This section is from the book "A Text-Book Of Pharmacology, Therapeutics And Materia Medica", by T. Lauder Brunton. Also available from Amazon: A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica.
The turpentine obtained by incision from the stem of Pinus balsamea (Abies balsamea), B.P. A liquid oleoresin, obtained from Abies balsamea, U.S.P. Canada.
Characters. - A pale-yellow ductile oleoresin of the consistence of thin honey, with a peculiar agreeable odour, and a slightly, bitter, feebly acrid taste.
Composition. - An essential oil resembling oil of turpentine, and a resin.
Dose. - 10 to 30 grains.
Preparations.
B.P
Charta Epispastica. Collodium Flexile.
U.S.P. Collodium Flexile.
Uses. - Used in the preparation of collodion flexile and of charta epispastica; also to mount microscopic objects. It may be given internally as a stimulant to mucous membranes.
 
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