Cooley's Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts Volume Ii Part 173

=Powder, Schmidt's Parturifa"cient.= _Syn._ SCHMIDT'S POUDRE OCYTIQUE, Fr. _Prep._ From powdered ergot of rye, borax, and oleo-saccharum of camomile, of each 8 gr.; powdered sugar, q. s. For a dose; to be repeated every quarter of an hour until some effect is produced.

=Powder of Scordium (Compound).= _Syn._ PULVIS E SCORDIO COMPOSITUS. (L.

Ph. 1746.) _Prep._ Bole, 4 oz.; scordium, 2 oz.; cinnamon, 1-1/2 oz.; styrax tormentil, bistort, gentian, dittany, galbanum, gum acacia, red rose petals, of each 1 oz.; long pepper, 1/2 oz.; ginger, 1/2 oz. Make a powder.

=Powder of Scordium with Opium.= _Syn._ PULVIS E SCORDIO c.u.m OPIO. _Prep._ Add to the preceding, 3 dr. of dry strained opium, and powder it with the other ingredients.

=Powder of Senna (Battley's Green).= _Syn._ PULVIS SENNae VIRIDIS, L.

_Prep._ From senna leaves, dried and heated until they turn yellow, then powdered along with a little (blue) charcoal, to give a green colour.

=Powder of Sen'na (Compound).= _Syn._ PULVIS SENNae COMPOSITUS, L. _Prep._ (Ph. L. 1824.) Senna and bitartrate of pota.s.sa, of each 2 oz.; scammony, 1/2 oz.; ginger, 2 dr.; all in fine powder; mix.--_Dose_, 20 to 30 gr., or more; as a purgative or anthelmintic.

=Powder, Sil'vering.= _Prep._ 1. Silver dust (fine), 20 gr.; alum, 30 gr.; common salt, 1 dr.; cream of tartar, 3 dr.; rub them together to a fine powder.

2. As the last, but subst.i.tuting 35 gr. of nitrate of silver for the silver dust.

3. Chloride of silver is dissolved in a solution of hyposulphite of soda, and the solution made into a paste with levigated burnt hartshorn or bone dust; this is next dried, and powdered.

4. Silver dust, 1 oz.; common salt and sal ammoniac, of each 4 oz.; corrosive sublimate, 1/4 oz.

_Obs._ The above powders, made into a paste with a little water, are used to silver dial-plates, statuettes, and other articles in copper, previously well cleaned, by friction. The best silver powder for the purpose is that precipitated from its nitric solution by means of a copper plate. When the product of the last formula is used, the articles should be afterwards made red hot, and polished.

=Powder of Soap.= _Syn._ SAPO CONTRITUS, PULVIS SAPONIS, L. Castile soap, sliced or cut small, dried by exposure to a warm atmosphere, or by a very gentle heat, and then powdered. Used in dispensing; also as a hand, shaving, and tooth powder. As a cosmetic it may be scented at will.

=Powder, Spermaceti.= _Syn._ PULVIS CETACEI. Spermaceti is pulverised as camphor, by the aid of a few drops of spirit.

=Powder of Spermaceti, with Sugar.= _Syn._ PULVIS CETACEI c.u.m SACCHARO.

One part of powdered spermaceti with two of sugar. Pectoral.

=Powder of Sponge.= _Syn._ PULVIS SPONGIae, P. SPONGIae USTae, L. _Prep._ Let sponge, cut into small pieces, be beaten so as to free it from sand or stones; then burn it in a covered iron vessel, until it becomes black and friable; finally, reduce it to powder. Deobstruent.--_Dose_, 1/2 to 3 dr.; in glandular indurations and enlargements, &c. It should be of a brownish-black colour; if over burnt its efficacy is destroyed.

=Powder of Squills.= _Syn._ PULVIS SCILLae, L. _Prep._ Remove the membranous integuments from the bulb of the squill, cut it into thin slices, and dry it at a heat between 90 and 100 Fahr.; next reduce it to powder, and keep it in well-stoppered bottles.

=Powder, Sternuta'tory.= See SNUFFS (Medicated).

=Powder, Stahl's Resolvent.= _Syn._ PULVIS RESOLVENS STAHLII. _Prep._ Antimonial powder, nitre, prepared crabs' eyes, in equal parts.

