Medicines for the Union Army by Dennis B Worthen Greg Higby

Author:Dennis B Worthen, Greg Higby [Dennis B Worthen, Greg Higby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, General, Military, Medical, Pharmacy, Social Science
ISBN: 9781317789222
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-04-08T03:37:06+00:00

Appendix A

Materia Medica and Preparations on the U.S. Army Supply Table During the Civil War, Together with Constituent Drugs and Chemicals

Acaciae Pulvis

“The concrete juice of Acacia Vera and other species of acacia”1

Powdered (USP, 4th rev., p. 9).

Acidum Aceticum

Crude acetic acid produced by destructive distillation of wood Cream of lime (calx)

Sulfuric acid

Sodium sulfate

Sodium sulfate

Sodium chloride

Sulfuric acid

Acidum Citricum

Lime or lemon juice*

Chalk*

Sulfuric acid

Acidum Muriaticum

Sodium chloride

Sulfuric acid

Acidum Nitricum

Potassium nitrate* or Sodium nitrate*

Sulfuric acid

Acidum Phosphoricum Dilutum

Phosphorus*

Nitric acid

Distilled water

Acidum Sulphuricum

Sulfur*

Potassium nitrate* or Sodium nitrate*

Acidum Sulphuricum Aromaticum

Sulfuric acid

Cinnamon*

Ginger*

Acidum Tannicum

Powdered nutgalls*

Ether

Ether

Stronger alcohol

Sulfuric acid

Potassium

Distilled water

Acidum Tartaricum

Sulfuric acid

Tartar (argols)*

Carbonate of lime

Aether Fortior

Ether

Calcium chloride

Lime

Aetheris Spiritus Compositus (Hoffmann’s Anodyne)

Ether

Alcohol

Oleum Aethereum (Ethereal Oil)

Oleum Aethereum

Stronger ether

Stronger alcohol

Sulfuric acid

Distilled water

Aetheris Spiritus Nitrici

Nitric acid

Stronger alcohol

Potassium carbonate

Alcohol Fortius

Rectified spirit

Potassium carbonate

Aloes Pulvis (Aloes purificata)

Socotrine aloes* (other varieties also used)

Stronger alcohol

Alumen (Potassium Alum)*

“Sulphate of alumina and potassa” or alum ore* (USP, 4th rev., p. 15). (Note: Ammonium Alum was officinal in USP, 4th rev., p. 15, and it was manufactured by Powers & Weightman from the liquor of gas works, but it was not listed on the supply table.)

Ammoniae Carbonas (Ammonium carbonate)

Sal ammoniac*

Chalk*

Ammoniae Liquor

Solution of ammonia

Distilled water

Ammonia

Sal ammoniac*

Dry quicklime

Ammoniae Murias (Sal ammoniac)*

Derived from liquor of gas works

Ammoniae Spiritus Aromaticus

Ammonium carbonate

Ammonia water

Oil of lemon*

Oil of nutmeg*

Oil of lavender*

Alcohol

Antimonii et Potassae Tartratis Pulvis (Tartar emetic)2

Oxide of antimony*

Purified tartar*

Distilled water

Argenti Nitras

Silver

Nitric acid

Distilled water

Argenti Nitras Fusus

Silver nitrate

Muriatic acid

Arsenitis Potassae Liquor

Arsenious acid*

Potassium bicarbonate (saleratus)*

Compound spirit of lavender

Distilled water

Assafoetida

“The concrete juice of the root of Narthex Assafoetida”*

(USP, 4th rev., p. 18).

Bismuthi Subcarbonas

Bismuth*

Nitric acid

Ammonia water

Carbonate of soda*

Distilled water

Camphora

“A peculiar concrete substance derived from Camphora officinarum”* (USP, 4th rev., p. 22).

Purified by sublimation

Cantharidis Ceratum

Cantharidis*

Yellow wax (beeswax)

Resin

Lard

Cantharidis Pulvis

“Cantharis vesicatoria”* (USP, 4th rev., p. 22).

Capsici Pulvis

“The fruit of Capsicum annuum, and of other species of Capsicum”* (USP, 4th rev., p. 22).

Catechu

“An extract prepared principally from the wood of Acacia Catechu”* (USP, 4th rev., p. 23).

Cera Alba

“Yellow wax, bleached” (USP, 4th rev., p. 23).

Ceratum Adipis

Lard

White wax

Ceratum Resinae

Resin

Yellow wax

Lard

Chlorinium (materials for preparing in a package)

Black oxide of manganese*

Muriatic acid

Distilled water

Chloroformum Purificatum

Commercial chloroform

Sulfuric acid

Stronger alcohol

Potassium carbonate

Chloroformum venale

Chlorinated lime

Slaked lime

Sulfuric acid

Calcium chloride

Distilled water

Cinchona Calisayae Pulvis

“The bark of Cinchona Calisaya, called in commerce Calisaya bark, and not containing less than two per cent of alkaloids yielding crystallizable salts”* (USP, 4th rev., p. 25).

Cinchoniae Sulphas

Mother-water remaining after quinine sulfate crystallized

Solution of soda

Alcohol

Dilute sulfuric acid

Animal charcoal*

Collodium

Cotton

Potassium nitrate*

Sulfuric acid

Stronger ether

Stronger alcohol

Copaiba

“The juice of Copaifera multijuga and of other species of Copaifera” (USP, 4th rev., p. 26).

Creasotum

“A peculiar substance obtained from wood-tar.”* (USP, 4th rev., p. 26). (Much of the creosote used in pharmacy during the Civil War did not meet the officinal description; it was German-made from coal tar, not from wood.)

Creta Preparata

Chalk*

Water

Cubebae Oleo-resina

Cubeb* in fine powder

Ether

Cupri Sulphas (Blue vitriol)

Copper sulfate in blue crystals

Extractum Aconiti Radicis Fluidum (Among the medicines dismissed from USP, 4th rev. See, p. 371.)

Aconite root*

Alcohol

Extractum Belladonnae

Belladonna leaf* in fine powder

Alcohol

Diluted alcohol

Extractum Buchu Fluidum

Buchu (dried leaves)* in moderately fine powder

Alcohol

Extractum Cinchonae Fluidum (with aromatics)

Yellow cinchona*

Sugar

Diluted alcohol

Cinnamon*

Ginger*

Cardamom*

Nutmeg*

Extractum Colchici Seminis Fluidum

Colchicum seed*

Alcohol

Extractum Colocynthidis Compositum

Fluid extract of colocynth

Colocynthis*

“The fruit, deprived of its rind, of Citrullus Colocynthis” (USP, 4th rev., p. 26).

Socotrine aloes*

Resin of scammony*

Cardamom*

Soap in fine powder

Extractum

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