2. (COINDET'S PILLS.) From green iodide of mercury, 1 gr.; extract of liquorice, 20 gr.; mix, and divide into 8 pills.--_Dose_, 2 to 4, as the last. Pills of red iodide of mercury are made in the same way, but, owing to its greater activity, only one fourth of the above quantity of iodide must enter into their composition.
=Pills of Iodide of Potas'sium.= _Syn._ PILULae POTASSII IODIDI, L. _Prep._ 1. Iodide of potassium and powdered starch, of each 1/2 dr.; conserve of hips, q. s. For 36 pills.--_Dose_, 1 to 6, thrice daily; in glandular indurations and enlargements, goiture, scrofula, &c.
2. (Vogt.) Iodide of potassium, 15 gr.; burnt sponge and extract of dulcamara, of each 5 dr.; water, q. s. For 180 pills.--_Dose_, 4 to 6, twice a day, as the last.
=Pills of I'odine.= _Syn._ PILULae IODINII, L. _Prep._ (Radius.) Iodine, 6 gr.; extract of gentian, 1 dr.; powdered gum, q. s. For 24 pills.--_Dose_, 1 to 3; in scrofula, &c.; also, in mercurial and scorbutic salivation.
=Pills of Iodide of Silver.= _Syn._ PILULae ARGENTI IODIDI. (Dr Patterson.) _Prep._ Iodide of silver, nitrate of potash, of each 10 gr., rub together into a very fine powder, and add, liquorice powder, 1/2 dr.; white sugar, 20 gr.; mucilage, q. s.; to form a mass, to be divided into 40 pills; 1 three times a day.
=Pills of Iod'oform.= _Syn._ PILULae IODOFORMI, L. _Prep._ (Bouchardat.) Iodoform, 1/2 dr.; extract of wormwood (or gentian), 1 dr.; mix, and divide into 36 pills.--_Dose_, 1, twice or thrice daily; in scrofula, &c.
=Pills of Ipecac'uanha (Compound).= _Syn._ PILLS OF IPECACUANHA WITH SQUILLS, P. OF I. AND OPIUM; PILULae IPECACUANHA CUM SCILLa (Ph. L.), P.
IPECACUANHae ET OPII (Ph. E.), L. _Prep._ 1. (Ph. L.) Compound powder of ipecacuanha (Dover's powder), 3 dr.; powdered ammoniacum and squills (freshly powdered), of each 1 dr.; treacle, q. s. to form a pill-mass.
Anodyne, sudorific, and expectorant.--_Dose_, 5 to 10 gr.; in chronic coughs and asthma, &c.
2. (Ph. E.) Dover's powder, 3 parts; conserve of red roses, 1 part; mix, and divide into 4-gr. pills. Resembles Dover's powder in its effects. It is hence regarded by many as a useless preparation.
3. (B. P.) PILULA IPECACUANHae CUM SCILLa. _Prep._ Compound ipecacuanha powder, 3 oz.; fresh-dried squill, 1 oz.; ammoniacum in powder, 1 oz.; treacle, q. s. Beat all together.--_Dose_, 5 to 10 gr.
=Pills of I'ron (Compound).= _Syn._ PILULae FERRI COMPOSITA (Ph. L.), P. F.
CUM MYRRHae, L. _Prep._ (Ph. L.) Myrrh (in powder), 2 dr.; carbonate of soda, 1 dr.; rub them together in a warm mortar, then add of sulphate of iron, 1 dr., and again triturate; lastly, add of treacle, 1 dr., and beat all together, to form a pill mass. An excellent mild chalybeate tonic and emmenagogue, similar in its properties to 'Griffith's Mixture,'--_Dose_, 5 to 15 gr., two or three times a day.
=Pills, Italian Black.= _Syn._ PILULae ITALICae NIGRae, P. ALOETICae FERRATae, L. _Prep._ (Ph. Bor.) Powdered aloes and dried sulphate of iron, equal parts; beaten up with rectified spirit, q. s., and divided into 2- or 2-1/2-gr. pills. See PILLS OF ALOES AND IRON.
=Pills of Jal'ap.= _Syn._ PILULae JALAPae, L. _Prep._ 1. (Ph. E. 1783.) Extract of jalap, 2 dr.; aromatic powder, 1 dr.; syrup, q. s.
2. (Ph. Bor.) Soap of jalap, 3 parts; powdered jalap, 1 part; beat them to a pill-mass.--_Dose_ (of either), 10 to 15 gr.
=Pills, James's Analep'tic.= _Prep._ 1. Antimonial powder, guaiacum, and pill of aloes with myrrh, equal parts; syrup, q. s.
