Cooley's Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts Volume Ii Part 142

=Pills of Calomel.= _Syn._ PILULae CALOMELANOS, P. E. CALOMELANE, P.

HYDRARGYRI SUBCHLORIDI, P. H. CLORIDI, P. H. C. MITIS (Ph. U. S.), L.

_Prep._ 1. Calomel, 4 dr.; powdered gum Arabic, 1 dr.; simple syrup, q. s.; mix and divide into 240 pills. Each pill contains 1 gr. of calomel.

A convenient form of exhibiting this drug when uncombined with other remedies.--_Dose_, 1 to 5 pills, according to the indication.

2. (U. C. Hosp.) Calomel, 2 dr.; rhubarb, 1-1/2 dr.; confection of senna, q. s. For 4 dozen pills. An excellent alterative aperient, especially in hepatic affections.

=Pills of Calomel (Compound).= _Syn._ PLUMMER'S PILLS, RED P.; PILULA HYDRARGYRI SUBCHLORIDI COMPOSITA, PILULae CALOMELANOS COMPOSITae (Ph. E. & D.), PILULae PLUMMERI, PILULA HYDRARGYRI CHLORIDI COMPOSITA, L. (Ph. L.).

_Prep._ 1. (Ph. L.). Chloride of mercury (calomel) and oxysulphide of antimony, of each 2 dr.; rub them together, add of guaiac.u.m (in powder) and treacle, of each 4 dr., and form the whole into a pill-ma.s.s.

2. (Ph. E.) Calomel and golden sulphide of antimony, of each 1 part; guaiac.u.m (in powder) and treacle, of each 2 parts; beat the whole to a pill-ma.s.s, and divide it into 6-gr. pills.

3. (Ph. D.) Calomel and precipitated sulphide of antimony, of each 1 dr.; triturate them together, then add, of guaiac.u.m resin (in powder), 2 dr.; castor oil, 1 fl. dr.; and beat the whole to a uniform ma.s.s.

4. (B. P.) Calomel, 1; sulphurated antimony, 1; guaiac resin (in powder), 2; castor oil, 1; mix.--_Dose_, 5 to 10 gr.

_Obs._ An excellent alterative pill; very useful in lepra, in secondary syphilis affecting the skin, and in various other chronic cutaneous diseases; also in dyspepsia and liver complaints.--_Dose_, 3 to 10 gr., night and morning.

=Pills of Calomel and Opium.= _Syn._ PILULae CALOMELANOS ET OPII (Ph. E.), L. _Prep._ (Ph. E.) Calomel, 3 parts; opium, 1 part; conserve of red roses, q. s.; divide the ma.s.s so that each pill may contain 2 gr. of calomel.--_Dose_, 1 or 2 pills, in rheumatism, facial neuralgia, and various inflammatory affections. They offer a convenient form for gradually introducing mercury into the system, and, if continued, induce salivation.

=Pills of Cam'phor.= _Syn._ PILULae CAMPHORae, P. CAMPHORATae, L. _Prep._ Camphor and sugar, of each (in powder) 2 parts; conserve of hips, 1 part.

For 3-gr. pills. Anaphrodisiac, sedative, diaph.o.r.etic, and nervine.--_Dose_, 1 to 5, twice or thrice a day.

=Pills of Camphor (Compound).= _Syn._ PILULae CAMPHORae COMPOSITae, P.

CAMPHORATae C., L. _Prep._ 1. (Dupuytren.) Camphor, 24 gr.; pure musk, 8 gr.; opium, 2 gr.; syrup, q. s.; divide into 12 pills.--_Dose_, 1 to 4, three or four times daily; in putrescent sores, hospital gangrene, &c.

2. (Fr. Hosp.) Gum ammoniac.u.m, 40 gr.; camphor, 30 gr.; musk, 10 gr.; opium, 5 gr.; tincture of valerian, q. s.; divide into 4-gr.

pills.--_Dose_, 2 to 6 pills, daily; in nervous and hysterical affections, &c.

3. (Ricord.) Camphor and lactucarium (or extract of lettuce), equal parts; divide into 4-gr. pills.--_Dose_, 3 to 6 pills daily; as an anaphrodisiac.

4. (U. C. Hosp.) Camphor, 20 gr.; a.s.saftida, 1 dr.; extract of valerian, 2 dr. For 30 pills. As No. 2.

=Pills of Canthar'ides.= _Syn._ PILULae CANTHARIDIS, P. C. COMPOSITae, L.

_Prep._ 1. Cantharides (in very fine powder), 8 gr.; extract of gentian, 1/2 dr.; liquorice powder, 10 gr. For 12 pills.--_Dose_, 1 to 4 daily; as a diuretic, emmenagogue, &c.

