PREPARATIONS
OPII PULVIS—POWDERED OPIUM
This is opium dried at a temperature not exceeding 85° C. (185° F.) and powdered and should not contain less than 12 per cent nor more than 121⁄2 per cent morphine.
Dose.—Horses, 1⁄2 to 11⁄2 dr.; cattle, 1 to 3 dr.; sheep, 5 to 30 gr.; pigs, 5 to 15 gr.; dogs, 1⁄4 to 3 gr.
EXTRACTUM OPII—EXTRACT OF OPIUM
Composed of powdered opium, 100 parts; distilled water, 1000 parts; sugar of milk, a sufficient quantity. Made by trituration, filtration and evaporation. Assayed to contain 20 per cent of morphine.
Dose.—Horses, 1⁄2 to 1 dr.; cattle, 1 to 2 dr.; sheep, 5 to 15 gr.; pigs, 3 to 10 gr.; dogs, 1⁄4 to 2 gr.
PULVIS IPECACUANHAE ET OPII—POWDER OF IPECAC AND OPIUM—DOVER’S POWDER
Composed of ipecac, 10 parts; powdered opium, 10 parts; sugar of milk, 80. The most diaphoretic and expectorant compound of opium.
Dose.—Horses, 1⁄2 to 1 oz.; dogs, 2 to 12 gr.