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Source: Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias ... by Squire, Peter (1882), narrative-offset-422101.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- EXTRACTUM FILICIS LIQUIDUM: Ether, 24, or a sufficiency: pack the male fern closely in a percolator and pass the ether slowly through it until it passes colourless; distil off the ether, and the liquid extract remains. | Pharm. Dose, 15 to 830 mins.—60 to 80 minims in milk, or made into an emulsion with 1 to 2 drms. of very fresh mucilage, or drm. to 1 drm. of powdered Acacia, or 4 drm. of compound powder of 'Tragacanth, and with peppermint wat
Method as extracted
- Mix according to the source passage: Ether, 24, or a sufficiency: pack the male fern closely in a percolator and pass the ether slowly through it until it passes colourless; distil off the ether, and the liquid extract remains. | Pharm. Dose, 15 to 830 mins.—60 to 80 minims in milk, or made into an emulsion with 1 to 2 drms. of very fresh mucilage, or drm. to 1 drm. of powdered Acacia, or 4 drm. of compound powder of 'Tragacanth, and with peppermint water or milk to form a 2 oz. draught ; best given on an empty stomach, and for tenia one-third part of the dose should be given at intervals of half an hour. (In all the Pharmacopoeias except Dan.;
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- Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias ... — Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias ...Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-422101.