Emplastrum Belladonnae Mitius, B.P.C. Milder Belladonna Plaster.

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Related entry: Atropa

Liquid Extract of Belladonna 33.33 | 1 fluid ounce
Resin Plaster (contains lead) ... to 100.00 | to 3 ounces

Concentrate the liquid extract by distilling off the alcohol. and evaporating on a water-bath, until the residue weighs 10 (131 grains); then add the previously melted plaster, and mix. This plaster contains about 0.25 per cent. of the alkaloids of belladonna root, and is less likely to produce poisonous symptoms than Emplastrum Belladonnae, B.P. If this plaster be desired of a bright green colour, chlorophyll may be added in sufficient quantity.


The British Pharmaceutical Codex, 1911, was published by direction of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.