PREPARATIONS
EXTRACTUM DIGITALIS—EXTRACT OF DIGITALIS
Made by maceration and percolation with alcohol and water; distillation of alcohol and evaporation to pilular substance.
Dose.—Horses and cattle, 5 to 10 gr.; sheep and pigs, 1⁄2 to 2 gr.; dogs, 1⁄8 to 1 gr.
FLUIDEXTRACTUM DIGITALIS—FLUID EXTRACT OF DIGITALIS
Prepared by maceration and percolation with alcohol and water, and evaporating so that 1 c. c. equals 1 gm. of the crude drug.
Dose.—Horses, 10 m. to 1 dr.; cattle, 30 m. to 11⁄2 dr.; sheep and pigs, 5 to 15 m.; dogs, 1⁄2 to 2 m.
TINCTURA DIGITALIS—TINCTURE OF DIGITALIS
Composed of powdered digitalis 100 parts with sufficient alcohol and water to make 1000 parts. By maceration and percolation.
Dose.—Horses and cattle, 2 to 4 dr.; sheep and pigs, 1⁄2 to 1 dr.; dogs, 5 to 20 m.