Best form for pills.--~Dose:~ 1/2--2 grn.

~Iron Tartrate, Ferric, Merck.~

Brown scales.--SOL. in water.--~Dose:~ 5--10 grn.

~Iron Valerianate Merck.--(_Ferric Valerianate, U.S.P._).~

Brick-red powd.; valerian odor; styptic taste.--Tonic, Nervine,

Emmenagogue.--USES: Anemia or chlorosis, with hysteria or nervous

exhaustion; epilepsy, chorea, etc.--~Dose:~ 3--15 grn.

~Iron and Ammonium Citrate Merck.--U.S.P.--Brown Scales.~

SOL. in water.--~Dose:~ 3--10 grn.--_Preparation:_ Wine (4%).

~Iron and Ammonium Sulphate, Ferric, Merck.--U.S.P.~

AMMONIO-FERRIC ALUM.--~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.

~Iron and Manganese, Peptonized, Merck.~

Brown powd.--SOL. in water.--~Dose:~ 5--20 grn.

~Iron and Potassium. Tartrate Merck.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 5--10 grn.

~Iron and Quinine Citrate, Soluble, Merck.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 3--10 grn.--_Preparation:_ Bitter Wine Iron (5%).

~Iron and Quinine Citrate, with Strychnine, Merck.~

1% strychnine.--Green scales.--SOL. in water.--~Dose:~ 2--5 grn.

~Iron and Strychnine Citrate Merck.--U.S.P.~

1% strychnine.--~Dose;~ 2--5 grn.

~Itrol,~--see SILVER CITRATE.

Jalap--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.--_Preparations:_ Ext. (D., 2--5 grn.); Comp. Powd.

(D., 20--60 grn.); Resin (D., 2--5 grn.).

~Juice, Cineraria, Merck.~

USES: _Extern._, cataract of the eye; 2 drops 3 t. daily.

Kamala--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 1--2 drams, with hyoscyamus, in honey.

~Kefir Fungi Merck.~

USES: In making Kefir ("Kumyss").--[Further information in descriptive

circular.]

~Keratin, Pepsinized, Merck.~

Horn-substance purified by pepsin.--Yellowish-brown powd.--USES:

Coating enteric pills.--[Further information in descriptive circular.]

~Kermes Mineral,~--see ANTIMONY, SULPHURATED.

Kino--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 10--20 grn.--_Preparation:_ Tr. (1:10).

~Koussein Merck.--Amorph.~

BRAYERIN, KUSSEÏN.--Yellowish-brown powd.--SOL. in alcohol, ether,

chloroform; slightly in water.--Anthelmintic.--~Dose:~ 15--30 grn.,

divided into 4 parts, intervals of half hour; followed by castor oil.

Children, half this quantity.

Kousso--U.S.P.

BRAYERA.--_Preparation:_ F.E. (D., 1--4 drams).--See also, Koussein.

Krameria--U.S.P.

RHATANY.--~Dose:~ 5--30 grn.--_Preparations:_ Ext. (D., 2--10 grn.);

F.E. (1:1); Syr. (45 per cent.); Tr. (1:5); Troches (1 grn. ext.).

~Kryofine.~

METHOXY-ACET-PHENETIDIN.--Colorl., odorl., powd.; faint bitter-pungent

taste.--SOL. in 600 parts water; freely in alcohol, chloroform,

ether.--Analgesic, Antipyretic.--~Dose:~ 8--15 grn. in tabl. or powd.

~Lactopeptine.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Contains pepsin,

pancreatin, ptyalin, lactic and hydrochloric acids.--Grayish

powd.--Digestant.--~Dose:~ 10--20 grn., in powd. or tabl.")

~Lactophenin.~

LACTYL-PHENETIDIN.--Wh., odorl., slightly bitter powd.--SOL. in 500

parts water, 9 alcohol.--Antipyretic and Analgesic.--~Dose:~ 8--15 grn.

~Lactucarium Merck.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ _Hypnotic_ and _anodyne_, 5--20 grn.; _sedative_, 3--8

grn.--_Preparations:_ Tr. (1:2); Syr. (1:20).

~Lanolin.~

Wool-fat, analogous to Adeps Lanæ, which see.

Lappa--U.S.P.

BURDOCK.--Alterative.--_Preparation:_ F.E. (D., 30--60 min.)

~Largin.~

Silver-albumin compound; 11% silver.--Gray powd.--SOL. in 9 parts

water, also in glycerin.--Powerful Bactericide and Astringent, like

silver nitrate but non-irritating and not precipitable by sodium

chloride or albumin.--USES: Chiefly gonorrhea, in 1/4--1-1/2% solut.

(according to stage), 3 t. daily.

~Lead Acetate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P., Cryst. or Powd.~

~Dose:~ 1--4 grn.--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach siphon: sulphate of

sodium or potassium or magnesium; milk, albumen, opium (in

pain).--INCOMPATIBLES: Acids; soluble sulphates, citrates, tartrates,

chlorides, or carbonates; alkalies, tannin, phosphates.

~Lead Carbonate Merck.--C.P.~

Not used internally.--_Preparation:_ Oint. (10%).

~Lead Iodide Merck.--U.S.P.--Powd.~

~Dose:~ 1--4 grn.--_Preparation:_ Oint. (10%).

~Lead Nitrate Merck.--U.S.P.--Pure, Cryst.~

~Dose:~ 1--4 grn.

Lemon Juice--U.S.P.

_Preparation:_ Acid, Citric (q.v.).

Lemon Peel--U.S.P.

_Preparations:_ Oil; Spt.; Syr.--all flavorings.

~Lenigallol.~

PYROGALLOL TRIACETATE, _Knoll._--White powd.--INSOL. in water; sol.

with decomposition in warm aqueous solut's of alkalies.--Mild

succedaneum for Pyrogallol: non-poisonous, non-irritating, and

non-staining.--APPLIED in 1/2--5% oint.

~Lenirobin.~

CHRYSAROBIN TETRACETATE, _Knoll._--INSOL. in water.--Mild "reactive" or

"reducing" Dermic; succedaneum for Chrysarobin especially in herpes;

non-poisonous, non-irritating, non-staining.--EXTERN. like chrysarobin.

