; Crystals of Chloride of Lead, gij., or as much as may
h .. ur *tied Animal Charcoal, giijss.; Hydrochloric Acid ; Distilled Water;
■ —.... he sufficient. Macerate the opium in four
—. 1 = flin-est for twenty
ii 6 " f On
l ll ,.-- c ie , n. I V m ^ I,c ^Jb.j.; Crystals of Chlorine oiNu* 011 °f An uri Animal Charcoal, giijss.; Hydrochloric Acid ; uisim... ....
°f distil) 11 ? 011 ' 8 ’ eac '* as m, ich as may be sufficient. Macerate the opium in four
ed water for thirty hours, and bruise it; afterwards digest for twenty■ .remains again, and a third time, in water,’ H- Evaporate the
C* of ’.j- Amr "__
U>a t Fs ."ater for thirty hours, anil iinn.i.
*iii t '* Olay P r ess it. Macerate what remains ajjain, and a thirij nine, ».» —
from taste, and as often bruise and press it. Evaporate the
l 5 la,®f disti]|’j Vlt " a * leat °f 140°, to the consistence of a syrup. Then add three
ed water, and. when all the impurities have subsided, po! '
—.« of chloride of lead
i taste, and as one.. _
tj, di s tjj|’ .' viln a neat m 140°, to the consistence of a syrup, inch .
'I h i u °r. r ,Wat , er ’ an( b when all the impurities have subsided, pour off the super*mj es uffi c i e , ^dually add to this two ounces of chloride of lead, or as much as. , first dissolved in four pints of boiling distilled water, till nothing"'a t H’ Ua ted. Pour off the liquor, and wash what remains frequently
: f <4 * t ‘W ter - Then evaporate the mixed liquors as before, with a gentle•2f)s> 'fled VVa( s Dla y be formed. Press these in a cloth, then dissolve them in a pint'liat’ a >id straj,, 1 ^ digest, with an ounce and a half of animal charcoal, in a heat of^Par- e Cr ystal’ ^ ma by, the charcoal being washed, evaporate the liquors cautiously,p rev j S be produced. To the liquor poured off from the crystals first
^' s i a- 13 ’^ re QUe U E fl'ixcd with a pint of water, gradually drop in as much solution ofK ; ' s btd with*!)- s ^ la i'i |1 g h, as may be sufficient to precipitate all the morphia. To, ,f c<j ]^ es t it .. ‘billed water, add hydrochloric acid, that it may be saturated : after-v b ^ e ' n g th ll " tW ° oun(:es °I animal charcoal, and strain. Lastly, the animal- 6 Pfuduced " as ljed, evaporate the liquors cautiously, that pure crystals
cJ V Me r ex ‘
; a p a ae ^ s from opium the meconate and sulphate of morphia andf^Qina • ^ le narcotin , of the meconine, of the narceine, and of\\jft oil \y| C I* rown acid extractive; and a part of the resin , and ofa ] itt , chl °ri<le of lead is added to infusion of opium, meco-
i tie sulphate of lead, and some resinous colouring matter,
of morphia and of codeia are
-*- 1 " ’ c 'ben decomposed by