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Definition of Decoctions
1. decoction [n] - See also: decoction
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decoctions
Literary usage of Decoctions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Pharmacy by Edward Parrish (1884)
"In preparing decoctions of the vegetable astringents, th of an iron or rusted tin
... In making decoctions the ebullition should not be violent or long- ..."
2. The English Physician Enlarged: With Three Hundred and Sixty-nine Medicines by Nicholas Culpeper (1814)
"5. AU Juleps are made for present use, and therefore it is in vain to speak of
their duration. CHAP. IV. Of Decoctions.. 2. Decoctions are made of leaves, ..."
3. A Treatise on pharmacy for students and pharmacists by Charles Caspari (1895)
"In former years, decoctions were extensively employed, and frequently made by
lining a large ... In this country at least, decoctions have almost entirely ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1880)
"The infusions will first be considered in their alphabetical order as they occur
in the Pharmacopoeia, and subsequently the decoctions in like manner. ..."
5. The Essentials of Materia Medica, and Therapeutics by Alfred Baring Garrod (1865)
"Decoctions. A decoction is a watery solution of a medicinal substance prepared by
... Decoctions should be strained when hot, as a deposit of active matters ..."
6. The Modern Treatment of Syphilitic Diseases: Both Primary and Secondary by Langston Parker (1854)
"The various vegetable decoctions and infusions have been long, and are still,
... In many forms of skin disease these decoctions of the woods are useful; ..."
7. The Pathology and treatment of venereal diseases: Including the Results of by Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1868)
"Decoctions and infusions of sarsaparilla, saponaria, water-dock, ... The ordinary
decoctions and infusions are very bulky, and their preparation not always ..."
8. A Translation of the Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of by Royal College of Physicians of London, Richard Phillips (1837)
"Decoctions. Decoctions differ from hot infusions only in the application of a
longer-continued heat; by this the solvent power of the water is increased, ..."
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