2. (Ellis.) Cantharides (in very fine powder), 18 gr.; opium and camphor, 36 gr.; mix, and divide into 36 pills.--_Dose_, 1 pill, at bedtime; as an aphrodisiac, in parties labouring under general debility. They should be used with extreme caution, and but seldom.

=Pills of Caout'chouc.= _Syn._ PILULae GUMMI ELASTICI, L. _Prep._ (Bouis.) India rubber, cut into small squares or spheres, then moistened with syrup of tolu, and, lastly, shaken in a box with a mixture of powdered gum and sugar. In phthisis.--_Dose_, 1 pill, three or four times a day. They pa.s.s through the primae viae unaltered, and may therefore fairly be presumed to be inert.

=Pills of Cap'sic.u.m.= _Syn._ CAYENNE PEPPER PILLS; PILULae CAPSICI, L.

_Prep._ 1. (Guy's Hosp.) Capsic.u.m, 1 part; rhubarb, 2 parts (both in powder); treacle, q. s.; mix, and divide into 3-1/2-gr. pills--_Dose_, 1 to 3, an hour before dinner, to create an appet.i.te and promote digestion.

2. (Radius.) Powdered capsic.u.m, 20 gr.; extract of gentian, 1 dr.; powdered gentian, q. s. to form a ma.s.s. For 60 pills.--_Dose_, 2 to 4 pills, thrice daily; in chronic dyspepsia, especially in the loss of tone of the stomach arising from intemperance.

=Pills of Carbolic Acid.= _Syn._ PILULae ACIDI CARBOLICI. _Prep._ Carbolic acid, 3 drops; soap powder, 60 gram; lycopodium, 06 gram; powdered tragacanth, q. s. For six pills. The two first ingredients form a semi-fluid ma.s.s, which the lycopodium does not absorb, but which is solidified by means of the tragacanth.

=Pills of Car'bonate of I'ron.= _Syn._ VALLET'S PILLS; PILULae FERRI CARBONATIS (Ph. E), L. _Prep._ (B. P., Ph. E.) Saccharated carbonate of iron, 4 parts; conserve of red roses, 1 part; mix, and divide the ma.s.s into 5-gr. pills.--_Dose_, 1 to 3, or more; as a mild chalybeate and antichlorotic. 5 to 20 gr., B. P. For another formula, see PILLS, BLAUD'S (_above_).

=Pills, Carbonic Acid.= (Mr Morson). _Syn._ PILULae ACIDI CARBONICI.

_Prep._ Mix 1/2 dr. of bicarbonate of soda and 25 gr. of tartaric acid, coa.r.s.ely powdered, with the smallest possible quant.i.ty of syrup and mucilage to form a ma.s.s. Divide into 12 pills.

=Pills, Catarrh'.= _Syn._ PILULae ANTICATARRHALES, L. _Prep._ 1. (Trousseau and Reveil.) Turpentine, 4 dr.; ammoniac.u.m, 1 dr.; balsam of tolu, 1/2 dr.; aqueous extract of opium, 5 gr.; liquorice powder, q. s.; mix, and divide into 80 pills.--_Dose_, 5 or 6 daily; in chronic catarrh of the bronchi and bladder.

2. (Trousseau & Reveil.) Alcoholic extract of aconite, 30 gr.; sulphuret of calcium, 16 gr.; powdered sugar, q. s. For 24 pills.--_Dose_, 1 pill, three or four times daily; in chronic pulmonary catarrh.

=Pills, Cathar'tic.= _Syn._ PILULae CATHARTICae, L. _Prep._ 1. (Dr Collier.) Calomel, 10 gr.; powdered jalap and prepared chalk, of each 1/2 dr.; oil of caraway, 10 drops; syrup of buckthorn, to mix; divide into 5-gr.

pills.--_Dose_, 1 to 4.

2. (Dr A. T. Thomson.) Scammony, 4 gr.; extract of taraxac.u.m, 16 gr.; divide into 6 pills.--_Dose_, 3 pills, twice daily; in hypochondriasis and chronic inflammation of the liver.

3. (A. T. Thomson.) Calomel, 15 gr.; powdered jalap, 45 gr.; mucilage, q. s. to mix. For 18 pills.--_Dose_, 1 to 3, at night, to empty the bowels, in bilious affections. Other formulae for cathartic pills will be found both _above_ and _below_.

=Pills, Cathartic (Compound).= _Syn._ PILULae CATHARTICae COMPOSITae, L.

