2. (Ph. E.) Iodide of potassium, 1 oz.; iodine, 2 dr.; water, 16 fl. oz. This is 30 times as strong as the preceding.—Dose, 5 to 20 drops.
Solutions of Iodine. Syn. Liquor iodi (B. P.). Prep. Dissolve 20 gr. of iodine and 30 gr. of iodide of potassium in 1 oz. of distilled water. (Lugol’s.) Syn. Solutiones iodinii vel ioduretæ. Prep. Ioduretted waters, Nos. 1, 2, and 3; iodine, 11⁄2 gr., 2 gr., and 21⁄2 gr.; water, 1 pint. Drops.—Iodine, 1 scruple; iodide of potassium, 2 scruples; water, 9 dr. Lotions, &c.—Iodine, 11⁄2 gr. to 3 gr.; iodide of potassium, 3 gr. to 6 gr.; water, 1 pint. Rubefacient.—Iodine, 1 pint; iodide of potassium, 2 parts; water, 12 parts. Caustic.—Iodine, 1 part; iodide of potassium, 1 part; water, 2 parts.
Solution of Iodide of Iron. Syn. Liquor ferri Iodidi. (Ph. U. S.). Prep. Mix 2 oz. (troy) of iodine with 5 oz. of water, and add 1 oz. (troy) of iron filings, stir frequently, and heat the mixture gently till it assumes a greenish colour; then filter into a glass bottle containing 12 oz. of powdered sugar, and after it has passed, pour distilled water on the filter, until the filtered liquor, including the sugar, measures 20 oz., last shake the bottle till the sugar is dissolved.—Dose, 15 minims to 1 dr.
Solution of Iodine with Hemlock. Syn. Solutio iodinii cum conio. Dr Scudamore’s solution. For inhaling. Iodine, 6 gr.; iodide of potassium, 6 gr.; rectified spirit, 2 dr.; water, 5 oz. 6 dr. From 1⁄2 dr. to 5 dr. of this solution, with 1⁄2 dr. of tincture of hemlock to be added to warm water at 120° F. in a glass inhaler, and used twice a day. Two thirds of the ingredients are first put into the inhaler, and the rest added when half the time for inhaling has elapsed.
Solution of I′ron (Alkaline). Syn. Liquor ferri alkalini, L. Prep. (Ph. L. 1824.) Iron filings, 21⁄2 dr.; nitric acid, 2 fl. oz.; water, 6 fl. oz.; dissolve, decant, gradually add of solution of carbonate of potash 6 fl. oz., and in 6 hours decant the clear portion. This was intended as an imitation of Stahl’s Tinctura Martis Alkalina. It is tonic, emmenagogue, &c.—Dose, 20 to 60 drops.
Solution of Iron and Alum. Syn. Solutio ferri aluminosa. (Swediaur.) Calcined sulphate of iron, 10 scruples; alum, 5 scruples; water sufficient to dissolve them; sulphuric acid, 15 drops.—Dose, 10 to 15 drops. Once a celebrated nostrum in Germany, under the name of Tinctura nervosa.
Solution, Javelle’s. See Solution of Chlorinated potash.
Solution, Labarraque’s. See Solution of Chlorinated soda.
Solution of Lime. Syn. Lime water; SOLUTIO CALCIS HYDRATIS, Liquor calcis (Ph. L. & D.), Aqua calcis (Ph. E.), L. Prep. (Ph. L.) Upon the lime, 1⁄2 lb., first slaked (by sprinkling it) with a little of the water, pour the remainder of water, 12 pints, and shake them well together (for 5 minutes—Ph. D.); immediately cover the vessel, and set it aside for three hours; then keep the solution with the remaining lime (equally divided) in stoppered glass vessels, and, when it is to be used, decant the required portion from the clear solution (replacing it with more water, and agitating briskly, as before—Ph. E.).
Liquor Calcis (B. P.). Syn. Lime water. Put 2 oz. of slaked lime into a stoppered bottle containing 1 gall. of distilled water, and shake well for two or three minutes. After 12 hours the excess of lime will have subsided, and the clear solution may be drawn off with a siphon as it is required for use, or transferred to a green glass bottle furnished with a well-ground stopper.