=Powder of Starch with Soda.= _Syn._ PULVIS AMYLI ET SODae; DEVERGIE'S ALKALINE POWDER. _Prep._ Mix 1 part of carbonate of soda in fine powder with 10 of white starch. For external use in some skin diseases.

=Powder, Styp'tic.= See POWDER, ASTRINGENT, FAYNARD'S P., &c.

=Powder, Tonquin.= _Syn._ PULVIS ANt.i.tYSSUS TUNQUINENSIS; Sir G. COBB'S TONQUIN POWDER. _Prep._ Musk, 16 gr.; cinnabar, 48 gr.; to be mixed or washed down with arrack or other spirit. Three doses to be given on three alternate days, and three more on the three next changes of the moon.

=Powder of Trag'acanth (Compound).= _Syn._ PULVIS TRAGACANTHae COMPOSITUS (B. P., Ph. L. & E.), L. _Prep._ 1. (Ph. L.) Gum tragacanth, gum acacia, and starch, of each, in fine powder, 1-1/2 oz.; powdered white sugar, 3 oz. The Edinburgh formula is similar. Demulcent.--_Dose_, 1/2 dr. to 2 dr., in water or any simple liquid; in hoa.r.s.eness and catarrhs, combined with squills and henbane, to allay irritation; in dysentery, combined with ipecacuahna; in gonorrha, strangury, &c., combined with acetate of pota.s.sa or nitre.

2. (B. P.) Tragacanth, in powder, 1; gum Arabic, in powder, 1; starch, in powder, 1; refined sugar, in powder, 3; rub well together.--_Dose_, 10 to 60 gr.

=Powder of Vanilla, with Sugar.= (P. Cod.) _Syn._ PULVIS VANILLae c.u.m SACCHARO; POUDRE DE VANILLE SUCReE. Vanilla is reduced to powder by cutting it in pieces, and triturating it with 9 times its weight of refined sugar.

=Powder of Verdigris with Calomel.= _Syn._ PULVIS aeRUGINIS c.u.m CALOMELANE.

_Prep._ Prepared verdigris, 1 dr.; calomel, 1 dr.; mix. For external use.

=Powder, Violet.= _Syn._ NURSERY POWDER, SKIN P. This is simply starch, reduced to a very fine powder, and scented with orris powder or essence of violets. The best kinds are also perfumed with a little musk or ambergris, and are now generally made with potato farina. The commoner sort is only scented with a little essence of bergamot or essence of lemon. 'Plain violet powder' is, of course, unscented.

_Prep._ 1. Powdered starch, 28 lbs.; powdered orris root, 1 lb.; essence of ambergris and essence of bergamot, of each 1/2 oz.; oil of rhodium, 1/2 dr.; mix, and pa.s.s the powder through a sieve.

2. Powdered starch, 14 lbs.; essence of bergamot, 1/2 oz.; oil of cloves, 1/2 oz.; as last. Used as a dusting powder in excoriations, &c. See POWDERS, COSMETIC (_below_).

=Powder, Ward's Sweating.= Resembles DOVER'S POWDER.

=Powder, Wart.= _Syn._ CORN POWDER, COSMETIC CAUSTIC, &c. _Prep._ 1. Ivy leaves ground to powder. A pinch is applied with a rag, the part being first moistened with strong vinegar. Useful for soft corns and warts.

2. (Hunter's.) From savine and verdigris, equal parts. See CORN SOLVENT.

=Powder, Warwick's (Earl of).= _Syn._ PULVIS COMITIS WARWICENCIS, L.

_Prep._ From scammony, prepared with the fumes of sulphur, 2 oz.; diaph.o.r.etic antimony, 1 oz.; cream of tartar, 1/2 oz.--_Dose_, 15 to 30 gr.

_Obs._ This is a modification of CORNACHINI'S POWDER. It is represented in the present Pharmacopias by COMPOUND SCAMMONY POWDER. "Cornachini wrote a whole book about his powder, the proportions of the ingredients of which he varied according to circ.u.mstances." ('Med. Lex.')

=Powder, Wash'ing.= The numerous compounds vended under this name have for their basis the soda-ash of commerce, blended with common Scotch soda in variable proportions. The best of them consist either wholly or chiefly of the first of these substances. The alkaline matter is reduced to coa.r.s.e powder, and stirred up with liquid size, or with a decoction of linseed, Irish moss, or British gum, and is then dried, and again crushed or powdered, and at once put into the packages, in which it is rammed tight, and covered up immediately. The object aimed at by the manufacturer is to keep his commodity from the air as much as possible, because exposure renders it less caustic, and consequently less detergent.

