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==British Pharmacopoeia 1867==
 
==British Pharmacopoeia 1867==
=== Honey '' Mel ''===
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=== Indigo ===
“a saccharine sectretion deposited in the honeycomb, by Apis mellifica… the hive bee.” (207)
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“A blue pigment prepared from various species of Indigofera.” (381)
  
'''Characteristics'''
 
 
“When recently separated from the honeycomb, it is a viscid translucent liquid, of a brownish-yellow colour, which gradually becomes partially crystalline and opaque. It has a peculiar heavy odour, and a very sweet taste.” (207) Used in the preparation of:
 
* Mel depuatum
 
 
===Preparations of DRUG  ===
 
===Preparations of DRUG  ===
''' Confection of Pepper ''' / Confectio Piperis (87)
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''' Solution of Sulphate of Indigo ''' (test solution) (390)
* black pepper, in fine powder (2 oz), caraway fruit in fine powder (3 oz), clarified honey (15 oz)
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* indigo, dry and in fine powder (5 grains), sulphuric acid (10 fl oz)
* dose: 60-120 grains
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''' Confection of Scammony ''' / Confectio Scammonii (88-89)
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* Scammony in fine powder (3 oz), ginger, in fine powder (1 ½ oz), oil of caraway (1 fl drachm), oil of cloves (1/2 fl drachm), syrup (3 fl oz), clarified honey (1 ½ oz)
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* 10-30 grains
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''' Confection of Turpentine ''' / Confection Terebinthinae (90)
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* oil of turpentine (1 fl oz), liquorice root, in power (1 oz), clarified honey (2 oz)
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* dose: 60-120 grains
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''' Borax Honey ''' / Mel Boracis (207)
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* borax, in fine powder (64 grains), clarified honey (1 oz)
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''' Clarified Honey ''' / Mel Depuratum (207)
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* honey (5 lb), melted and strained
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* used in the preparations of: Confectio Piperis, Confectio Scammonii, Confection Terebinthinae, Mel Boracis, Oxymel, Oxymel Scillae
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''' Oxymel ''' / Oxymel (231-232)
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* clarified honey (40 oz), acetic acid (5 fl oz), distilled water (5 fl oz)
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* dose 1-2 fl drachms
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''' Oxymel of Squill ''' / Oxymel Scillae (232)
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* vinegar of squill (1 pint), clarified honey (2 pounds)
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* dose: ½ -1 fl drachm
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Description

A dye, used to create black Morocco leather (Yeats 1878, 297).

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British Pharmacopoeia 1867

Indigo

“A blue pigment prepared from various species of Indigofera.” (381)

Preparations of DRUG

Solution of Sulphate of Indigo (test solution) (390)

  • indigo, dry and in fine powder (5 grains), sulphuric acid (10 fl oz)