Leptandra--U.S.P.

CULVER'S ROOT.--~Dose:~ 20--60 grn.--_Preparations:_ Ext. (D., 3--10

grn.); F.E. (1:1).

~Leptandrin Merck.--Pure.~

~Dose:~ _Cholagogue_ and _alterative_, 1--3 grn.; _purgative_, 8 grn.

~Levico Water,~--see AQUA LEVICO.

~Lime Merck.--U.S.P.~

CALCIUM OXIDE; BURNT LIME.--Escharotic, in cancers, etc.

~Lime, Sulphurated, Merck.~

(So-called "CALCIUM SULPHIDE".)--~Dose:~ 1/4--2 grn.

~Lime Water,~--see SOLUTION, CALCIUM HYDRATE.

~Liquor,~--see SOLUTION.

~Listerine.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Essential antiseptic constituents of

thyme, eucalyptus, baptisia, gaultheria, and mentha arvensis, with 2

grn. benzo-boric acid, in each fl. dr.--Clear, yellow liq. of arom.

odor.--Antiseptic, Deodorant, Disinfectant.--~Dose:~ 1 fl. dr.,

diluted.--EXTERN. generally in solut. up to 20%.")

~Lithium Benzoate Merck.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 5--20 grn.

~Lithium Bromide Merck.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.

~Lithium Carbonate Merck.~

~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.

~Lithium Citrate Merck.~

~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.

~Lithium Hippurate Merck.--C.P.~

White powd.--SOL., slightly in hot water.--~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.

~Lithium Iodide Merck.~

SOL. in water.--~Dose:~ 1--5 grn.

~Lithium Salicylate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.

Lobelia--U.S.P.

_Preparations:_ F.E. (D., 2--10 min.); Tr. (D., 10--40 min.).--See

also, Lobeline.

~Lobeline Sulphate (fr. Seed) Merck.~

Very deliquescent, yellow, friable pieces.--SOL. in water,

alcohol.--USES: Chiefly asthma; also dyspnea, whooping-cough, and

spasmodic neuroses.--~Dose:~ (_Spasmodic Asthma_): 1 grn. daily,

gradually increasing to 3--6 grn. daily.--Children 1/6--3/4 grn.

daily.--ANTIDOTES: Stomach siphon, emetics, tannin; later brandy,

spirit ammonia; morphine.

~Loretin.~

Yellow, odorl., insol. powd. Forms emulsions with ethereal and oily

fluids (especially w. collodion).--Succedaneum for iodoform

externally.--APPLIED like the latter.

~Losophan.~

TRI-IODO-CRESOL.--Colorl. needles, peculiar odor; 80% iodine.--SOL. in

ether, chloroform; insol. in water.--Antiseptic, Vulnerary,

Dermic--EXTERN. in 1% solut. in 75% alcohol, or in 1--3% oint.

Lupulin--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 3--8 grn.--_Preparations:_ F.E. (1:1); Oleores. (D., 2--5

grn.).

~Lycetol.~

DIMETHYL-PIPERAZINE TARTRATE.--Wh. powd.--SOL. in water.--Uric-acid

Solvent, Diuretic--USES: Gout, lithiasis, etc.--~Dose:~ 4--10 grn.

Lycopodium--U.S.P.

Used only extern., as dusting-powd.

~Lysidine.~

50% solut. Ethylene-ethenyl-diamine.--Pinkish liq.; mousy

odor.--MISCIBLE with water.--Uric-acid Solvent, Diuretic--USES: Gout,

lithiasis, etc.--~Dose:~ 15--30 grn., in carbonated water.

Magnesium Carbonate.--U.S.P.

Antacid, Antilithic.--~Dose:~ 30--120 grn.

~Magnesium Citrate Merck.--Soluble.~

~Dose:~ 30--120 grn.

~Magnesium Oxide, Light, Merck, (_Magnesia, U.S.P._).~

LIGHT or CALCINED MAGNESIA.--Light, white powd.; slightly alkaline

taste.--SOL. in diluted acids, carbonic-acid water.--Antacid, Laxative,

Antilithic.--USES: _Intern._, sick headache, heartburn, gout,

dyspepsia, sour stomach, constipation, gravel, and as antidote to

arsenous acid. _Extern._, ulcers and abraded surfaces; dusting-powd.

for babies; and in tooth powders.--~Dose:~ 10--30--60 grn. Small doses

are antacid or antilithic; large are laxative.

~Magnesium Oxide, Heavy, Merck, (_Heavy Magnesia, U.S.P._).~

~Dose:~ 10--60 grn.

~Magnesium Salicylate Merck.--C.P.~

SOL. in water.--~Dose:~ 15--60 grn.

~Magnesium Sulphate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

EPSOM SALT.--~Dose:~ 1/2--1 oz.

~Magnesium Sulphite Merck.~

USES: Instead of sodium sulphite: has less disagreeable taste.--~Dose:~

10--60 grn.

~Maltzyme.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "A concentrated, diastasic essence of

malt.--Nutritive, Digestant--USES: Malnutrition, starchy indigestion,

etc.--~Dose:~ 1/2--1 fl. oz., during meals; children in proportion.")

~Manganese Dioxide Merck.~

MANGANESE PEROXIDE; BLACK OXIDE OF MANGANESE.--Containing over 90%

MnO{2}.--~Dose:~ 2--10 grn.

~Manganese Hypophosphite Merck.~

Permanent rose-red cryst.--~Dose:~ 10--20 grn.

~Manganese Iodide Merck.~

Brown, deliquescent masses.--SOL. in water, with decomposition.--USES:

Anemia, chlorosis, scrofula, syphilis, and enlargement of

spleen.--~Dose:~ 1--3 grn.

~Manganese, Peptonized, Merck.~

Brown powd.; 4% manganic oxide.--SOL. in water.--USES: Anemia and

chlorosis.--~Dose:~ 10-30 grn.

~Manganese Peroxide,~--see MANGANESE DIOXIDE.

~Manganese Sulphate Merck.--U.S.P.--Pure, Cryst.~

SOL. in 1 part water.--~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.