=Powder of Yellow Bladder-wrack.= (Ph. D.) _Syn._ PULVIS QUERCUS MARINae.

_Prep._ Yellow bladder-wrack, in flower, is dried, cleansed, and heated in a crucible with a perforated lid till vapours cease to be given off, and the carbonaceous residue reduced to powder.--_Dose_, 10 gr. to 2 dr.

=POWDERS.= The following preparations have been placed under this head instead of under 'POWDER,' because some are invariably spoken of in the plural number, and the others may be conveniently noticed in cla.s.ses or groups.

=Powders, Aerated Sherbet (IN ONE BOTTLE).= Double refined sugar, 14-1/2 oz.; powdered orange peel, 12 gr.; bicarbonate of soda, 3-1/2 oz.; essence of cedrat, 12 drops; oil of orange peel, 60 drops; tartaric acid, 4 oz.

The powders must be carefully dried, mixed quickly, and afterwards kept dry, in a bottle securely corked. A measure holding nearly 3 dr. of the powder should accompany each bottle.

=Powders, Efferves'cing.= _Prep._ 1. (PULVERES EFFERVESCENTES--Ph. E.) Take of tartaric acid, 1 oz.; bicarbonate of soda, 1 oz. 54 gr. (534 gr.), or bicarbonate of pota.s.sa, 1 oz. 2 dr. 40 gr. (640 gr.); reduce the acid and either bicarbonate separately to fine powder, divide each of these into 16 powders, and preserve the acid and alkaline powders in separate papers of different colours.

2. (PULVERES EFFERVESCENTES CITRATI--Ph. D.) Take of citric acid (crystallised), 9 dr.; bicarbonate of soda, 11 dr., or bicarbonate of pota.s.sa, 13 dr., proceed as last, dividing each into 18 parts.

3. (PULVERES EFFERVESCENTES TARTARIZATI--Ph. D.) Take of tartaric acid (in crystals), 10 dr.; bicarbonate of soda, 11 dr., or bicarbonate of pota.s.sa, 13 dr.; reduce them to powder, and divide them into 18 parts, as before.

(See _below_.)

=Powders, Effervescing, with Iron.= (P. Cod.) _Syn._ PULVERES EFFERVESCENTES c.u.m FERRO. _Prep._ Tartaric acid, 2-3/4 oz.; bicarbonate of soda, 2 oz.; powdered sugar, 9 oz.; dried sulphate of iron, 46 gr. Mix the acid and the sulphate of iron (previously reduced to coa.r.s.e powder), add the sugar, and lastly the soda, not in very fine powder. All the ingredients must be very dry. Half an ounce of this powder is to be quickly added to 2 pints of pure water (without air) contained in a bottle, which is to be immediately corked.

=Powders for Gazogene.= For 2 pints:--Powdered tartaric acid, 14 scruples; bicarbonate of soda, 17 scruples.

For 3 pints:--Powdered tartaric acid, 17 scruples; bicarbonate of soda, 21 scruples.

For 5 pints:--One each charge of 2 and 3 pints.

=Powders, Gin'ger Beer.= _Syn._ PULVERES EFFERVESCENTES c.u.m ZINGIBERE, L.

_Prep._ 1. Powdered white sugar, 1 to 2 dr.; bicarbonate of soda, 26 gr.; finest powdered Jamaica ginger, 6 gr.; essence of lemon, 1 drop; mix, and wrap it in blue paper. In the white paper put of powdered tartaric acid, 35 gr., or of powdered citric acid, 30 gr.

2. Finest Jamaica ginger, 1 dr.; bicarbonate of soda, 5 dr.; white sugar, 16 dr.; essence of lemon, 6 or 8 drops; mix, and divide it between 12 papers (blue). For the white papers, divide tartaric acid, 6 dr., in the same way. By taking the drachms as ounces, the quant.i.ty will be sufficient for 8 dozen. For use dissolve one of each colour separately in somewhat less than half a gla.s.s of water, mix the two, and drink the mixture whilst effervescing.

3. (In one bottle.)--_a._ The sugar and the saline ingredients are separately dried by a very gentle heat, then mixed in a dry room with the ginger and essence of lemon, and at once put into bottles.