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Syrup of Remarks

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Use not statedUse not stated PreparationSyrup RouteInternal use

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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 Phillips, Richard, 1778-1851, translator (1851), narrative-offset-399852.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Remarks: Remarks.—H MrLockK is an indigenous plant belonging to the natural family Umbellifere, all parts of which, but especially the leaves and seeds, contain the singular liquid alkaloid called Conia, the best method of procuring which is to add to the bruised seeds eight times their weight of dilute solution of potash, and distil so long as the distillate has any smell ; this neutralized by dilute sulphuric acid is to be

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: Remarks.—H MrLockK is an indigenous plant belonging to the natural family Umbellifere, all parts of which, but especially the leaves and seeds, contain the singular liquid alkaloid called Conia, the best method of procuring which is to add to the bruised seeds eight times their weight of dilute solution of potash, and distil so long as the distillate has any smell ; this neutralized by dilute sulphuric acid is to be evaporated to a syrup, which when treated with a mixture of 1 part of ether and 2 parts of rectified spirit, yield to it the sulphate of conia; this solution is to be evapo- rated to dryness. The product must then be rapidly distilled with a strong solution of potash, which affords conia, which may be reetified from lime, and then dried by being placed 7» vacuo over sulphuric acid.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, title ingredient mismatch, 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

Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.

The public record separates the historical passage, structured preparation data, use relationship and modern safety boundary. Same-plant context is presented as context, never as proof that this preparation was intended for that use.

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 narrative-offset-399852.
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