Guttae Cocainae, B.P.C., Cocaine Eye Drops. Guttae Zinci Chloridi et Cocainae, B.P.C., Zinc C

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GUTTAE COCAINAE, B.P.C.
COCAINE EYE DROPS.

Related entry: Coca

Cocaine Hydrochloride 2.00 | 35 grains
Sterilised Water ... to 100.00 | to 4 fl. ounces

Dissolve the cocaine hydrochloride in the sterilised water.


GUTTAE ZINCI CHLORIDI ET COCAINAE, B.P.C.
ZINC CHLORIDE AND COCAINE EYE DROPS.

Zinc Chloride 0.50 | 2 grains
Cocaine Hydrochloride 0.25 | 1 grain
Sterilised Water to 100.00 | to 440 minims

Dissolve the salts in the sterilised water. Zinc chloride does not make a perfectly clear solution with water, but the filmy deposit is not of importance, and no attempt should be made to dissolve it by the addition of acid.


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