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Pills of Soap with Opium contain one grain of opium in five* Lond

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Piscicide

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Source: The Edinburgh new dispensatory [electronic resource] : containing, I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry: II. The materia medica, or, The natural, pharmaceutical, and medical history, of the substances employed in medicine: III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions including translations of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia published in 1817, of the Dublin Pharmacopoeia in 1807, and of the London Pharmacopoeia in 1815. Illustrated and explained in the languages, and according to the by Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832; Rixon, H., active 19th century former owner; St. Thomas's Hospital. Medical School Library former owner; King's College London (1822), paragraph-12454.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Pills of Soap with Opium contain one grain of opium in five* Lond. ‘ Tincture qf Opium is made with two scruples of opium in each ounce of the liquid, or with five grains in each drachm ; but a drachm of the tincture appears, by evaporation, to contain about three grains and a half of opium
  • Tincture qf Opium contains, in a drachm measure, about four grains and a half of purified opium
  • Camphorated Tincture of Opium contains in four drachms and a half, by measure, very nearly one grain of purified opium
  • Dub, Camphorated Tincture qf Opium is made with two grains of opium in each ounce' of liquid

Method as extracted

    Live editorial status

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    Toxic / do not self-use

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    • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
    • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
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    • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
    • Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic, toxic metal or mineral.
    Sources & editorial standard

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    Primary and supporting references

    1. The Edinburgh new dispensatory [electronic resource] : containing, I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry: II. The materia medica, or, The natural, pharmaceutical, and medical history, of the substances employed in medicine: III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions including translations of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia published in 1817, of the Dublin Pharmacopoeia in 1807, and of the London Pharmacopoeia in 1815. Illustrated and explained in the languages, and according to the — The Edinburgh new dispensatory [electronic resource] : containing, I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry: II. The materia medica, or, The natural, pharmaceutical, and medical history, of the substances employed in medicine: III. The pharmaceutical pPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-12454.
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