Balneum Effervescens, B. P. C. Effervescent Bath.

Format explanation

(1) Sodium Bicarbonate 0.30 | 15 ounces
Sodium Acid Sulphate 0.15 | 7 ½ ounces
Water ... to 100.00 | to 30 gallons

Dissolve the sodium bicarbonate in the water, and add the sodium acid sulphate, in lumps or cakes, to the solution.

(2) Sodium Bicarbonate 0.30 | 15 ounces
Sodium Acid Sulphate 0.15 | 7 ½ ounces
Sodium Chloride 1.00 | 50 ounces
Calcium Chloride 0.15 | 7 ½ ounces
Water ... to 100.00 | to 30 gallons

Dissolve the sodium bicarbonate and the chlorides in the water, then add the sodium acid sulphate.


The British Pharmaceutical Codex, 1911, was published by direction of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.