THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 26, 1915.
2. Notable Alterations in Nomenclature.
OLD NAME (1898).
Acet. Cantharidis
Emp. Cantharidis
Ext. Aloes Barb.
Ext. Bellad. Alch.
Ext. Cascara Sag. Ext. Euonymi Siccum Ext. Hyoscyami Viride Ext. Nucis Vom. Ext. Opii
Ext. Viburni Prun. Liq. Ferrum Tartaratum Ferri Phosphas Hydrargyri Oleas Liq. Iodi Fort.
Liq. Magnes. Carb. Oleum Gynocardiæ Oleum Pini
Pil. Aloes Barb.
Pil. Aloes Soc.
Syr. Codeinæ
Tinct. Colch. Sem.
Tinct. Iodi
Troch. Eucalypti Gummi
Ung. Cantharidis
Ung. Glye. Plumbi Subacet.
Ung. Gynocardiæ
NEW NAME (1914).
Acet. Cantharidini
Emp. Cantharidini
Ext. Aloes
Ext. Bellad. Siccum
Ext. Cascara Sag. Siccum
Ext. Euonymi
Ext. Hyoscyami
Ext. Nucis Vom Siccum
Ext. Opii Siccum
Ext. Viburni Liq.
Ferri et Potassii Tartras Ferri Phosphas Saccharatus Hydrargyrum Oleatum Tinct. lodi Fort.
Liq. Magnes. Bicarb. Oleum Chaulmoogræ Oleum Abietis
Pil. Aloes
Pil. Aloes
Syr. Codeine Phos. Tinet. Colchici Tinct. Iodi Mitis
Troch. Kino Eucalypti Ung. Cantharidini
Ung. Plumbi Subacet. Ung. Chaulmoogræ
Some Notes on the British Pharmacopoeia, 1914.
(a) Additions, Omissions and Alterations effected in the new edition are given in tabular form on pages xxii to xxviii of the Pharmacopoeia.
(b) Notable Alterations in Composition, etc., of some of the new official preparations.
Solid Extracts.
Belladonna Hyoscyamus Nux Vomica Opium...
Cantharidine Preparations.
Acetum Cantharidini... Emp. Calefaciens, Emp. Cantharidini Liq. Epispasticus Tinct. Cantharidini Ung. Cantharidini
Belladonna Leaves,
Ext. Bellad. Siccum
These extracts are now prepared in powdered form. Formerly they were as soft extracts.
Now prepared from the white, crystalline active principle instead of the entire beetle.
This is a standardised powdered extract and
displaces
(1) Ext. Bellad. Ale, which was prepared from
the root.
(2) Ext. Bellad. Virid. which was prepared
from the juice of the expressed herb.
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