antimonii, gr. xx, in each gr. c. aquæ rose (cold cream), 3iiiss oil of almond, 3j sperma- benzoini, fzij tinct. benzoin to 3xvj. creasoti, f3ss to 3j. gallæ, 3j in 3j. hydrargyri, 3j in zij. 66 66 66 66 iodinii, gr. xx iodine, gr. iv iodide of potassium, to 3j. mezerei, f3j fluid extract, Ziiiss lard, 3ss yellow wax. plumbi carbonatis, 3 in 3j. iodidi, gr. xxx to 3j. 66 tabaci, 3ss to 3j. stramonii, 3j in 3j. sulphuris, 3 in Ziij. 66 zinci oxidi, gr. lxxx in 3j. VINA (Wines).-The officinal solutions of medicines in sherry wine are not numerous. INCOMPATIBLES, OR REMEDIES THAT SHOULD NOT BE PRESCRIBED IN COMBINATION. So many chemical remedies are employed by the practitioner, that it is well for him to consider whether his original intention may not be defeated by improper combination of two or more of this class of agents. As has been remarked by M. Mialhe,' it should be remembered that, when we administer several remedies at the same time, one of three things will happen: either each of the medicines will act in its own proper manner, as if it had been administered alone, or one of the substances will augment the action of the other, or the associated bodies will diminish or even annihilate each other's action. Sometimes two incompatibles are prescribed in combination intentionally, so that by mutual decomposi new compound may be formed. In order to facilitate the prescriber in combining medicines understandingly, the following list of the principal chemical incompatibles is given, for reference merely, being rendered more convenient from its alphabetical arrangement. Careful study of its provisions will at once indicate that it is based on general principles, many of which would suggest themselves to the practitioner without any such elaborate guide to his action. Some substances are physiologically incompatible, as belladonna and calabar bean: others are pharmaceutically 1 Chemie Appliquée a la Physiologie et a la Thérapeutique, Paris, so, as compound infusion of cinchona with compound infusion of gentian, or the latter with infusion of wild cherry; infusions generally with metallic salts; tinctures made with strong alcohol, with those made with weak. alcohol, and with infusions and aqueous fluids; essential oils with aqueous liquids in quantities exceeding one drop to f3j; fixed oils and copaiva with water or aqueous fluids, other than excipients.1 As a rule, the following remedies should be prescribed alone, and in simple solution : Absinthium. iodinii. List of Incompatibles.2 - Antimony and potassium, tartrate of. Iron, sulphate of. Lead, acetate of. Silver, nitrate of. Zinc, sulphate of. Acacia.-Acids. Alcohol. Ammonia. Ether. Iron, tincture of chloride of. Lead, acetate of. Sodium, borate of. (In emulsion.) Acids. Mercury, corrosive chloride of. Oxymel. Syrup of squills. Potassium, tartrate and bitartrate of. All spirits. tinctures. Acidum aceticum.-Alkalies. earths. All Earths. Carbonates of alkalies and Acidum arseniosum.-Bark, decoction of. Copper, sulphate of. Iron, hydrated peroxide of. Lime-water. Magnesia. Silver, nitrate of. Potassium, iodide and sulphydrate of. Sulphurets, alkaline and earthy. Vegetable astringent infusions and decoctions. Acidum citricum. - Acetates, alkaline and metallic. Acid, nitric. Acid, sulphuric. Carbonates, alkaline, earthy, and metallic. Potassium, tartrate of. Sulphurets, alkaline and earthy. Soaps. W. Handsel Griffiths, Lessons on Prescriptions, etc. 12mo. London, 1876, p. 27. 2 This table is based on that published in Dunglison's Therapeutics and Materia Medica, ii. 475, Phila. 1857, with numerous additions. Acidum gallicum.-Antimony and potassium, tartrate of. Carbonates, alkaline. Copper, salts of. Iron, iodide and sulphate of. Lead, acetate of. Lime-water. Opium in solution. Silver, nitrate of. Acidum hydrocyanicum. Acids, mineral. Antimony, oxides of. Chlorine. Iron, salts of. Mercury, oxides of. Oxides generally. Silver, nitrate of. Sulphurets. Acidum muriaticum.