MISTURA CATECHU ET CRETAE, B.P.C.
CATECHU AND CHALK MIXTURE.
Related entry: Catechu
Tincture of Catechu | 4.16 | | | 400 minims |
Chalk Mixture | to 100.00 | | | to 20 fl. ounces |
Mix.
Dose.—15 to 30 mils (1/2 to 1 fluid ounce).
MISTURA CRETAE COMPOSITA, B.P.C.
COMPOUND CHALK MIXTURE.
Synonym.—Board of Health Cholera Mixture.
Compound Aromatic Powder | 2.05 | | | 180 grains |
Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia | 1.88 | | | 180 minims |
Tincture of Catechu | 6.25 | | | 1 1/4 fl. ounces |
Compound Tincture of Cardamoms | 3.75 | | | 360 minims |
Tincture of Opium | 0.62 | | | 60 minims |
Chalk Mixture | to 100.00 | | | to 20 fl. ounces |
Triturate the compound aromatic powder with a small quantity of the chalk mixture, and gradually add sufficient of the latter to produce about 50 (10 fluid ounces); then add the tinctures and spirit, previously mixed together, and make up to the required volume with chalk mixture.
Dose.—30 mils (1 fluid ounce) for an adult; 15 mils (1/2 fluid ounce) for a child twelve years old; 8 mils (2 fluid drachms) for a child seven years old.
The British Pharmaceutical Codex, 1911, was published by direction of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.