BENZOINUM

. S. Ph. Br. Ph.] (Lat.), n. n. Be?nz-o(0?; nu’m(nu‘m). See BENZOIN (Ist def.)—Acidum benzoin i. Be: zoic acid. [B.]—Arbor benzoin i. The Styrax benzoin. [B.} Benzoin i oleum. See Empyreumatic oil of BENZOIN.—B. verum. See Benzoin (1st def.).—Flores benzoin i. See Flowers of BENZOIN. —Oleum benzoi See Empyreumatic oil of BENZOIN.—Pulvis benzoin i [Fr. Cod.]. See Poudre de BENJOIN.—Spiritus benzoin i, See Spirit of nenzoin.—Tinctura benzoin i [U. S, Ph.]._ Fr., teinture de benjoin [Fr. Cod.]. Syn.: tinctura benzoes [Ger. Ph.]. A filtered solution of 1 part of benzoin (1st def.) in 4 [U. S. Ph.] or 5 [Fr. Cod., Ger. Ph ] ean of alcohol. [B, 81, 113, 205.|—Tinctura benzoin i compos it a [U. S. Ph., Br, Ph.]. Fr., teinture balsam i que [Fr. Cod.]. Ger., zusammengesetzte Benzoëtinctur. It., tintura di benzoe compost a. Syn.: tinctura balsamic a, e entia balsamic a. A preparation made up of 12 parts of benzoin, 2 of purified aloes, 8 of storax, 4 of balsam of Tolu, and enough alcohol to make 100 parts [U. S. Ph.]; or of 2 0z. of benzoin, 14 oz. of prepared storax, # oz. of balsam of Tolu, and 160 grains of socotrine aloes di olved in 1 pint of rectified spirit [Br. Ph.]; or of a tincture prepared by macerating 1 part of angelica root and 2 parts of the lowering part of St. John’s-wort in 72 parts of alcohol, adding 1 part each of aloes, myrrh, and olibanum and 6 parts each of sam of Tolu and benzoin {Fr. Cod.]., Similar preparations, in some of which balsam of Peru was substituted for balsam of Tolu, have been official ina great number of formularies under various names, such as Friar's balsam (balsamum Friardi), Turlington's, Jesuits’, Vervain's, Saint Victor's, Persian, and Swedish balsam, balsamum commendator is (seu innocentium, seu catholicon, seu traumaticum, seu vulnerarium, seu persicum), elixir traumaticum, ete. A similar preparation was the baume vulnéraire de Burrhus. Itis a reddish acid liquid, much employed as an application to uicers, bed-sores, cracked nipples, excoriations, etc.. and used intern all and by inhalation in respiratory and urinary disorders. [B, 81, 113 119.;—Unguentum benzoin i [U. S. Ph., 1870]. See Apeps benzoin at us.