Creta

(kre’-tah) [L.]. Chalk. Native calcium carbonate. C, Mistura, consists of C, pulv. cretae. comp.20, cinnamon-water 40, water 40. It is used in diarrhea. Dose f § (16.0). C. pre par at a, chalk freed from impurities by washing. Dose gr. v-xx (0.32- 1.3). C.,’Pulv., X”3J (°- 65-4.0).Aromat. (B. P.). C, Pulv., Dosecom- Comp., gr. pound chalk -powder, consists of C. prep. 30, acacia 20, sugar 50. Dose gr. v-^j (0.32- 4.0). C, Trocbisci, each contains prepared chalk gr. iv, acacia gr. j, sugar gr. vj, with a little nutmeg. 214