POPULAR AND OFFICIAL NAMES OF MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS.
Reading edition
Baking soda Sodium bicarbonate. Sodii bicarbonas.
Basham’s mixture Solution of iron and Liquor ferri etmmonii acetatis.
ammonium acetate.
Blaud’s pills Pills of iron carbonate. Pilulæ ferri carbonatis.
Blue mass or blue pill. Mass of mercury. Massa hydrargyri.
Blue ointment Ointment of mercury. Unguentum hydrargyri.
Borax Sodium borate. Sodii boras.
Brown mixture Compound licorice mixture. Mistura glycyrrhizæ compositæ.
Calomel Mild chlorid of mercury. Hydrargyri chloridum mite.
Castor oil Oleum ricini.
Cod-liver oil Oleum morrhuæ.
Corrosive sublimate. Corrosive chlorid of mercury. Hydrargyri chloridum corrosivum.
Cream-of-tartar Potassium bitartrate. Potassii bitartras.
Croton oil Oleum tiglii.
Dover’s powder Powder of ipecac and opium. Pulvis ipecacuanhæ et opii.
Epsom salt Magnesium sulphate. Magnesii sulphas.
Fowler’s solution Solution of potassium arsenite. Liquor potassii arsenitis.
Glauber’s salt Sodium sulphate. Sodii sulphas.
Gum Arabic Acacia.
Heroin Diethylmorphin hydrochlorid.
Hive syrup Compound syrup of squills. Syrupus scillæ compositus.
Hoffmann’s anodyne. Compound spirit of ether. Spiritus ætheris compositus.
Huxham’s tincture. Compound tincture of cinchona. Tinctura cinchonæ compositæ.
Jaborandi Pilocarpus.
Lady Webster’s pill. Pill of aloes and mastic. Pilula aloes et mastiches.
Laudanum Tincture of opium. Tinctura opii.
Licorice powder Compound licorice powder. Pulvis glycyrrhizæ compositus.
Lugol’s solution Compound solution of iodin. Liquor iodi compositus.
Magendie’s solution. Solution of morphin sulphate. Liquor morphinæ sulphatis.
Male fern Filix mas. Aspidium.
Muriatic acid Hydrochloric acid. Acidum hydrochloricum.
Mustard Sinapis.
Nitroglycerin Glonoin.
Oil of wintergreen Oil of gaultheriæ. Oleum gaultheriæ.
Paregoric Camphorated tincture of opium. Tinctura opii camphorata.
Phenol Carbolic acid. Acidum carbolicum.
Prussic acid Hydrocyanic acid. Acidum hydrocyanicum.
Rochelle salt Sodium and potassium tartrate. Sodii et potassii tartras.
Salt Common salt, sodium chlorid. Sodii chloridum.
Seidlitz powder Compound effervescing powder. Pulvis effervescens compositus.
Sweet spirit of niter. Spirit of nitrous ether. Spiritus ætheris nitrosi.
Tartar emetic Antimony and potassium tartrate. Antimonii et potassii tartras.
Washing soda Sodium carbonate. Sodii carbonas.
Witch-hazel Hamamelis.