POWDER

n. Pu*'u4d-u6r. Gr., KOVIS. Lat., pulvis. Fr., poudre. Ger., Pulver. In pharmacy, a substance or combination of substances in solid, dry form such as will pa through a sieve of a certain degree of finene ; also a single dose of such p. The U. S. Ph. recognizes five degrees of finene of p's, designated, according to the number of meshes to the square inch, as No. 20 or coarse p.. No. 40 or moderately coarse p., No. 50 or moderately fine p., No. 60 or fine p., and No. 80 or very fine p.; the Br. Ph. recognizes six grades, Nos. 12, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60; the Fr Cod. four grades, Nos. 90, 100, 120, 140 for silk sieves, Nos. 2, 1, 0, 00, for hair sieves (the inch being a trifle larger than that of the U. S. Ph. and Br. Ph.); the Ru . and Swed. Ph's distinguish the sieves as 1,600-, 1,000-, 300-, and 100-mesh sieves; the Norw. Ph. distinguishes the p's as coarse, ordinary, and finest. [B, 81, 95 (a, 38).J Absorbent p. Lat., pulvis absorbens (seu infant uni, seu puerorum citrin us [3d def.]). 1. A p. of 2 parts of an tim onium diaphoreticum lotum and 1 part each of prepared oyster shells and as taco lith. 2. A p. of 2 parts of as taco lith and 1 part of magnesium oxide; or of 61 of prepared crab's claws, 31 of prepared red coral, and 15 of magnesium oxide. 3. A p. of 48 parts of magnesium oxide with 6 of cinnamon and sometimes 24 of sugar; or with 32 of sugar and 4 of cinnamon; or with 3 of cinnamon and 12 of licorice; or with 12 each of fennel and orange-peel; or with 16 each of Florentine iris, anise, and sugar, and 8 of saffron. 4. A p. of 30 parts of magnesium oxide, 7 of rhubarb, and 2 of cinnamon. [B, 119 (a, 38).] -Ant hysteric p. [Wiirtemb. Ph., 1798J. Fr., poudre antihysterique. A mixture of 2 parts of castoreum, 1 part each of cloves and saffron, 4 parts each of zedoary, citron-rind, amber, and mother-of-pearl, and 8 parts each of the roots of Dictamnus alb us and Pceonia offlcinalis. [B, 119.] Antispasmodic p. See POUDRE anti spas modi que. Bleaching p. See CALX chlorata. Cancer-p. See Martin's cancer p. Car thus i an p. See KERMES mineral. Cordial p. A p. of 106 parts of cinnamon, 64 of cloves, 30 of vanilla, 2 300 of rice, and 1,500 of sugar. [B, 119 (a, 3).] Digestive p. See POUDRE digestive. Divine p. The equivalent of a popular term applied in Egypt to an aperient mixture of the carbonates of ammonium, magnesium, iron, and sodium with ginger and licorice given in the Egypt. Ph. ["Lancet," Jan. 2, 1886, p. 42.] Dover's p. Lat., pulvis Dover! [Austr. Ph.. Swi Ph., Hung. Ph.]. A p. originally composed of 1 grain each of opium and ipecac and 4 grains each of nitrate and sulphate of pota ium. [B. W. Richardson, " Asclepiad "; " N. Y. Med. Jr>ur.," Nov. 7. 18R5, p. 532.] See Pulvis IPECACUANHA? et opii. Fever p. of James. See PULVIS antimonial is. Gas coigne's A, ape; A, at; AS, ah; A4, all; Ch, chin; Cha, loch (Scottish); [s. 328]