Cooley's Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts Volume Ii Part 171

=Powder, Gold.= _Syn._ PULVIS AURI. Triturate gold leaf with 10 or 12 times its weight of sulphate of potash till bright particles are no longer visible; pa.s.s it through a sieve, mix with boiling water, wash what remains on the filter, and dry in a stove.

=Powder, Gold Compound.= _Syn._ PULVIS AURI COMPOSITUS. _Prep._ Auro-chloride of sodium, 1 gr.; lycopodium, starch, or washed orris powder, 1 scruple; mix. A 1/15th part, gradually increased to 1/8th part, of this powder to be rubbed on the gums.

=Powder of Gold and Iron.= (Buckler.) _Syn._ PULVIS AURI ET FERRI. _Prep._ Pulverised gold, 2 scruples; clean levigated iron filings, 2 scruples; gum Arabic in powder, 30 gr.; mix. For one dose, to be given in water acidulated with a few drops of sulphuric acid, as an antidote for corrosive sublimate.

=Powder, Goulard.= Effloresced sugar of lead. Poisonous.

=Powder, Grey.= Mercurial powder.

=Powder, Gregory's.= See POWDER OF RHUBARB (Compound).

=Powder of Guarana, Compound.= (Dr Gavrelle). _Syn._ PULVIS PAULLINIae COMPOSITUS. _Prep._ Guarana, 1 dr.; compound cinnamon powder, 4 dr. Mix.

=Powder, Gum.= (G. Ph.) _Syn._ PULVIS GUMMOSUS. _Prep._ Gum Arabic, 3 oz.; liquorice, 2 oz.; refined sugar, 1 oz. Mix.

=Powder, Haemostat'ic.= _Syn._ PULVIS HaeMOSTATICUS, L. _Prep._ 1.

(Guibourt.) Charcoal and gum Arabic, of each, in powder, 1 part; powdered resin, 4 parts.

2. (Mialhe.) From powdered alum, gum tragacanth, and tannin, equal parts.

Used to check local bleeding.

3. (P. Cod.) _Prep._ Resin, 4 dr.; gum Arabic, 1 dr.; powdered catechu, 1 dr. Mix.

=Powder, Hair.= _Syn._ PULVIS PRO CRINE, L. Starch reduced to a very fine powder, and then scented according to the fancy of the artist; it is, lastly, pa.s.sed through a gauze sieve. In its simple form, without any addition, it const.i.tutes 'plain hair powder.' In other cases it is distinguished by the name of the substance added to perfume it. Thus, we have 'rose hair powder,' 'violet h. p.,' &c. Potato farina, well triturated, is now commonly used for hair powder. Amongst the lower cla.s.ses, the contents of the 'flour dredger' of the kitchen are frequently misappropriated to this purpose. See POWDERS, SCENTED (_below_).

=Powder, Hand.= _Prep._ From almond powder, 1 lb.; powdered cuttle-fish bone and white soap, of each 4 oz.; orris powder, 1 oz.; mix. Used to clean the hands, and to render them soft and white. See POWDER, COSMETIC.

=Powder, Helvetius's.= _Syn._ PULVIS HELVETII, L. A mixture of powdered alum and dragon's blood. (Dr Paris.)

=Powder, Herrenschwand's Specific.= See PATENT MEDICINES.

=Powder, Hiera Picra.= Powder of aloes with canella (see _above_).

=Powder, Hufeland's.= _Syn._ HUFELAND'S QUINQUINA FACTICE, PULVIS CINCHONae FACt.i.tIUS, P. SALICIS COMPOSITUS, L. _Prep._ From bennet (the herb), calamus aromaticus, chestnut bark, gentian root, and willow bark, equal parts; reduced to powder.

=Powder, Hunter's.= See POWDER, WART (_below_).

=Powder, Hunt's.= See POWDER, BREAKFAST.

