Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II

by Arnold James Cooley; Richard Vine Tuson

12. (Dr Stapleton.) Alum, 2¹⁄₄ oz.; nitre, 1 dr.; water, 1 quart. For pathological specimens.

13. (For Feathers—Beasley.) Strychnia, 16 gr.; rectified spirit, 1 pint.

Obs. These fluids are used for preserving ANATOMICAL PREPARATIONS, OBJECTS OF NATURAL HISTORY, &c., by immersing them therein, in close vessels; or, for temporary purposes, applying them by means of a brush or piece of rag. The presence of corrosive sublimate is apt to render animal substances very hard. See Putrefaction.

Solution, Antiseptic. (See above.)

Solution of Arseniate of Ammonia. Syn. Liquor arseniatis ammoniæ. (Hosp. Of St Louis.) Prep. Arseniate of ammonia, 4 gr.; distilled water, 4 oz.; spirit of angelica, 2 dr.—Dose, 12 to 30 minims. There are other formulæ for the solution, differing in strength from the above.

Dr Neligan gives us Biett’s:—Arseniate of ammonia, 1¹⁄₂ gr.; distilled water, 3 oz.; spirit of angelica, 6 dr.—Dose, 1 to 3 dr.

Bouchardat says 6 gr. to 8 oz. of distilled water.—Dose. From 12 drops to 1 dr.

Solution of Arseniate of Soda. Syn. Liquor arseniatis sodæ. Pearson’s Arsenical solution. Prep. Arseniate of soda, 4 gr.; distilled water, 4 oz.—Dose, 12 minims to 30.

Solution of Arseniate of Soda. (B. P.) Syn. Liquor sodæ arseniatis. Prep. Dissolve arseniate of soda (rendered anhydrous by a heat not exceeding 300° Fahr.) 4 gr. in distilled water, 1 oz.—Dose, 5 to 10 minims.

Solution, Arsenical. Syn. Mineral solution; Solutio arsenicalis, Solutio mineralis, L. Prep. 1. (Devergie.) As SOLUTION OF ARSENITE OF POTASSA, Ph. L., but of only 1-50th the strength, and flavoured with compound spirit of balm, and coloured to a deep rose with cochineal.