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Powder of Carbonate of potash

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

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It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
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Source: Translation of the Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, of London, 1851 : with notes and illustrations by Royal College of Physicians of London; Phillips, Richard, 1778-1851; University of Leeds. Library (1851), monograph-offset-691147-1.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Carbonate of potash: Take of Carbonate of Soda a pound, Distilled Water forty-eight fluidounces, Chloride of Sodium four ounces, Binoxide of Manganese three ounces, Sulphuric Acid two fluidounces and a half; Dissolve the Carbonate in two pints of the Water ; then put the Chloride and Binoxide, rubbed to powder, into a retort; and add to them the Sulphuric Add, previously mixed with three fluidounces of the Water and cooled.

Method as extracted

  1. Grind according to the source passage: Take of Carbonate of Soda a pound, Distilled Water forty-eight fluidounces, Chloride of Sodium four ounces, Binoxide of Manganese three ounces, Sulphuric Acid two fluidounces and a half; Dissolve the Carbonate in two pints of the Water ; then put the Chloride and Binoxide, rubbed to powder, into a retort; and add to them the Sulphuric Add, previously mixed with three fluidounces of the Water and cooled.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, non botanical title identity, not marked promotable, critical hazard archive only. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

Modern safety boundary

Professional review advised

Professional review is advised before any practical use of this preparation.

  • 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.
  • Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
  • Automated review flags: corrosive or toxic chemical.
Sources & editorial standard

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Primary and supporting references

  1. Translation of the Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, of London, 1851 : with notes and illustrations — Translation of the Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, of London, 1851 : with notes and illustrationsPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at monograph-offset-691147-1.
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