Manna--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 1/2--1 oz.

Marrubium--U.S.P.

HOREHOUND.--Used chiefly as infus. (1:16) taken hot, or as

confectionery; in coughs, colds, etc.

Mastic--U.S.P.

MASTICHE.--_Preparations:_ Pills Aloes and Mastic (2 grn. A., 2/3 grn.

M.).

Matico--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 30--60 grn.--_Preparations:_ F.E. (1:1); Tr. (1:10).

Matricaria--U.S.P.

GERMAN CHAMOMILE.--Used chiefly as tea, in colds.

~Melachol.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Liquefied combination of

sodium phosphate with sodium nitrate; 1 fl. dr.=85 grn. sod.

phosphate--Laxative, Nervine.--~Dose:~ _Lax._, 1--6 fl. drs.,

in water, before meals; _nerv._, 1/2 fl. dr., 3 t. daily.")

Melissa--U.S.P.

BALM.--Carminative.--See also, Spt. Melissa.

Menispermum--U.S.P.

YELLOW PARILLA.--~Dose:~ 10--20 grn., in F.E. (1:1) or infus.

~Menthol Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P., Recryst.~

~Dose:~ 3--5 grn.--For toothache: put a crystal into cavity.--Tampons,

1 in 5 of oil.

~Mercauro.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "10 min. contain 1/32 grn. each gold,

arsenic, and mercury bromides.--Alterative, Antisyphilitic--~Dose:~

5--15 min., in water, after meals.")

~Mercuro-iodo-hemol.~

Brown powd.; 12.35% mercury, 28.68% iodine, with hemol.--Antisyphilitic

(chiefly); without untoward action.--~Dose:~ 2--5 grn., 3 t. daily, in

pills.

Mercury--U.S.P.

_Preparations:_ Mass (33 per cent.): Mercury with Chalk (D., 3--10

grn.); Oint. (50 per cent.); Plaster (18 per cent.); Ammoniac and

Mercury Plaster (30 per cent. Hg.).

~Mercury, Ammoniated,~--see MERCURY-AMMONIUM CHLORIDE.

~Mercury Benzoate, Mercuric, Merck.~

White cryst.--SOL. in alcohol, solut. sodium chloride; slightly in

water.--USES: Syphilis and skin diseases.--~Dose:~ 1/32--1/8 grn., in

pills or hypodermically.

~Mercury Bichloride Merck (_Corrosive Mercuric Chloride,

U.S.P._).--Recryst.~

~Dose:~ 1/32--1/12 grn.--MAX. D.: 1/8 grn. single; 1/2 grn.

daily.--ANTIDOTES: Zinc sulphate, emetics, stomach siphon, white of

egg, milk in abundance, chalk mixture, castor oil, table salt, reduced

iron, iron filings. White of egg and milk 2 or 3 t. daily for a

week.--INCOMPATIBLES: Reduced iron, sulphurous acid, albumin, alkalies,

carbonates.

~Mercury Chloride, Mild, Merck.--U.S.P.~

CALOMEL.--INCOMPATIBLES: Sulphurous acid, hydrocyanic acid; alkali

chlorides, bromides, iodides, sulphites, carbonates, hydrates; organic

acids, lime water, etc.

~Mercury Cyanide Merck.~

~Dose:~ 1/16--1/8 grn., in solut.--EXTERN. (gargle) 1:10000.

~Mercury Imido-succinate,~--see MERCURY SUCCINIMIDE.

~Mercury Iodide, Red, Merck.~

MERCURY BINIODIDE.--~Dose:~ 1/16--1/4 grn., in pills.

~Mercury Iodide, Yellow, Merck--U.S.P.~

MERCURY PROTO-IODIDE.--~Dose:~ 1/2--2 grn. CAUTION: Never prescribe

this with a soluble iodide, since mercury biniodide (highly poisonous)

is formed!

~Mercury Oxide, Black (Hahnemann), Merck.~

HAHNEMANN'S SOLUBLE MERCURY.--Grayish-black powd.; decomposes on

exposure to light.--~Dose:~ 1/4--3 grn.

~Mercury Oxide, Red, Merck.--U.S.P.--Levigated.~

Not used internally.--_Preparation:_ Oint. (10%).--INCOMPATIBLES:

Chlorides.

~Mercury Oxide, Yellow, Merck.~

Not used internally.--_Preparation:_ Oint. (10%).

~Mercury Oxycyanide Merck.~

White, cryst. powd.--SOL. in water.--Antiseptic.--USES: _Extern._,

diphtheria, erysipelas, and skin diseases; said superior as antiseptic

dressing to mercuric chloride because more active as germicide and less

easily absorbed.--APPLIED in 0.6% solut. to wounds and in surgical

operations.

~Mercury Salicylate Merck.~

White powd.; about 59% mercury.--SOL. in solut. of sodium chloride,

dilute alkalies.--USES: _Extern._, chancre, gonorrhea, and venereal

affections; 1% powd. or oint.; _injection_ in urethra, 1--5%

water.--Reported easily borne by the stomach, and to produce no

salivation.--~Dose:~ 1/3--1 grn.

~Mercury Succinimide Merck.~

MERCURY IMIDO-SUCCINATE.--White powd.--SOL. in 25 parts water; slightly

in alcohol.--Antisyphilitic, Alterative.--Said to be free from

disagreeable local and secondary effects.--~Dose:~ 1/5 grn.,

hypodermically.

~Mercury Sulphate, Basic, Merck.~

MERCURY SUBSULPHATE; TURPETH MINERAL.--~Dose:~ _Emetic_, 2--5 grn.;

_alterative_, 1/4--1/2 grn.; in pills or powd.

~Mercury Tannate Merck.~

Greenish-gray powd.; about 50% mercury.--Antisyphilitic.--~Dose:~ 1--2

grn., in pills.

~Mercury-Ammonium Chloride Merck.--U.S.P.~

WHITE PRECIPITATE; AMMONIATED MERCURY.--Not used

internally.--_Preparation:_ Oint. (10%).

