Solution, Escharotic (Freyburg’s). Syn. Solutio escharotica, L. Prep. From camphor, 30 gr.; corrosive sublimate, 60 to 100 gr.; rectified spirit, 1 fl. oz.; dissolve. In syphilitic vegetations, and specially condylomes. It is spread over the diseased surface, either at once or after the application of a ligature.
Solution of Flints. Syn. Liquor of flints; Liquamen silicum, Liquor potassæ silicatis, L. Prep. 1. Soluble glass dissolved in water.
2. (Bate.) Powdered quartz, 1 part; dry carbonate of potash, 2 parts (3 parts—Turner); triturate them together, fuse the mixture in a Hessian crucible, and allow the resulting glass to deliquesce by exposure in a damp situation.—Dose, 5 or 6 to 30 drops; in gouty concretions, stone, &c. “It resolves the stone, and opens obstructions.” See Soluble glass.
Solution, Gannal’s. { See Solution for Solution, Goadsby’s. { Anatomical preparations.
Solution, Goulard’s. See Solution of Subacetate of Lead.
Solution, Hahnemann’s Prophylac′tic. Syn. Liquor belladonnæ, Solutio prophylactica, L. Prep. From extract of belladonna (alcoholic), 3 gr.; distilled water, 6 fl. dr.; rectified spirit, 2 fl. dr.; dissolve. Used against scarlet fever.—Dose, 2 or 3 drops for a child under 12 months; and an additional drop for every year above that age to maturity.
Solution of Hartshorn, Succinated. Syn. Liquor cornu cervi succinatus. (P. Cod.) Neutralise true spirits of hartshorn (or a solution of 1 oz. of salt of hartshorn in 1 oz. of water) with acid of amber.
Solution of Hydri′odate of Ar′senic and Mer′cury. Syn. Donovan’s solution; Solutio arsenici et hydrargyri iodidi, Arsenici et hydrargyri hydriodatis liquor. (Ph. D.), L. Prep. 1. (Donovan.) Triturate metallic arsenic, 6·08 gr., mercury, 15·38 gr., and iodine, 50 gr., with alcohol, 1 fl. dr., until dry; to this add, gradually, of distilled water, 8 fl. oz., and again well triturate; next put the whole into a flask, add of hydriodic acid, 1⁄2 fl. dr., and boil for a few minutes; lastly, when cold, add distilled water, q. s. to make the whole measure exactly 8 fl. oz.
2. (Ph. D.) Pure arsenic (in fine powder),
6 gr.; pure mercury, 16 gr.; pure incline, 501⁄2 gr.; alcohol, 1⁄2 fl. dr.; triturate as before, add, gradually, of water, 8 fl. oz., heat the mixture until it begins to boil, and, afterwards, make up the cold and filtered solution to exactly 8 fl. oz. 6 fl. dr.