Extractum Scillae Liquidum, B.P.C. Liquid Extract of Squill.
Botanical name:
Related entries: Squill
| Squill, in No. 10 powder | 100.00 | | | 20 ounces |
| Alcohol (70 per cent.) ... | to 100.00 | | | to 20 fl. ounces |
Moisten the drug with 20 (4 fluid ounces) of the alcohol, pack in a percolator, and exhaust by percolation with the same liquid. Reserve the first 70 (14 fluid ounces) of percolate, distil off most of the alcohol from the subsequent percolate, evaporate the residue to a soft extract, and dissolve this in the reserved portion; then add sufficient of the alcohol to produce the required volume, and filter.
Dose.—½ to 2 decimils (0.05 to 0.2 milliliters) (1 to 3 minims).