~Methyl Salicylate Merck,--U.S.P.~

SYNTHETIC OIL GAULTHERIA (WINTERGREEN).--~Dose:~ 5--30 [min.].

~Methylene Blue Merck.--C.P., Medicinal.~

Bluish cryst., or blue powd.--SOL. in 50 parts water.--USES:

Rheumatism, malaria, cystitis, nephritis, etc.--~Dose:~ 2--4 grn., in

capsules.--INJECTION: 1 grn.--MAX. D.: 15 grn., single or

daily.--[Further information in "Merck's Digest" on "Methylene Blue,"

containing clinical reports.]

Mezereum--U.S.P.

MEZEREON.--Alterative.--~Dose:~ 5--10 grn.--_Preparations:_ F.E.

(irritant). Enters into Comp. Decoct. Sarsaparilla, and Comp. F.E.

Sarsaparilla.

Milk Sugar--U.S.P.

LACTOSE.--Nutritive, Diuretic--~Dose:~ 1--6 oz. a day, in milk.

~Monsel's Salt,~--see IRON SULPHATE, BASIC.

~Morphine Merck.--U.S.P.--Pure, Cryst.~

Almost insol. in water.--~Dose:~ 1/8--1/2 grn.--ANTIDOTES: Emetics,

stomach tube, permanganate potassium, paraldehyde, picrotoxin,

atropine, strychnine, caffeine, cocaine, exercise, electric shock,

etc.--INCOMPATIBLES: Alkalies, tannic acid, potassium permanganate,

etc.

~Morphine Hydrochlorate Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 24 parts water.--~Dose:~ 1/8--1/2 grn.

~Morphine Meconate Merck.~

MORPHINE BIMECONATE.--Yellowish-white powd.--SOL. in alcohol; 25 parts

water.--Said to have less disagreeable effect on brain, stomach, and

intestines than other morphine salts.--~Dose:~ Same as Morphine.

~Morphine Sulphate Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 21 parts water.--~Dose:~ 1/8--1/2 grn.--_Preparations:_ Comp.

Powd. (1:60); Troches Morph. and Ipecac (1/40 grn. M., 1/12 grn. I.).

~(Other salts of Morphine are not described because used substantially

as the above.)~

~Muscarine Nitrate Merck.~

Brown, deliquescent mass.--SOL. in water, alcohol.--Antihidrotic,

Antispasmodic--USES: Night-sweats, diabetes insipidus; antidote to

atropine, etc.--~Dose:~ 1/32--1/16 grn.

~Muscarine Sulphate Merck.~

USES and DOSES: Same as the Nitrate.

Musk--U.S.P.

Stimulant, Antispasmodic--~Dose:~ 3--10 grn.--_Preparation:_ Tr.

(1:20).

~Mydrine Merck.~

Combination of ephedrine and homatropine hydrochlorates (100:1).--Wh.

powd.--SOL. in water.--Mydriatic--USES: Where evanescent mydriasis is

desired; especially valuable in diagnosis.--APPLIED in 10% solut.

Myrrh--U.S.P.

Astringent, Carminative. Cathartic, Emmenagogue.--~Dose:~ 5--20

grn.--_Preparations:_ Tr. (1:20); Tr. Aloes and Myrrh (each 10 per

cent.); Pills Aloes and Myrrh (2 grn. A., 1 grn. M.).

~Myrtol Merck.~

Constituent of essential oil of Myrtus communis, L.--Clear, colorl.

liq.: agreeable, ethereal odor.--SOL. in alcohol.--Antiseptic,

Sedative, Stimulant. USES: Chronic bronchitis, tonsillitis,

cystitis.--~Dose:~ 1--2 [min.].

~Naftalan.--(_Not Naphtalin!_)~

NAPHTALAN.--Obtained by fractional distillation of a natural naphta

from Armenia.--Blackish-green, unctuous, neutral mass; empyreumatic

odor.--SOL. in fats, oils, ether, chloroform; insol. in water,

glycerin.--Analgesic, Antiphlogistic, Parasiticide.--USES: Succedaneum

for oil cade or oil tar in skin diseases; also in burns, contusions,

epididymitis, etc.--CONTRA-INDICATED in very irritated conditions:

ineffectual in psoriasis.--APPLIED pure, and well covered. The stains

it may make readily disappear on immersion in kerosene or benzin.--Keep

from air!

~Naphtalin Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P., Medicinal.~

USES: _Intern._, intestinal catarrhs, worms, cholera, typhoid fever,

etc.; _extern._, skin diseases.--~Dose:~ 2--8 grn., in powd. or

capsule; for tapeworm, 15 grn., followed some hours later by castor

oil.--MAX. D.: 30 grn.

~Naphtol, Alpha-, Merck.--Recryst., Medicinal.~

Colorl. or pinkish prisms; disagreeable taste.--SOL. in alcohol, ether;

slightly in water.--Antiseptic, Antifermentative.--USES: Diarrhea,

dysentery, typhoid fever, and summer complaint.--~Dose:~ 2--5 grn.

~Naphtol, Beta-, Merck.--U.S.P.--Recryst., Medicinal.~

~Dose:~ 3--8 grn.--MAX. D.: 10 grn. single; 30 grn. daily.

~Naphtol, Beta-, Benzoate, Merck.--Pure.~

BENZO-NAPHTOL.--Whitish powd.; darkens with age.--SOL. in alcohol,

chloroform.--Intestinal Disinfectant.--USES: Diarrhea, dysentery,

typhoid fever, cholera, etc.--~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.

~Narceine-sodium and Sodium Salicylate~,--see ANTISPASMIN.

~Neurodin.~

ACETYL-PARA-OXYPHENYL-URETHANE. _Merck._--Colorl., inodorous

cryst.--SOL. slightly in water.--Antineuralgic, Antipyretic.--USES:

Sciatica, rheumatic pains, migraine, various forms of fever.--~Dose:~

15--25 grn. as _antineuralgic_; 5--10 grn. as _antipyretic_.

~Neurosine.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Each fl. dr. represents 5 grn. each

potass., sod., and ammon. bromides; zinc bromide 1/8 grn., ext. bellad.

and ext. cannab. ind. each 1/64 grn.; ext. lupuli 4 grn.; fl. ext.

cascara 5 min.; with aromatic elixirs.--Neurotic, Anodyne,

Sedative.--_Dose:_ 1--2 fl. drs.")

