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DENTAL FORMUL.^:.
For Odontalgia. For Itching of Inflamed Surfaces.
White. li. Morphinae sulph. . . . gr.vj
li. Morphinse acetatis . . gr.xx Sodii boratis g ss
Olei caryophylli, Aquae rosae f 3 viij. M.
Spiritus setheris ni- SiGNA.—To be used as a lotion.
trosi aa^ij. M.
For Abraded Surfaces of Teeth.
SiGNA.—Apply on a pellet of cotton.
Dr. a. C. Hugenschmidt.
To prevent pain of friction.
For Odonlalgia.
Morphinae murias
R . . . . gr.ij
R. Morphinae acetatis . .gr.xx
Mur. cocaini gr.ij
Creasoti (vel acidi car-
Sodii boras ^j
bolici) ^ij. M.
Mellis ^j- M.
SiGNA.—Apply to carious cavity on a
pellet of cotton. To Relieve the Pain Following Ex-
traction of Teeth, and a Local Ances-
For Devitalizing Pulps of Teeth.
thetic.
U . Morphinse acetatis . . gr.j R. Morphinae g^^-vj
Acidi arseniosi .... gr.ij Tincturae aconiti,
Creasoti q.s. M. Chloroformi,
Fiat niassa, Alcoholis aa'f^j. M.
SiGNA.—Apply a sufficient quantity to SlGNA.—Apply on cotton, or with an
exposed surface of pulp, on cotton. applicator, as a local anaesthetic.
(For other devitalizing mixtures (See Formulae under Arsenious
see Arsenious Acid.) Acid.)
MYRRHA—MYRRH.
Source.—Myrrh is a gum-resinous exudation from a small,
shrubby tree—Balsamodendron Myrrha, of the natural order
Amyr'idacece., growing in Arabia, and the northeastern coast of
Africa. It is obtained in the form of small, irregular fragments
or tears, or in larger masses, composed of agglutinated portions.
The juice exudes spontaneously from the stem of the tree, and
concretes upon the bark. When pure, myrrh is of a reddish-
yellow or reddish-brown color, translucent, with a strong, peculiar
fragrant odor and a bitter aromatic taste, brittle and pulverizable.
Its powder is of a light yellow color ; when of a dark color it is
impure. When powdered myrrh is rubbed up for fifteen minutes
with an equal weight of muriate of ammonia and fifteen times its
weight of water gradually added, and it dissolves quickly and
entirely, it may be considered pure.