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Felter's Materia Medica on Oleum Terebinthinae

OLEUM TEREBINTHINAE
   Oil of Turpentine, Spirit of Turpentine, Turpentine Oil. A volatile oil distilled with water from the concrete oleoresin derived from Pinus palustris, Miller, and other species of... / ...paration should not be used internally; only when rectified is it fit for internal medication. (See Oleum Terebinthinae Recificatum.)1

OLEUM TEREBINTHINAE RECTIFICATUM
   Rectified Oil of Turpentine, Rectified... / ...rpentine Oil. Description.—A thin colorless liquid corresponding to the properties described under Oleum Terebinthinae, which see. Dose, 1 to 20 drops. ( Usual dose, 5 drops.) Preparation.—Emulsum 0...1


References

1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.