~Nickel Bromide Merck.~

Greenish-yellow powd.--SOL. in water, alcohol, ether.--Nerve

Sedative.--USES: Epilepsy, etc.--~Dose:~ 5--10 grn.

~Nosophen.~

TETRAIODO-PHENOLPHTALEIN.--Yellow, odorl., tastel., insol. powd.; 60%

iodine.--Surgical Antiseptic, like iodoform.

Nutgall--U.S.P.

GALLS.--_Preparations:_ Tr. (D., 30--60 min.); Oint. (1:5).

Nutmeg--U.S.P.

Aromatic, Carminative.--~Dose:~ 5--20 grn.--_Preparations:_ Oil (D.,

1--5 min.); Spt. (5 per cent. oil).--Enters into Aromatic Powder, and

Comp. Tr. Lavender.

Nux Vomica--U.S.P.

Stomachic, Tonic, Respir. Stimulant.--~Dose:~ 1--5

grn.--_Preparations:_ Ext. (D., 1/8--1/2 grn.); F.E. (1:1); Tr. (2 per

cent. ext.).--See also, Strychnine.

~Oil, Almond, Bitter-, Merck.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 1/6--1/2 [min.]--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach siphon, ammonia,

brandy, iron persulphate.--CAUTION: Poison!

~Oil, Cade, Merck.--U.S.P.~

Juniper Tar.--USES: Only _extern._, in psoriasis, favus, etc.

Oil, Cajuput--U.S.P.

Stimulant, Diaphoretic.--~Dose:~ 5--20 min.

Oil, Castor--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 1/2--1 fl. oz., with saccharin or in emuls.

Oil, Cod-Liver--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 1--4 drams.--See also, Gaduol.

~Oil, Croton, Merck.--U.S.P.--Colorless.~

USES: _Intern._, obstinate constipation; amenorrhea, dropsy; _extern._,

rheumatism, neuralgia, and indolent swellings; hypodermically to

nævi.--~Dose:~ 1--2 [min.], in pills.--ANTIDOTES: Stomach siphon, oils,

mucilage, opium, cocaine, etc.--CAUTION: Poison!

~Oil, Eucalyptus, Australian, Merck.~

USES: _Intern._, intermittent and remittent fever, bronchitis,

cystitis, and dysentery, and by inhalation in asthma or catarrh;

_extern._, skin diseases.--~Dose:~ 5--15 [min.]

Oil, Gaultheria--U.S.P.

OIL WINTERGREEN.--~Dose:~ 5--20 min.--_Preparation:_ Spt. (5 per

cent.).

~Oil, Juniper Berries, Merck,~ (_Oil of Juniper, U.S.P._).

Diuretic.--~Dose:~ 5--15 [min.].--_Preparations:_ Spt. (5%); Comp. Spt.

(0.4%).

~Oil, Mustard, Natural, Merck,~ (_Volatile Oil of Mustard,

U.S.P._)--Rectified.

~Dose:~ 1/8--1/4 [min.], with much water.--_Preparation:_ Comp. Lin.

(3%).

Oil, Olive--U.S.P. Emollient, Nutrient, Laxative.--~Dose:~ 1/4--1 oz.;

in hepatic colic, 3--6 oz.

~Oil, Pinus Pumilio, Merck.~

OIL MOUNTAIN PINE.--Fragrant oil; terebinthinous taste.--SOL. in

alcohol, ether, chloroform.--Antiseptic, Expectorant.--USES:

_Inhalation_ in pectoral affections; _intern.,_ as stimulating

expectorant; _extern.,_ lately employed in glandular enlargements,

boils, and skin diseases.--~Dose:~ 5--10 [min.], in capsules.

~Oil, Pinus Sylvestris, Merck.~

OIL SCOTCH FIR; OIL PINE NEEDLES.--Antiseptic, Antirheumatic.--USES: By

_inhalation_, chronic pulmonary diseases; _extern._, in chronic

rheumatism.

Oil, Rosemary--U.S.P.

Stimulant, Diuretic, Carminative, Emmenagogue.--~Dose:~ 2--5 min.

Oil, Santal U.S.P.

OIL SANDAL WOOD.--Internal Antiseptic, Anticatarrhal.--~Dose:~ 5--20

min. in emuls. or capsules.

Oil, Tar--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 2--5 min.--Used chiefly extern.

Oil, Thyme--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 3--10 min.--Used chiefly extern.--See also, Thymol.

~Oil, Turpentine, Rectified, Merck.--U.S.P.~

For _internal_ use only the _rectified_ oil answers.--~Dose:~ 5--30

[min.]; for tapeworm, 1--2 drams.--_Preparation:_ Lin. (35%, with 65%

resin cerate).

Ointment, Mercuric Nitrate--U.S.P.

CITRINE OINTMENT.--Stimulative and Alterative Dermic.--APPLIED in

10--50 per cent. dilution with fatty vehicle.

Ointment, Rose Water--U.S.P.

COLD CREAM.--18 per cent. borax.--Astringent Emollient.

~Oleate, Cocaine, Merck.~--5% and 10%.

Local Anesthetic.

~Oleate, Mercury, Merck.~--20% and 40%.

USES: _Extern._, skin diseases, pediculi. Also for endermic

administration of mercury.

~Oleoresin, Capsicum, Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in alcohol, ether.--Rubefacient, Stimulant.--USES: _Intern._,

flatulence, and to arouse appetite; _extern._, diluted with soap

liniment or olive oil, in lumbago, neuralgia, and rheumatic

affections.--~Dose:~ 1/4--1 [min.], highly diluted, in beef tea or

other hot liq.

~Oleoresin, Male Fern, Merck, (_Oleoresin of Aspidium, U.S.P._).~

"EXTRACT" MALE FERN.--Thick, brown liq.; bitter, unpleasant taste.

