Arsenic
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British Pharmacopoeia 1867
Preparations of Arsenic
Arsenious Acid / Acidum Arseniosum (syn: arsenicum album)[1]
- “an anhydrous acid, obtained by roating arsenical orse, and purified by sublimation”
- “occurs as a heavy white powder, or in sublimed masses which usually present a stratigied appearance caused by the existence of separated layers differing from each other in degrees of opacity”
- given in dosages of 1/60 – 1/12 a grain, in a solution
- used in the preparations of Liquor Arenicalis (4 grains in 1 fl oz) and in Liquor Arsenici Hydrochloricus (4 grains in 1 fluid oz)
Areseniate of Iron / Ferri Arsenian[2]
- sulphate of iron (9 oz), Arsenitate of Soda, dried at 300° (4 oz), acetate of soda (3 oz), and boiling distilled water are combined to form…
- “A tasteless amorphous powder of a green colour, insoluble in water, but reaily dissolved by hydrochloric acid.”
- given in a dosage of 1/16 – ½ grains
- also considered to be a preparation of iron [3]
Arsenical Solution / Liquor Arsenicalis (syn: Liquor Potasse Arsenitis, Fowler’s Solution”[4]
- Arsenious Acid, in powder (80 grains), Carbonate of Potash (80 grains), Compound Ticture of Lavendar (5 fl drachms), and distilled water used to create
- “a reddish liquid, alkaline to test paper, and having the odour of lavender”
- given in a dose of 2-8 minims
Hydrochloric Solution of Arsenic / Liquor Arsenici Hydrochloricus [5]
- Arsenious acid, in powder (80 grains), hydrochloric acid (2 fl drachms), and distilled water
- “A colourless liquid, having an acid reaction.”
- given in a dosage of 2-8 minims
Solution of Arseniate of Soda / Liquor Sodae Arseniatis[6]
- Arseniate of Soda (rendered anhydrogenus by heat not exceeding 300°) (4 grains), dissolved in one fluid once of water
Arseniate of Soda / Sodae Arsenias[7]
- Arsenious Acid (10 oz), Nitrate of Soda (8 ½ oz), dried carbonate of soda (5 ½ oz), and boiling distilled water (35 oz)
- “In colourless transparent prisms soluble in water”
- given in a dose of 1/16 – 1/8 grains
- used in the preparation of Liquor Sodae Arseniatis (6.6 grains, or 4 grains dried) in 1 fl oz
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
Savory warns those using arsenic, along with mercurial salts, digitalis, &c., that these products can accumulate in the system, and therefore should not be rapidly administered. [8] He Also notes that there is no known cure for arsenic poisoning, and as such, the stomach should be emptied immediately by use of sulphate of zinc.[9] However, arsenic "is a remedy of at least equal power with quinine," when treating ague, or intermittent fever. For this treatment, Fowler's Solution of Arsenic can be administered along with a dose of Jeremie's Solution of Opium. [10]
References
- ↑ General Medical Council of Great Britain, British Pharmacopeia, (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 6 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene
- ↑ General Medical Council of Great Britain, British Pharmacopeia, (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 129-30 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene
- ↑ GMCGB, 140
- ↑ GMCGB, 180-81
- ↑ GMCGB, 181-82
- ↑ GMCGB, 196
- ↑ GMCGB, 286
- ↑ Savory, John. A Compendium of Domestic Medicine (London: John Churchill and Sons, 1865), 21. https://books.google.ca/books?id=VxoDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ Savory, 198
- ↑ Savory, 226
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