2. (Cooley.) Antimonial powder (James's), pill aloes with myrrh, and compound aloes powder, of each 2 parts; powdered ammoniacum, 1 part; beaten up with tincture of castor, q. s., and divided into 3-1/2-gr.
pills. A diaphoretic purge.--_Dose_, 2 to 4 pills.
=Pills, Dr J. Johnson's.= _Prep._ From compound extract of colocynth, 2 dr.; calomel, 1/2 dr.; potassio-tartrate of antimony, 2 gr.; oil of cassia, 12 drops. For 4 dozen pills. An excellent alterative and diaphoretic aperient.--_Dose_, 1 to 3 pills.
=Pills, Kaye's.= See PILLS, WORSDELL'S.
=Pills, Keyser's.= _Prep._ (Guibourt.) Red oxide of mercury, 1-1/2 oz.; distilled vinegar (dilute acetic acid), 1 pint; dissolve, add to the resulting solution manna, 2 lbs., and triturate for a long time before the fire, until a proper consistence is attained; lastly, divide the mass into pills of 1-1/2 gr. each.
_Obs._ Keyser's pills were once celebrated throughout Europe as a remedy possessing extraordinary virtue, and so highly were they prized that the method of preparing them was purchased by the French Government for the benefit of the nation. Richard, who first published a full account of them, concludes by observing that he considers this compound to be, without exception, the most effectual remedy for syphilis hitherto discovered. In this country, however, it has long sunk into comparative disuse with the faculty; probably from pills of acetate of suboxide of mercury being erroneously employed under the name, whereas, according to Robiquet, acetate of protoxide of mercury (called by him the 'peroxide') forms the basis of the original preparation. The dose is 1 to 2, night and morning, as an alterative; and 2 to 6, twice a day, as a sialogogue.
=Pills, King's.= See PATENT MEDICINES.
=Pills, Kitchener's.= _Syn._ Dr KITCHENER'S PERISTALTIC PERSUADERS; PILULae RHaeI ET CARUI, L. _Prep._ From powdered Turkey rhubarb, 2 dr.; simple syrup, 1 dr.; oil of caraway, 10 or 12 drops. For 40 pills. An admirable stomachic, dinner, or laxative pill, according to the quantity taken.--_Dose_, 2 to 6. "From 2 to 4 will generally produce one additional motion within 12 hours. The best time to take them is early in the morning."
=Pills, Klein's.= _Prep._ From ammoniacum and extract of centaury, of each 1-2 dr.; Castile soap, 1 dr.; oil of amber, 3 drops. For 2-gr. pills.
Stomachic, emmenagogue, and pectoral.--_Dose_, 2 to 6 pills.
=Pills of Lac'tate of Iron.= _Syn._ PILULae FERRI LACTATIS, L. _Prep._ (Cap.) Lactate of protoxide of iron and powdered marshmallow root, equal parts; clarified honey, q. s. For 3-gr. pills. One of the most valuable of the chalybeates.--_Dose_, 1 to 2, three or four times a day.
=Pills of Lactuca"rium.= _Syn._ PILULae LACTUCARII, L. _Prep._ 1. (Brera.) Lactucarium, 18 gr.; conserve of elder-berries and extract of liquorice, of each q. s. For 12 pills.--_Dose_, 1 to 2 pills, every three or four hours; in dry asthma, obstinate coughs without expectoration, &c.
2. (Dr Duncan.) Lactucarium, 12 gr.; liquorice powder, 20 gr.; simple syrup, q. s. For 12 pills.--_Dose_, 1 to 2 pills, every hour, as an anodyne, or to induce sleep.
=Pills, Lartigue's.= See PILLS, GOUT.
=Pills of Lead.= _Prep._ 1. See PILLS OF ACETATE OF LEAD.
2. (Opiated; PILULae PLUMBI OPIATae--Ph. E.; PILULA PLUMBI CUM OPIO--B. P.) Acetate of lead, 6 parts; opium, 1 part; conserve of red roses, about 1 part; beat them to a proper mass, and divide this into 4-gr. pills. "This pill may also be made with twice the quantity of opium." In haemorrhages, obstinate diarrha, dysentery, spitting of blood, and other cases demanding the use of a powerful astringent. It has also been highly extolled in cholera.--_Dose_, 1 to 3 pills, twice or thrice daily, washed down with water soured with pure vinegar.
=Pills, Lee's Antibil'ious.= _Prep._ ('Amer. Journ. of Pharm.') Aloes, 12 oz.; scammony, 6 oz.; calomel, 5 oz.; gamboge, 4 oz.; jalap, 3 oz.; Castile soap and syrup of buckthorn, of each 1 oz.; mucilage, 7 oz.; beat them together, and divide the mass into 5-gr. pills. A powerful cathartic, and, from containing mercury, not adapted for frequent use. See WYNDHAM'S PILLS.