Efficacious and safe Anthelmintic.--~Dose:~ In _Tænia solium_ (the

_usual_ kind of tapeworm), 2-1/2--3 drams, in _Tænia mediocanellata_

3--4 drams; in capsules, followed if necessary in 1--2 hours by calomel

and jalap.

MERCK'S Oleoresin of Male Fern _exceeds_ the requirements of the

U.S.P., and conforms to the stricter demands of the Ph.G. III. MERCK'S

preparation is made from rhizomes of a _pistachio-green_ color inside,

and only the crop of each current year is used.

~Opium, Merck.--U.S.P.~

Not less than 9 per cent. morphine.

~Opium, Powdered, Merck.--U.S.P.~

13--15 per cent. morphine.--~Dose:~ 1/2--2 grn.--ANTIDOTES: Emetics,

stomach-pump, warm coffee; atropine or strychnine hypodermically,

potass. permanganate, exercise.--_Preparations:_ Deodorized

(Denarcotized) Opium; Ext. (D., 1/4--1 grn.); Pills (1 grn.); Dover's

Powder (Ipecac and Opium, ea. 10 per cent.); Tr. (1:10); Camph. Tr.

(4:1000); Troches Liquorice and Opium (one-twelfth grn. O.); Vinegar

(1:10); Wine (1:10).

Orange Peel, Bitter--U.S.P.

_Preparations:_ F.E. (1:1); Tr. (1:5)--both flavorings.

Orange Peel, Sweet--U.S.P.

_Preparations:_ Syr. (1:20); Tr. (1:5)--both flavorings.

~Orexine Tannate.~

PHENYL-DIHYDRO-QUINAZOLINE TANNATE, _Kalle._--Yellowish-white, odorl.

powd., practically tasteless.--Appetizer, Antiemetic, Stomachic.--USES:

Anorexia in phthisis, chlorosis, cardiac diseases, surgical operations;

also for vomiting of pregnancy. Contra-indicated in excessive acidity

of stomach and in gastric ulcers.--~Dose:~ 4--8 grn., 2 t. daily; with

chocolate.

~Orphol,~--see BISMUTH BETA-NAPHTOLATE.

~Orthoform.~

Methyl Ester of Meta-amido-para-oxybenzoic Acid.--Wh. odorl.

powd.--SOL. slightly in water.--Local and intern. Anodyne,

Antiseptic--USES: Chiefly extern., on painful wounds, burns,

etc.--APPLIED pure or in trituration or oint.--~Dose:~ 8--15 grn.

~Ovariin Merck.~

Dried ovaries of the cow.--Coarse, brownish powd.--USES: Molimina

climacterica and other ills referable to the ovaries.--~Dose:~ 8--24

grn., 3 t. daily, in pills flavored with vanillin, or in tablets.

~Pancreatin Merck.--Pure, Powd. or Scales.~

~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.

~Papain Merck.~

PAPAYOTIN.--Concentrated active principle of juice Carica Papaya, L.

(Papaw).--An enzyme similar to pepsin, but acting in alkaline, acid, or

neutral solut.--Whitish, hygroscopic powd.--SOL. in water,

glycerin.--USES: For dissolving false membrane, and for aiding

digestion.--~Dose:~ 2--5 grn.--EXTERN. in 5% solut. equal parts

glycerin and water, for diphtheria and croup.--CAUTION: Not to be

confounded with the vastly weaker preparations from papaw, known by

various names.

~Papine.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Anodyne principle of opium, without

the narcotic and convulsive elements.--1 fl. dr. represents 1/8 grn.

morphine.--~Dose:~ 1--2 fl. drs.")

~Paraformaldehyde Merck.~

PARAFORM; TRIOXY-METHYLENE.--White, cryst. powd.--Sol. in

water.--Antiseptic, Astringent.--USES: _Intern._, cholera nostras,

diarrhea, etc.; _extern._, to generate (by heating) formaldehyde, for

impregnating antiseptic bandages and surgical dressings, and for

disinfecting atmosphere of rooms.--~Dose:~ 8--15 grn., several t.

daily.

~Paraldehyde Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

Colorl. fluid; cryst. below 10.5° centigrade; peculiar, aromatic,

suffocating odor and warm taste.--SOL. in alcohol, ether, oils,

chloroform; about 10 parts water.--Hypnotic, Antispasmodic,

Stimulant.--USES: Insomnia, and as antidote for morphine.--~Dose:~

30--90 [min.], well diluted, with elixir, sweet water, brandy, or rum.

Pareira--U.S.P.

Diuretic, Laxative, Tonic--Dose: 30--60 grn.--_Preparation:_ F.E.

(1:1).

~Pelletierine Sulphate Merck.~

PUNICINE SULPHATE.--Brown, syrupy liq.--SOL. in water,

alcohol.--Anthelmintic--~Dose:~ 6 grn., with 8 grn. tannin, in 1 ounce

water.--Give brisk cathartic in half an hour.

~Pelletierine Tannate Merck.~

Grayish-brown, hygroscopic, tastel. powd.--SOL. in 800 parts alcohol,

700 parts water.--Anthelmintic. Principal and most efficacious salt of

Pelletierine.--~Dose:~ 8--24 grn., in 1 ounce water, followed in 2

hours by cathartic.

Pepper-U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 3--15 grn.--_Preparation:_ Oleores. (D., 1/4--1 min.).--See

also, Piperin.

Peppermint--U.S.P.

_Preparations:_ Oil (D., .5 min.); Spt. (10 per cent. oil); Troches

(one-sixth min. oil); Water (one-fifth per cent. oil).--See also,

Menthol.

~Pepsin Merck.--U.S.P.--1:3,000; Powd., Granular, or Scales.~

~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.--INCOMPATIBLES: Alcohol, tannin, or alkali

carbonates.

~Pepsin, Saccharated, Merck.--U.S.P.--1:300.~

~Dose:~ 60--150 grn.

~Peptenzyme.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Contains the digestive principles of

the stomach, pancreas, liver, spleen, salivary and Brunner's glands,

and Lieberkuhn's follicles.--Digestant.--~Dose:~ 3--10 grn., 3 t.

daily, in tabl., powd., or elix.")