=Powder of Ipecacuan'ha (Compound).= _Syn._ DOVER'S POWDER, COMPOUND POWDER OF IPECACUANHA WITH OPIUM; PULVIS DOVERI, PULVIS IPECACUANHae COMPOSITUS (B. P., Ph. L., E., & D.), L.; POUDRE D'IPECACUANHA ET D'OPIUM, Fr. _Prep._ 1. (B. P., Ph. L.) Ipecacuanha and opium, of each, in fine powder, 1 dr.; sulphate of pota.s.sa, in fine powder, 1 oz.; mix them (thoroughly). The Edin. and Dublin Formulae are similar.

2. (P. Cod.) Nitre and sulphate of pota.s.sa, of each 4 oz.; ipecacuanha, liquorice root, and hard extract of opium, of each 1 oz. This closely resembles the original formula.

3. (Wholesale.) From powdered ipecacuanha and opium, of each 1 lb.; powdered sulphate of pota.s.sa, 8 lbs. _Uses, &c._ 'Dover's powder' is a powerful and valuable sudorific.--_Dose_, 5 to 15 or 20 gr., followed by warm diluents; in inflammatory affections, rheumatisms, colds, &c.

=Powder, Itch.= _Syn._ PULVIS ANTIPSORICUS, L. _Prep._ 1. Sulphur and potato farina, of each 1/2 lb.; essence of bergamot, 1/4 oz.; mix.

2. (Poudre de Pih.o.r.el.) A mixture of finely pulverised sulphuret of calcium and farina, in nearly equal quant.i.ties. Used either as a dusting powder or mixed with a little oil or fat, and rubbed into the affected part.

3. (Fr. Hosp.) Flowers of sulphur, 1 oz.; acetate of lead, 1 oz. Mix.

4. Equal parts of sulphur and charcoal.

=Powder of Jal'ap (Compound).= _Syn._ PULVIS JaLAPae COMPOSITUS (B. P., Ph.

L., E., & D.), L. _Prep._ 1. (Ph. L.) Jalap, 3 oz.; bitartrate of pota.s.sa, 6 oz.; ginger, 2 dr.; rub them separately into fine powder, then mix them.

2. (Ph. E.) As the last, omitting the ginger.

3. (Ph. D.) Jalap, 2 oz.; bitartrate of pota.s.sa, 3-1/2 oz.; ginger, 1/2 oz. (all in fine powder); mix by careful trituration.--_Dose_, 20 to 60 gr.; as a purgative in habitual costiveness, dropsies, &c.; also in worms, the tumid bellies of children, &c.

4. (B. P.) Jalap, in powder, 5; acid tartrate of potash, 9; ginger, in powder, 1; mix.--_Dose_, 20 to 60 gr.

5. (PULVIS LENITIVUS; SUCRE ORANGE PURGATIV.) From refined sugar, 3/4 lb.; jalap and cream of tartar, of each 2 oz.; oil of orange peel, 1/4 oz. A popular purgative on the Continent.--_Dose_, 1 to 3 dr.

=Powder, James's.= _Syn._ PULVIS JACOBI, P. FEBRIFUGUS JACOBI, L. The antimonial powder, or compound powder of antimony, of the Pharmacopias (see _above_) is the preparation which usually pa.s.ses under this name; but the true James's powder is a nostrum the pretended secret of the preparation of which is claimed to be possessed by only two parties in the kingdom. The patent specification of the once celebrated Dr James runs as follows:--

"Take of antimony, calcine it with a continued protracted heat, in a flat, unglazed earthen vessel, adding to it, from time to time, a sufficient quant.i.ty of any animal oil and salt, well dephlegmated; then boil it in melted nitre for a considerable time, and separate the powder from the nitre by dissolving it in water." On this it has been remarked that it yields a product totally different from that which Dr James and his successors have sold under the name, and he has hence been charged with concealing the real formula for his powder, and publis.h.i.+ng a false one in its stead.

