Plaster of Materia medica

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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 London Pharmacopoeia, published in 1809 ; of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia, in 1805 ; and of the Dublin Pharmacopoeia, in 1807. Illustrated and explained in the language, and according to by Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832; Whitfield, Richard Gullet, -1877 former owner; Wright, John, -1824; St. Thomas's Hospital. Medical School Library former owner; King's College London (1810), monograph-offset-586772-1.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Materia Medica: It is rarely met with pure, even In the places where it is produced ; the dust, blown upon the plant by the wind, mingling witli the viscid juice, and the inhabitants also being said to mix it witli a certain black sand. ■ In the shops two sorts are met with ; the best (which is very rare) is in dark-coloured, almost black, masses, of the consistence of a soft plaster, which grows still softer upon being handled ; of

Method as extracted

1. Mix according to the source passage: It is rarely met with pure, even In the places where it is produced ; the dust, blown upon the plant by the wind, mingling witli the viscid juice, and the inhabitants also being said to mix it witli a certain black sand. ■ In the shops two sorts are met with ; the best (which is very rare) is in dark-coloured, almost black, masses, of the consistence of a soft plaster, which grows still softer upon being handled ; of a very agreeable smell, and of a light, pun- gent, bitterish taste : the other sort is harder, not so dark-co- loured, in long rolls coiled up ; this is of a much weaker smell th..n the first, and has a larger admixture of a fine sand, which m the ladanum examined by the French academy, made up thi ee fourths of the mass ; and that found in the shops seems even more sandy. What Neumann examined, however, gave mi 5400 alcoholic, and 480 watery; and inversely, 960 watery, 240 Materia Medica, PART II, •and 4960 alcoholic extract, from 7680 parts.

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