Poupart’s ligament

(poo-parts’) [Franco is Poupart, French anatomist, 1661-1709]. See ligament. powder (pow’der). An aggregation of small particles obtained by the grinding or trituration of a solid drug. See puis. aromatic p., comund powder of cinnamon. See cinnamon. Bleaching p., chlorinated lime. borosalicylic., a dusting-powder consisting of 4 parts of ric acid and 1 part of salicylic acid: used as a wound-dre ing. Cast ill on’s p's, 8 parts each of tragacanth, powdered sago, and powdered salep, 2 parts prepared oyster shell, and 1 part cochineal. One dram is boiled in a pint of milk and used in diarrhea and dysentery. composition p., compound powder of bayberry; a carminative powder containing bark of bayberry root 60, ginger 30, and capsicum and clove, each 30 parts. Dose, 10-20 gr. (0.6-1.2 gm.). Dover's p., pulvis ipecacuanhe et opii. See opium. Fraynard’s p., a hemostatic powder, said to be pulverized beech charcoal. gray p., hydrargyrum cum _creta. Gregory's p., pulvis rhei compos it us. Hufeland’s p., magnesium carbonate 50, rhubarb 15, sugar with oil of fennel seed 35. impalpable p., a powder so fine that its particles cannot be felt as distinct bodies. insect-p., any powder destructive to insects. James’ p. Same as pulvis antimonial is. See antimony. Jesuit’s p., powdered cinchona. Patters on’s p., a mixture of magnesia and bismuth sub nitrate. seidlits p., pulvis effervescens compos it us; a cathartic preparation consisting of a white paper containing 35 gr. of tartaric acid and a blue paper containing 40 gr. of sodium bicarbonate and 120 gr. of sodium and pota ium tartrate. The contents of the two papers are mixed in water and drunk while effervescing. serum-p., a powder of zinc oxid charged with a freshly prepared serum and then dried and sterilized: used as an antiseptic dre ing powder. styptic p., a powder containing alum, acacia, gum, colophony, and sometimes tragacanth and argil. sympathetic p., a powder formerly A proprietary poultice 718 PRE ALBUMINURIC applied to a weapon, from the belief that its application would heal a wound caused by that weapon. talcum-p., powdered soapstone: used as an application to inflamed surfaces. Tully’s p., pulvis morphinz compos it us. See morphin. tutty » powdered stannic acid: used for polishing teeth. n’s antimonial p., a mixture of 20 gr. of antimony oxid with 180 gr. of calcium phosphate. Dose, 5-10 gr. (0.333-0.006 gm.). Vienna p., pota a with lime. Vigo’s p., red oxid of mercury.