_Prep._ (Ph. U. S.) Compound extract of colocynth, 4 dr.; powdered extract of jalap and calomel, of each 3 dr.; powdered gamboge, 40 gr.; water, q. s.; mix, and divide into 180 pills. An excellent purgative, especially in bilious affections, dyspepsia, &c.--_Dose_, 1 to 3 pills.

=Pills of Cetrarine.= (Dr Neligan.) _Syn._ PILULae CETRARINae. Cetrarine, 24 gr.; extract of calumba, 1/2 dr.; make into 12 pills; one every four hours as a febrifuge.

=Pills, Chamberlain's Restor'ative.= A nostrum composed of cinnabar and milk of sulphur, equal parts; beaten up with conserve of hips.

=Pills of Cham'omile.= _Syn._ PILULae ANTHEMIDIS, P. FLORUM CHAMaeMELI, L.

_Prep._ Extract of gentian, 1 dr.; powdered aloes, 1/2 dr.; powdered rhubarb, 20 gr.; oil of chamomile, 10 drops. A tonic and stomachic aperient.--_Dose_, 5 to 15 gr. This forms the 'chamomile pills' of the shops. They should be kept in a corked phial. (See _below_.)

=Pills of Chamomile (Compound).= _Syn._ PILULae ANTHEMIDIS COMPOSITae, L.

_Prep._ 1. (Ainslie.) Extract of chamomile, 1 dr.; a.s.saftida, 1/2 dr.; powdered rhubarb, 20 gr.; divided into 30 or, better, 36 pills.--_Dose_, 1, as a dinner pill; or 2 to 3, twice a day, in flatulent dyspepsia.

2. (Beasley.) Aqueous extract of aloes, 12 gr.; extract of chamomile, 36 gr.; oil of chamomile, 3 drops. For 12 pills.--_Dose_, 2 at night, or twice a day; in dyspepsia, loss of appet.i.te, &c. See PILLS, NORTON'S CHAMOMILE.

=Pills, Chapman's.= _Prep._ Mastic, 12 gr.; aloes, 16 gr.; rhubarb, 24 gr.

For 12 pills. An excellent stomachic aperient.--_Dose_, 2 to 4.

=Pills of Chiray'ta.= _Syn._ Dr REECE'S PILLS; PILULae CHIRAYTae, L. _Prep._ From chirayta, 2 dr.; dried carbonate of soda, 20 gr.; powdered ginger (best), 15 gr.; divided into 36 pills.--_Dose_, 2, twice a day. In acidity, flatulence, and dyspepsia, especially when complicated with gout or debility.

=Pills of Cho"ride of Ba"rium.= _Syn._ PILULae BARII CHLORIDI, L. _Prep._ 1. (Pierquin.) Chloride of barium, 1 dr.; resin of guaiac.u.m, 4 dr.; conserves of fumitory, q. s.; divided into 188 pills.--_Dose_, 1 pill, morning and evening, afterwards increased to 2; in tapeworm, and in the rheumatism of scrofulous subjects.

2. (Walsh.) Chloride of barium, 15 gr.; powdered marshmallow or liquorice root and mucilage of tragacanth, of each q. s. to make 200 pills.--_Dose_, 3, gradually increased to 10 or 12, daily; in cancer, scrofula, goitre, syphilis, &c.

_Obs._ The above are very poisonous, and their exhibition demands great caution.

=Pills of Chloride of Cal'cium.= _Syn._ PILULae CALCII CHLORIDI, L. _Prep._ 1. As the last.

2. (Grafe.) Chloride of calcium, 1 dr.; extract of opium, 10 gr.; mucilage, q. s. For 54 pills.--_Dose_, 1, every two or three hours, gradually increased until 10, or even 12, are taken every hour; in gonorrha, more especially when occurring in scrofulous subjects.

=Pills of Chloride of Gold.= _Syn._ PILULae AURI CHLORIDI L. _Prep._ From terchloride of gold, 3 gr.; powdered liquorice, 1 dr.; syrup, q. s. For 48 pills.--_Dose_, 1 pill, twice or thrice daily.

=Pills of Chloride of Gold and So'dium.= _Syn._ PILULae AURI ET SODI CHLORIDI, P. A. SODIO-CHLORIDI, L. _Prep._ (Magendie.) Soda-chloride of gold, 1 gr.; extract of mezereon, 2 dr.; divide into 60 pills.

=Pills of Chloride of Lime.= _Syn._ PILLS OF CHLORINATED LIME; PILULae CALCIS HYPOCHLORITIS, L. _Prep._ 1. Chloride of lime, 12 gr.; starch powder, 24 gr.; conserve of hips, q. s.; divide into 36 pills.