~Pepto-Mangan (Gude).~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Aromatized solut. peptonized iron

and manganese.--Hematinic--~Dose:~ 1--4 fl. drs., before meals.")

~Peptonizing Tubes.~

Each containing 25 grn. of peptonizing powder (pancreatin 1, sod.

bicarb. 4) sufficient to peptonize 1 pint milk.

~Peronin.~

BENZYL-MORPHINE HYDROCHLORATE, _Merck_.--White powd.--SOL. readily in

water; insol. in alcohol, chloroform, and ether.--Substitute for

Morphine as a Sedative and Anodyne.--USES: Coughs, catarrhs, rheumatic

and neuralgic pains, etc.; almost wholly free from the by-effects of

morphine.--~Dose:~ 1/3--1 grn., in pill or sweetened solut.

~Phenacetin.~

PARA-ACETPHENETIDIN.--Wh., tastel., cryst. powd.--SOL. in 1500 parts

water, 16 alcohol.--Antipyretic, Antineuralgic, Analgesic.--~Dose:~

_Antipyr._, 8--10 grn.; _analg._, 15--24 grn.; _children_, up to 5 grn.

~Phenalgin.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "AMMONIO-PHENYLACETAMIDE.--Wh. powd.,

of ammoniacal odor and taste.--Antipyretic, Analgesic.--~Dose:~

_Antipyr._, 5--10 grn.; _analg._, 10--20 grn.; in tabl., caps., or

cachets.")

~Phenocoll Hydrochlorate.~

Colorl. needles.--SOL. in 16 parts water.--Antipyretic, Analgesic,

Antiperiodic--~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.

Phosphorus--U.S.P.

SOL. in oils.--~Dose:~ one one-hundredth to one-thirty-second

grn.--_Preparations:_ Elix. (21 per cent. Spt. Phosph.); Oil (1

per cent.); Pills (one one-hundredth grn.); Spt. (1/8 per

cent.).--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach-pump; 1 per cent. solut. potass.

permang.; avoid oils.--INCOMPATIBLES: Sulphur, iodine, oil turpentine,

potass. chlorate, etc.--CAUTION: Inflammable! Keep under water.

Physostigma--U.S.P.

CALABAR BEAN.--_Preparations:_ Ext. (D., one-twelfth to 1/4 grn.); Tr.

(D., 5--15 min.).--See also, Eserine (Physostigmine).

~Physostigmine,--see ESERINE~.

Phytolacca Root--U.S.P.

POKE ROOT.--Alterative, Antifat.--~Dose:~ 1--5 grn.--_Preparation:_

F.E. (1:1).

~Picrotoxin Merck.--U.S.P.~

COCCULIN.--Antihidrotic, Nervine, Antispasmodic.--USES: Night-sweats of

phthisis; also paralysis, epilepsy, chorea, flatulent dyspepsia,

dysmenorrhea; also antidote to chloral.--~Dose:~ 1/100--1/30 grn.--MAX.

D.: 1/10 grn.--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach siphon, chloral hydrate, and

stimulants.

~Pilocarpine Hydrochlorate Merck.--U.S.P.~

Sialagogue, Myotic, Diaphoretic, Diuretic.--USES: _Intern._, dropsy,

coryza, laryngitis, bronchitis, asthmatic dyspnea, uremic convulsions,

croup, pneumonia, etc.; as antidote to atropine; contra-indicated in

heart failure and during fasting; _extern._, 1--2% aqueous solut. for

collyrium.--~Dose:~ 1/8--1/4 grn. in water, hypodermically, or by

mouth.--MAX. D.: 1/3 grn.--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach siphon,

atropine, ammonia, brandy.--INCOMPATIBLES: Silver nitrate, corrosive

sublimate, iodine, alkalies.

(~Other salts of Pilocarpine are not described because used

substantially as the above.~)

Pilocarpus--U.S.P.

JABORANDI.--~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.--_Preparation:_ F.E. (1:1).--See also,

Pilocarpine.

Pimenta--U.S.P.

ALLSPICE.--Aromatic, Stomachic--~Dose:~ 10--40 grn.--_Preparation:_ Oil

(D., 2--5 min.).

~Piperazine.~

DIETHYLENE-DIAMINE.--Colorl., alkaline cryst.--SOL. freely in

water.--Antipodagric, Antirheumatic--~Dose:~ 5--10 grn. 3 t. a day,

well diluted.

~Piperin Merck.--U.S.P.~

Stomachic and Antiperiodic.--USES: Feeble digestion, and as substitute

for quinine in remittent and intermittent fevers.--~Dose:~ _Stomachic_,

1/2--1 grn.; _antiperiodic_, 6--8 grn., both in pills.

Pitch, Burgundy--U.S.P.

Used only extern., as counterirritant.--_Preparations:_ Plaster (80 per

cent.); Cantharidal Pitch Plaster (8 per cent. cerate cantharides, 92

per cent. pitch).

~Podophyllin,--see RESIN, PODOPHYLLUM.~

Podophyllum--U.S.P.

MAY APPLE.--_Preparations:_ Ext. (D., 2--5 grn.); F.E. (D., 10--30

min.); Resin (D., 1/8--1/2 grn.).--See also, Resin Podophyllum.

Pomegranate--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 1--2 drams, as decoct. (1:4) or fl. ext. (1:1).--See also,

Pelletierine.

~Potassa,--see POTASSIUM HYDRATE.~

~Potassa, Sulphurated, Merck.--U.S.P.--Pure.~

USES: _Intern._, small doses increase frequency of pulse; large doses:

rheumatism, gout, scrofula, painter's colic, skin diseases, catarrh,

croup; antidote in lead and mercury poisoning; _extern._, lotion in

parasitic skin diseases.--~Dose:~ 2--10 grn.--ANTIDOTES: Emetics,

stomach siphon, lead or zinc acetate, brandy.--INCOMPATIBLES: Acids,

alcohol, carbonated waters, etc.

~Potassa, Sulphurated, Merck.--Crude.~

USES: For baths in skin affections, 2--4 ounces to one bath.--CAUTION:

Avoid metal bath-tubs, metal spoons, and water with much carbon

dioxide.

