PASTA

(Lat.), n. f. Past(pa8st)'a3. Ger., P. See PASTE. P. amygdal iii a. See Butyrum AMYGDAL ARUM and Pulvis AMYGDALAE compos it us.P. cacaotina. Chocolate, or, according to the older formularies, cacao roasted, powdered, and reduced to a paste. [B, 119, 270.] P. Canquoiiii. Ger., Can quoin's che P. See P. ZINCI chlorati.P. caustic a [Ru . Ph.] (vie i in ens is). Sp., p. caustic a de Viena [Mex. Ph.]. See POTASSA cum calce. P. compact a. A dough-like medicinal mixture of a pilular consistence. [A, 319 (a, 2i).j p. dentifricia dura [Austr. Ph.J. Roum., p. de dint i LRouin. Ph.]. A preparation made by rubbing up 200 parts of powdered Venetian soap, 80 of calcium carbonate, and 2 of carmin with a solution of 5 parts of peppermint oil in 30 of 90-per-cent. alcohol, dividing into tablets, and drying. [B, 95 (a, 38).] P. dentifricia moll is [Austr. Ph., Or. Ph.]. 1. Of the Austr. Ph., a soft paste made by mixing 50 parts of powdered Venetian soap, 200 of calcium carbonate, and 2 of carmin with a solution of 5 parts of peppermint oil in 29 of 90-per-cent. alcohol, and adding 50 parts of syrup. 2. Of the Gr. Ph., a paste consisting of 6 parts each of olibanum and sandarach, 3 each of dragon's-blood, oil of cloves, and alcohol, and 1 part of opium; used as an anodyne in denial caries. [B, 95 (a, 38).] P. emulsiva. See Butyrum AMYGDAL ARUM and Pulvis AMYGDALA compos it us. P. escliarotica <H Can quoin. See P. ZINCI chlorati. P. gommosa. See P. gummosa. P. guarana pulver at a. Guarana coarsely powdered, dried, rubbed in an iron mortar, and sifted through a No. 100 silk sieve [Fr. Cod.]; or powdered in a dry iron mortar, dried in an oven, and sifted through a fine silk sieve" [Sp. Ph.J. [B, 95 (a, 38).] P. gummosa [Ger. Ph. (1st ed.), Roum. Ph.] (alba [Swi Ph.J, seu album in at a [Austr. Ph.]). Fr., pate de gomme (dite.de guimauve) [Fr. Cod.J. Sp.,p. de gonia ardbiga [Sp. Ph.]. Syn.: p. althcece [Belg. Ph.]. A paste consisting of 1,000 parts of gum arabic (powdered [Austr. Ph., Roum. Ph.], Senegal gum [Fr. Cod.]), 1,000 (800 [Belg. Ph.J) of sugar (powdered [Roum. Ph.)), 1,000 [Fr. Cod., Belg. Ph.] (3,000 [Swi Ph., Ger. Ph.]) of water (1,000 of boiling water [Austr. Ph., Roum. Ph.]), 576 [Austr. Ph.] (288 [Fr. Cod.J, 192 [Belg. Ph.], 750 [Ger. Ph.|, 480 [Swi Ph.]) of white of egg, and 100 [Fr. Cod., Austr. Ph., Roum. Ph.] (180 [Belg. Ph.], 120 [Swi Ph.]) of orange-flower water (5 parts of elseosaccharum of orange-flowers [Ger. Ph.]); or of 23 parts each of gum arabic and sugar, 3 of orange-flower water, and 8 of white of egg [Sp. Ph.]. The paste is evaporated to the proper consistence and dried on the surface in the air [Sp. Ph.]. [B, 95 (a, 38).] P. gummosa flava [Swi Ph.]. A paste made by di olving 30 parts of gum arabic and 20 of white sugar in 70 of water, straining, decanting, evaporating till a drop of the substance will not spread on a cold plate, skimming, adding 2 parts of orange-flower water, pouring into molds smeared with cacao butter, and drying. [B, 95 (a, 38).] p. loiidinensis. See London PASTE. P. moll is. A doughlike medicinal mixture of a soft consistence. [A, 319 (a, 21).] P. pectoral is balsamic a [Belg. Ph.]. Fr., pdte balsam i que de Regnauld. A paste made by infusing 66 parts of flores pec to rales in water, adding 405 of gum arabic, 329 of sugar, and, when these are di olved, 3 of tincture of balsam of Tolu. [B, 95 (a, 38).] P. phosphor at a [Belg. Ph.]. A paste made by pouring 445 parts of boiling water over 10 of phosphorus, adding gradually 445 of wheat flour and 100 of lard, and stirring. [B, 95 (a, 38).] P. regia. See Butt/rum AMYGDALARDM. P. viennensis, Pulvis pro p. vienneiisi. See POTASSA cum calce. PAST^ [s. 223]