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CMAJ - December 14, 1999JAMC - le 14 decembre 1999

Please pass the strychnine: the art of Victorian pharmacy

Table 2: Medical preparations,Latin terms and English equivalents1
Preparations for internal use Preparations for external use
Pulvis, powder Unguentum, ointment
Pilula, pill Cerate or ceratum, wax ointment
Capsula, capsule Emplastrum, plaster
Tabella, tablet Suppositoriurm, suppository
Trochiscus, lozenge Lamella, lamella
Confectio, confection Tinctura, tincture
Sterula, ampoule  
Charta, paper (i.e., to hold powder) 

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