According to Dr Robinson, the original formula for this nostrum, and that still adopted by the vendors of the proprietary article at the present day, is--Tartarised antimony, 1 part; prepared burnt hartshorn and calx of antimony, of each 5 parts; carefully mixed together, and divided into 21-gr. powders. ('Phil. Journ. Pharm.,' vi, 282.)

From a.n.a.lyses recently made of three specimens of James's powder ('Newberry's,' 'Butler's,' and a sample of 60 years old obtained by Mr Squire), it appears that antimonious acid was present in different proportions, from about 45% to 33%, the amount being greatest in the old specimen; teroxide of antimony was also present to the extent of from 9% to less than 1%, the greatest quant.i.ty being again in the old preparation; the remainder in each specimen consisted chiefly of phosphate of lime; no trace of tartaric acid was discoverable in any of the samples.

Perhaps no nostrum ever received such extensive patronage from the faculty as James's powder. Dr James himself was remarkably successful in its use; but whether his success depended upon his powder or the mercurials and bark which he commonly employed at the same time is still undetermined.

=Powder of Kermes with Camphor.= (Germ. Hosp.) _Syn._ PULVIS KERMETIS c.u.m CAMPHORA. _Prep._ Kermes mineral, 3 gr.; camphor, 6 gr.; white sugar, 2 dr.; mix. For 12 doses.

=Powder of Kermes with Ipecacuanha.= (Fr. Hosp.) _Syn._ PULVIS KERMETIS c.u.m IPECACUANHA. _Prep._ Kermes, 2 gr.; ipecacuanha, 2 gr.; crabs' eyes, 2 scruples; gum Arabic, 2 scruples; mix. For 12 doses. In hooping-cough.

=Powder of Ki'no (Compound).= _Syn._ PULVIS KINO COMPOSITUS (Ph. L.), L.

_Prep._ (Ph. L.) Kino, 15 dr.; cinnamon, 4 dr.; dried opium, 1 dr.; reduce them separately to fine powder, and then mix them.--_Dose_, 5 to 20 gr.; in diarrha, pyrosis, &c.

(B. P.) _Prep._ Kino, 3-3/4 oz.; cinnamon, 1 oz.; opium, 1/4 oz.; mix.--_Dose_, 5 to 20 gr.

=Powder, Lausanne.= _Prep._ From nitre, 1-1/2 dr.; carbonate of magnesia, bitartrate of pota.s.sa, precipitated sulphur, and oleo-saccharum of peppermint, of each 4 dr.; sugar of milk, 1 oz. Lenitive and antidysenteric.

=Powder, Lax'ative.= See SPECIES, LAXATIVE.

=Powder of Liquorice (Compound).= _Syn._ PULVIS GLYCYRRHIZae COMPOSITUS, L.

_Prep._ 1. (Ph. Bor.) Liquorice root and senna leaves, of each 6 oz.; fennel seed and milk of sulphur (pure), of each 3 oz.; white sugar, 18 oz.

(all in fine powder); mix. Pectoral and laxative.

2. (B. Ph.) _Prep._ Senna and liquorice root, both in fine powder, of each 2 oz.; sugar, in fine powder, 6 oz. Mix thoroughly and pa.s.s through a fine sieve.--_Dose_, 1/2 dr. to 1 dr.

=Powder of Magne'sia and Rhu'barb.= See POWDER OF COMPOUND RHUBARB (_below_).

=Powder, Martin's Cancer.= An American nostrum, composed of the powdered stems of the _Orobanche Virginiana_ (Linn.), combined with a very small quant.i.ty of a.r.s.enious acid. It is used as a sprinkle for open cancers and cancerous sores.

=Powder, Mercu"rial.= _Syn._ GREY POWDER (HYDRARGYRUM c.u.m CRETa, B. P.), MERCURY WITH CHALK. _Prep._ 1. (B. P.) Mercury, 1; prepared chalk, 2; triturate till the globules disappear.--_Dose_, 3 to 8 gr.