-Alkalies. Carbonates. Earths. Lead, salts of. Mercury, salts of. Oxides. Potassium, sulphate and tartrate of. Silver, salts of. Acidum nitricum.-Alcohol. Alkalies. Carbonates. Earths. Iron, sulphate of. Lead, acetate of. Oils, essential. Oxides. Potassium, acetate of. Sulphurets. Zinc, sulphate of. Acidum nitromuriaticum.-Alkalies. Acidum oxalicum. Lime, salts of. Earths. Oxides. Sulphurets. Acidum phosphoricum.-Barium, soluble salts of. Calcium, soluble salts of. Lead, soluble salts of. Acidum sulphuricum. Alcohol. Alkalies. Barium, chloride of. Calcium, chloride of. Carbonates. Chlorohydrates. Earths. Nitrates. Oils, essential. Organic substances. Oxides. Sulphydrates. Sulphurets. Vegetable astringent infusions. Acidum tannicum.-Albumen. Alkalies Antimony and potassium, tartrate of. Earths, alkaline. Carbonates. Ferric salts. Gelatin. Lead, acetate of. Vegetable alkaloids. Acidum tartaricum.-Alkalies. Carbonates, alkaline and earthy. Earths. Lead, salts of. Lime. salts of. Lime-water. Mercury, salts of. Potassium, salts of. Vegetable astringents. Adeps.-Alcoholic preparations. Decoctions. Infusions. Tinctures. Aloe.-Mercury, nitrate of. Silver, nitrate of. Tin, protochloride of. Alumen.-Alkalies. Alkaline salts. Ammonium, carbonate and chloride of. Galla. Kino. Lead, acetate of. Lime. Magnesia. Magnesium, carbonate of. Mercury, salts of. Potassium, carbonate of. Sodium, carbonate of. Ammonii carbonas.-Acids. Alkalies, fixed. Alum. Carbonates, alkaline. Iron, salts of, except the potassio-tartrate. Lead, salts of. Lime. Lime, chloride of. Liquor potassæ. Magnesia. Magnesium, sulphate of. Mercury, acetate, chloride, and bichloride of. Potassa. Potassium, bitartrate and bisulphate of. Salts, acidulous. Sulphur. Zinc, sulphate of. Ammonii chloridum.-Acid, nitric. Acid, sulphuric. Alkalies, fixed. Anthemis.-Cinchona, infusion of. Gelatin. Iron, preparations of. Isinglass, solution of. Lead, salts of. Mercury, corrosive chloride of. Silver, nitrate of. Antimonii et potassii tartras.-Acids, mineral. Alkalies. Calcium, chloride of. Carbonates, alkaline and earthy. Decoctions, bitter. Earths. Infusions, bitter. Lead, salts of. Lime-water. Metals. Soaps. Sulphydrates. Sulphurets. Antimonii sulphuretum.-Acid, nitrie. Acid, nitromuriatic. Argenti nitras.-Acetates. Acid, arsenious. Acid, muriatic, and salts. Acid, sulphuric, and salts. Acid, tartaric, and salts. Alkalies, fixed. Bromides. Chlorides. Copper, solutions of salts of. Earths, alkaline. Iodides. Lime. Phosphates. Sulphydrates. Soaps. Sulphurets. Vegetable astringent infusions. Water, common. Armoracia.-Carbonates, alkaline. Cinchona, infusion of. Galls, infusion of. Mercury, corrosive chloride of. Silver, nitrate of. Vegetable astringents. Arnica.—Acids, mineral. Iron, sulphate of. Lead, acetate of. Zine, sulphate of. Aurantii cortex.-Cinchona, infusion of. Iron, sulphate of. Lead, acetate of. Lime-water. Auri chloridum.-Alkalies. Vegetable juices. Balsama (copaiva, tolu, etc.).-Acids. Alkalies. Barii chloridum.-Carbonates. Nitrates. Phosphates. Sulphates. Belladonna.-Acid, tannic. Vegetable astringents. Benzoinum.-Acids. Alkalies. Buchu.-Galls, infusion of. Iron, sulphate of. Calcii carbonas.-Acids. Alum. Ammonium, chloride of. Salts, acidulous. Calumba.-Acids, mineral. Ammonia. Galls, infusion of. Iron, chloride of. Lead, acetate of. Lime-water. (In infusion.) Antimony and potassium, tartrate of. Cinchona, infusion of. Mercury, corrosive chloride of. Silver, nitrate of. Calx chlorinata.-Acid, nitric. Acid, sulphuric. Alkalies, fixed. Carbonates, alkaline. Sodium, borate of. Sulphates. Capsicum.-Alum. Ammonia. Carbonates, alkaline. Copper, sul phate of. Galls, infusion of. Iron, sulphate of. Lead, acetate of. Mercury, corrosive chloride, and nitrate of. Potassium, carbonate of. Silver, nitrate of. Zinc, sulphate of. Cardamomum.-Acids. Iron, sulphate of. Mercury, corrosive chloride of. Caryophyllus. Cinchona. Antimony and potassium, tartrate of. Iron, Salts, alkaline and metallic. (Also in infusion.) Acids, mineral. |