PATE

(Fr.), n. Pa3t. See PASTE. P. acetolique. See CATAPLASM A acetatum.P. amygdaline. See Pulvis AMYGDALA compnsitus P. arsenic ale du Frere Come (ou de Rou elot). A preparation made by mixing 2 parts each of red mercury sulphide and powdered dragon's-blood and 1 part of arsenious acid with sufficient mucilage to form a soft paste: employed for cancerous sores. [B, 93 (a. 14).] P. balsam i que de Keynauld. See PASTA pectoral is balsamic a.P. caustique [Fr. Cod.]. Of the veterinarians, a semi-solid paste consisting of calcined alum powdered and mixed with commercial sulphuric acid. [B, 95 (a, 38).] P. caustique contre le crapaud [Fr. Cod.]. Of the veterinarians, a soft paste consisting of solid antimony chloride rubbed up with commercial hydrochloric acid. [B, 95 (a, 38).] P. caustique d'Else. A preparation made by evaporating 240 parts of soap makers' lye to 60 parts and adding 7 of extract of opium and 22 (or enough to absorb the liquid thoroughly) of quicklime. [B, 119 (a, 38).] P. coutre les eiigelures. A paste made by pounding 250 grammes of peeled bitter almonds, triturating with the yolks of 50 hard-boiled eggs, 250 grammes of white honey, 11 each of calcined alum, olibanum. and benzoin, 31 of mustard powder, and 19 of camphor powdered with alcohol, and adding 4 of oil of bergamot. [B, 119 (a, 38).] P. pectorale [Fr. Cod.]. A preparation made by infusing 200 parts of ttores pec to rales with 6,000 of hot water, straining when cool, di olving in the colature 6,000 of Senegal gum, straining, adding 4,000 of white sugar, and, when this is di olved, a solution of 3 parts of extract of opium in 200 of cherry-laurel water, and forming into a sheet of paste. It contains about BV per cent, of extract of opium. [B, 95 (a, 38).] [s. 224]