5. (Pilulæ hydrargyri bichloridi cum guaiaco. Dupuytren.) Prep. Perchloride of mercury in subtle powder, 3 gr.; extract of opium, 6 gr.; extract of guaiacum, 12 gr. Make into 20 pills.
Obs. The above formulæ are among those most usually employed. Other authorities order pills containing 1⁄16th of a gr. Dzondi orders 1⁄20 gr., and Hüfeland only 1⁄30 gr., in each pill. The commencing dose should not exceed 1 pill containing the 1⁄12 of a grain, twice or thrice a day. It may afterwards be safely kept at 1⁄8th of a grain. They are chiefly employed in syphilis, but are also occasionally exhibited with great advantage in glandular
indurations and enlargements, and in cancer; due caution being observed.
Pills, Cough. See Pills, Pectoral, Expectorant, &c.
Pills of Cre′asote. Syn. Pilulæ creasoti, L. Prep. 1. (Pitschaft.) Creasote, 6 gr.; powdered henbane, 24 gr.; conserve of hips, q. s. For 24 pills.—Dose, 1 three times daily; in sea-sickness, the vomiting during pregnancy, &c.
2. (Rieche.) Creasote, 1 dr.; extract of liquorice and gum galbanum, of each 1⁄2 dr.; powdered mallow-root, 2 dr.; to be divided into 2-gr. pills.—Dose, 3 to 6, four times a day; in acute rheumatism, bronchitis, neuralgia, phthisis, &c.
Pills, Crespigny’s. See Pills, Dinner.
Pills of Cro′ton Oil. Syn. Pilulæ crotonis, P. tiglii, L. Prep. 1. Croton oil, 3 drops; oil of cloves, 4 drops; bread-crum, q. s. For 3 pills, one of which is a dose.
2. (Dr Copland.) Croton oil, 6 drops; pill of aloes and myrrh, 11⁄2 dr.; soap, 20 gr.; liquorice powder, q. s. For 30 pills.—Dose, 2 to 4.
3. (Dr Reece.) Croton oil, 6 drops; Castile soap, 1⁄2 dr.; oil of caraway, 8 drops; liquorice powder, q. s. For 12 pills.—Dose, 1 to 3. In dropsy, visceral obstructions, &c. See Croton oil.