~Potassium Acetate Merck.--C.P.~

Very deliquescent.--SOL. in 0.36 part water, 1.9 parts

alcohol.--~Dose:~ 10--60 grn.

~Potassium Antimonate Merck.--Purified, Washed.~

DIAPHORETIC ANTIMONY; "WHITE OXIDE ANTIMONY."--White

powd.--Diaphoretic, Sedative.--USES: Pneumonia, puerperal fever,

etc.--~Dose:~ 8--24 grn.

~Potassium Arsenite Merck.--Pure.~

White powd.--SOL. in water.--~Dose:~ 1/32--1/16 grn.

~Potassium Bicarbonate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P., Cryst. or Powder.~

SOL. in water.--Diuretic, Antilithic, Antacid.--USES: Dyspepsia,

dropsy, lithiasis, sour stomach, jaundice, etc. Usually taken

effervescent with tartaric or citric acid.--~Dose:~20--60 grn.

~Potassium Bichromate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P., Cryst.~

SOL. in 10 parts water.--Corrosive, Astringent, Alterative.--USES:

_Intern._, syphilis; _extern._, sweating feet, tubercular nodules,

syphilitic vegetations, and warts.--~Dose:~ 1/16--1/4 grn.--EXTERN. in

5% solut. for sweating feet; 10% solut. as caustic.--ANTIDOTES: Emetics

and stomach pump, followed by soap, magnesia, or alkali carbonates.

~Potassium Bisulphate Merck.--C.P., Cryst.~

Colorl., more or less moist, plates.--SOL. in water.--Aperient.

Tonic.--USES: Constipation with weak appetite.--~Dose:~ 60--120 grn.,

with equal weight sodium carbonate.

~Potassium Bitartrate Merck.--C.P., Cryst. or Powd.~

CREAM OF TARTAR.--~Dose:~ 1--8 drams.

~Potassium Bromide.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 15--60 grn.

~Potassium Cantharidate Merck.~

White, amorph. powd., or cryst. mass.--SOL. in water.--USES:

Hypodermically in tuberculosis (Liebreich).--INJECTION: 3--6 [min.] of

3:5000 solut.

~Potassium Carbonate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.

~Potassium Chlorate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

~Dose:~ 10--20 grn.--_Preparation:_ Troches (4--1/2

grn.).--INCOMPATIBLES: Iron iodide, tartaric acid.--CAUTION: Do not

triturate with sulphur, phosphorus, or organic or combustible

compounds. Inflames or explodes with sulphuric acid and any organic

powd. Do not administer on empty stomach!

~Potassium Citrate Merck.--U.S.P.--Pure.~

SOL. in 0.6 part water; slightly in alcohol.--USES: Rheumatism,

lithiasis, fevers.--~Dose:~ 20--25 grn.

~Potassium Cyanide Merck.--C.P.~

SOL. in 2 parts water; slightly in alcohol.--Sedative, Antispasmodic,

Anodyne. USES: _Intern._, dyspnea, asthma, phthisis, catarrh,

whooping-cough, etc.; _extern._, 0.2--0.8% aqueous solut. in neuralgia

and local pains; 0.6--1.2% aqueous solut. removes silver-nitrate stains

from conjunctiva.--~Dose:~ 1/8 grn.--ANTIDOTES: Chlorine water,

chlorinated-soda solut., ammonia, cold affusion, 10 grn. iron sulphate

with 1 dram tincture of iron in ounce of water.--INCOMPATIBLES:

Morphine salts, acid syrups, and silver nitrate.

~Potassium Glycerino-phosphate Merck.--50% Solut.~

Thick liq.--SOL. in water.--Nerve-tonic.--USES: Neurasthenia,

phosphaturia, convalescence from influenza, etc.--INJECTION: 3--4 grn.

daily, in water containing sodium chloride.

~Potassium Hydrate Merck.--C.P.~

CAUSTIC POTASSA.--SOL. in water, alcohol.--Escharotic, Antacid,

Diuretic.--~Dose:~ 1/4--1 grn., highly diluted with

water.--_Preparation:_ Solut. (5%).--ANTIDOTES: Vinegar, lemon

juice, orange juice, oil, milk; opium if pain; stimulants in

depression.

~Potassium Hydrate with Lime (_Potassa with Lime, U.S.P._).--Powder.~

VIENNA CAUSTIC; POTASSA-LIME.--USES: _Extern._, cautery, in paste with

alcohol.

~Potassium Hypophosphite Merck.~

SOL. in 0.6 part water, 7.3 parts alcohol.--~Dose:~ 10--30

grn.--CAUTION: Explodes violently on trituration or heating with any

nitrate, chlorate, or other oxidizer.

~Potassium Iodide Merck.--C.P.~

SOL. in 0.75 part water, 2.5 parts glycerin, 18 parts

alcohol.--INCOMPATIBLES: Chloral hydrate, tartaric acid, calomel,

silver nitrate, potassium chlorate, metallic salts,

acids.--_Preparation:_ Oint. (12%).

~Potassium Nitrate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

SALTPETER; NITER.--SOL. in 3.8 parts water.--~Dose:~ 10--60

grn.--_Preparation:_ Paper (fumes inhaled in asthma).

~Potassium Nitrite Merck.--C.P.~

White, deliquescent sticks.--SOL. in water.--USES: Asthma, epilepsy,

hemicrana.--~Dose:~ 1/4--2 grn. several t. daily.

~Potassium Permanganate Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 16 parts water.--Disinfectant, Deodorant, Emmenagogue.--~Dose:~

1--2 grn., in solut. or pills made with kaolin and petrolatum, or with

cacao butter, after meals.--INCOMPATIBLES: All oxidizable substances,

particularly organic ones, such as glycerin, alcohol, etc.--Remove

stains with oxalic, or hydrochloric, acid.

~Potassium Phosphate, Dibasic, Merck.--C.P.~

Deliquescent, amorph., white powd.--SOL. in water.--Alterative.--USES:

Scrofula, rheumatism, phthisis, etc.--~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.

~Potassium Salicylate Merck.~

White, slightly deliquescent powd.--SOL. in water,

alcohol.--Antirheumatic, Antipyretic, