Obs. Cold water dissolves more lime than hot water. 1 pint of water at 32° Fahr. dissolves 131⁄4 gr., at 60° it dissolves 111⁄2 gr., but at 212° only 61⁄2 gr. (Phillips.)
Uses, &c. Lime water is antacid, astringent, antilithic, tonic and vermifuge.—Dose. A wine-glassful, or more, 2 or 3 times a day, in milk or broth; in dyspepsia, diarrhœa, calculous affections, &c.; and, externally, as a detersive and discutient lotion.
Solution of Lime (Saccharated). (B. P.) Syn. Liquor calcis saccharatus. Prep. Slaked lime, 1; refined sugar (in powder), 2; distilled water, 20; digest for some hours and strain.—Dose, 15 to 60 minims in milk.
Solution of Lithia, Effervescing. Syn. Liquor lithiæ effervescens. (B. P.) Prep. Mix 10 gr. of carbonate of lithia and 1 pint of water in a suitable apparatus, and charge with carbonic acid gas under a pressure of 7 atmospheres. Keep in bottles securely corked.
Solution, Mackenzie’s. Prep. From nitrate of silver, 20 gr., dissolved in distilled water, 1 fl. oz. Used to wash the throat and fauces, and to sponge the trachea, in affections of those parts.
Solution of Magne′sia. Syn. Aerated magnesia water, Carbonated m. w., Fluid magnesia, Condensed solution of m., Concentrated s. of m.; Liquor magnesiæ carbonatis, Aqua m. c., L.; Eau magnesienne, Fr. Prep. (Dinneford’s.) Water and Howard’s heavy carbonate of magnesia, in the proportion of 171⁄2 gr. of the latter to every fl. oz. of the former, are introduced into a cylindrical tinned copper vessel, and carbonic acid, generated by the action of sulphuric acid on whiting, is forced into it by steam power for 51⁄2 hours, during the whole of which time the cylinder is kept in motion. Sir J. Murray’s is similar. The Paris Codex orders recently precipitated carbonate of magnesia to
be used while still moist. Antacid and laxative. See Fluid magnesia.
Solution, Min′eral. See Solution of Arsenite of Potassa.
Solution of Mor′phia. See Solutions of Acetate, Hydrochlorate, and Sulphate.
Solution of Myrrh, Alkaline. Syn. Solutio myrrhæ alkalina. (Swediaur.) Prep. Carbonate of soda, 1 dr.; myrrh, 2 oz.; boiling water, 8 oz. Digest in a water bath for 2 days, frequently stirring, and strain.