=Pills, Lewis's Al'terative and Liver.= These "for the most part resemble SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS. They are, however, of a more drastic and powerful character, and frequently operate with considerable violence."
=Pills, Lockstadt's.= _Prep._ (Phbus.) Sulphate of quinine, 3 gr.; aromatic powder, 10 gr.; essential oil of almonds, 1 drop; extract of gentian, q. s. For 10 pills.--_Dose_, 1 to 2, thrice daily, as a stomachic tonic; or the whole at once, before an expected attack of an ague or intermittent.
=Pills, Lockyer's.= _Prep._ From panacea of antimony, 6 gr.; powdered white sugar, 4 dr.; mucilage, q. s. For 48 pills. Cathartic and emetic.--_Dose_, 1 to 4 pills.
=Pills of Lupulin.= (Magendie.) _Syn._ PILULae LUPULINI. _Prep._ The powder triturated forms a sufficiently tenacious mass for pills, without any addition.
=Pills, Dr Lynn's.= _Prep._ From pill of aloes with myrrh and compound extract of colocynth, of each 1 dr.; calomel, 1/2 dr. For 4 dozen pills.
Aperient and antibilious.--_Dose_, 1 to 3; in costiveness, biliousness, &c.
=Pills of Manganese, Carbonate.= (Hannon.) _Syn._ PILULae MANGANESII CARBONATIS. _Prep._ Dissolve separately, 17 oz. of crystallised sulphate of manganese, and 19 oz. carbonate of soda, in water, q. s. Mix the solutions and add to every 17 oz. of the liquid, 1 oz. of syrup, and allow the precipitate to subside in a well-closed bottle. Pour off the supernatant liquid, wash the precipitate with sugared water, express, mix it with 10 oz. of honey, and evaporate rapidly to a pill consistence.--_Dose_, from 4 to 10 4-grain pills daily, in anaemia, chlorosis, &c.
=Pills of Manganese, Iodide.= (Hannon.) _Syn._ PILULae MANGANESII IODIDI.
_Prep._ Iodide of potassium, 1 oz.; dried sulphate of manganese, 1 oz.; mix with honey, q. s. to form a pill mass; divide into 4-gr.
pills.--_Dose._ From 1 pill daily, gradually increased.
=Pills of Manganese, Malate.= (Hannon.) _Syn._ PILULae MANGANESII MALATIS.
Malate of manganese, 15 gr.; powdered cinchona bark, 15 gr.; honey, q. s.
for 20 pills. 3 to 5 or 6 daily.
=Pills of Manganese, Muriate.= (Niemann.) _Syn._ PILULae MANGANESII MURIATIS. _Prep._ Chloride of manganese, 2 scruples; gum Arabic, 2 scruples; liquorice, 1 scruple. Mix.
=Pills of Manganese, Phosphate.= (Hannon.) _Syn._ PILULae MANGANESII PHOSPHATIS. _Prep._ Phosphate of manganese, 1-1/2 dr.; cinchona bark, 1/2 dr.; syrup of catechu, q. s. Make into 4-gr. pills.
=Pills of Manganese, Tartrate.= _Syn._ PILULae MANGANESII TARTRATIS. As Pills of Malate Manganese.
=Pills of Manganese and Sulphate of Iron.= (Hannon.) _Syn._ PILULae MANGANESII ET FERRI SULPHATIS. _Prep._ Sulphate of iron, 13 oz.; sulphate of manganese, 3-1/2 oz.; carbonate of soda, 17-1/2 oz.; honey, 10 oz.; syrup, q. s. to make a mass to be divided into 4-gr. pills.
=Pills, Mar'tial.= _Syn._ PILLS OF IRON AND WORMWOOD; PILULae FERRI CUM ABSINTHIO, P. MARTIALES, L. _Prep._ (Sydenham.) Levigated iron-filings, 1 dr.; extract of wormwood, q. s. Tonic and haematinic.--_Dose_, 5 to 10 gr., twice a day.
=Pills, Matthew's.= _Syn._ PILULae MATTHaeI, P. PACIFICae, L. _Prep._ 1. (Dr Paris.) Black hellebore, Castile soap, liquorice, opium, saffron, and turmeric, equal parts; made into pills with oil of turpentine.
2. (Ph. E. 1744.) Opium and saffron, of each 1 dr.; castor, 2 dr.; soap of turpentine, 3 dr.; balsam of copaiba (or oil of turpentine), q. s. to form a mass. Alterative and anodyne.--_Dose_, 3 to 10 gr.
=Pills, McKinsey's.= See MCKINSEY'S KATAPOTIA, among PATENT MEDICINES.