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, 12 to 2 gr.; dogs, 18 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 112 dr.; sheep and pigs, 5 to 15 m.; dogs, 12 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, 12 to 1 dr.; dogs, 5 to 20 m.