Distilled preparation of Antimonium Tartaratum

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Source: Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia [electronic resource] : comparing the strength of the various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added not official preparations and practical hints on prescribing by Squire, Peter; Squire, Alfred Herbert; Squire, Peter Wyatt, Sir, 1847-1919 (1894), materia-95-3.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Antimonium Tartaratum: 29 grs. (after some time) dissolve without residue in a fluid ounce of* Distilled Water at 60° F. (15-5° C), and the solution gives with Sulphuretted Hydrogen an orange precipitate which, when washed and dried at 212° F. (100° 0.), weighs 15-1 grs. (Grolden Sulphuret of Antimony.) Dunstan points out that although the theoretical weight of Sulphide precipitated is only 14-67 grains, the above process is liable to such

Method as extracted

1. Distill according to the source passage: 29 grs. (after some time) dissolve without residue in a fluid ounce of* Distilled Water at 60° F. (15-5° C), and the solution gives with Sulphuretted Hydrogen an orange precipitate which, when washed and dried at 212° F. (100° 0.), weighs 15-1 grs. (Grolden Sulphuret of Antimony.) Dunstan points out that although the theoretical weight of Sulphide precipitated is only 14-67 grains, the above process is liable to such errors, that the weight of the precipitate is likely to be several grains more. He proposes the following : — Dissolve -3 gramme of Tartar Emetic in 80 c. c. of Water, add to this 10 c. c. of a 5 p. c. solution of Bicarbonate of Sodium, and immediately titrate with solution of Iodine, using Starch solution as an indicator.

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