Acetate of morphine passes through, andmeconate of lead remains.
Put the meconate of lead with water into a beaker and pass hydrogen sulphide; sulphide of lead is formed, and meconic acid set free.
A similar color is produced by sulphocyanide of potassium, as found in the saliva; but the color of the meconate is not discharged by chloride of gold; the sulphocyanide is.
The insoluble meconateof lead remains on the filter, the morphia passing through as acetate.
Its principal properties, however, are due to the presence of morphia, as meconate of morphia; but others of its constituent substances undoubtedly modify its action.
It may be regarded as a purified alcoholic solution of meconate of morphia, with a little excess of acid, and of about the same strength as laudanum.
Meconate of lime is obtained by heating a solution of chloride of calcium with an infusion of opium made with cold water, and neutralised by powdered marble, and collecting the precipitate.
In employing the following method the use of alcohol to extract the morphia is avoided, and meconic acid is separated at an early stage, which prevents the formation of a basic meconate on precipitation of the morphia.
Meconate of lime is suspended in warm water, and treated with hydrochloric acid.
The same decomposition shows the source of the meconate of soda.
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