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Title: A companion to the United States pharmacopia;
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Oldberg, Oscar, 1846- (from old catalog) Wall, O. A. (Otto Augustus), 1846-1922, joint author
Subjects: Pharmacopias
Publisher: New York, W. Wood & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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but nearly alwaysin combination with moreactive remedies, such aspotassium iodide, mercuric Figs. 481-484.-a. subcuticular cells of Vera.Cruz chloride, guaiac, etc. It isfearsapariila; o, same of Honduras Sarsaparilla ; c. m . uucleus sheath of Vera Cruz Sarsaparilla ; d, same of given in Secondary and ter- Honduras Sarsaparilla : all magnified. .. 7 .7. , . „ tiary syphilis, and especiallywhen the patient is in a broken-down condition. After a long-continuedmercurial treatment sarsaparjlla with potassium iodide is a valuablecombination. The fluid extract and the syrup are the most effective and convenientpreparations. Dose.—Powder, two to five grams (30 to 75 grains). SARSAPAEILL^E DECOCTUM.Decoction of Sarsaparilla. From seventy-five grams (or about 2J avoirdupois ounces) of thedrug make five hundred grams (equal to about 17 U. S. fluidounces).A trifle stronger than the preparation of the British Pharmacopoeia.Dose.—Fifty to one hundred cubic centimeters (2 to 3 fluidounces).
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SAESAPARILL/E DECOCTUM COMPOSITUM. Compound Decoction of Sarsaparilla. Three hundred grams (10 ounces) cut and bruised sarsaparilla, sixtygrams (2 ounces) rasped guaiacum wood, sixty grams sassafras, in No. 20powder, sixty grams bruised glycyrrhiza, and thirty grams (1 ounce) cut UNITED STATES PHARMACOPCEIA. 897 and bruised mezereum are required to make three thousand grams (about100 ounces) of the decoction. The sarsaparilla and guaiacum woodare first boiled in three thousand cubic centimeters (6 pints) of waterfor half an hour ; then the other ingredients are added and maceratedwith the decoction for two hours, the vessel being well covered. Thenthe preparation is strained and enough water added through the strainerto make the finished product weigh three thousand grams (it will meas-ure about 6 pints). Dose.—Ninety to one hundred and fifty cubic centimeters (3 to 5fluidounces) three times daily. SARSAPARILLA DECOCTUM COMPOSITUM FORTIUS. Stronger Zittmanns Decoction. Macerate one

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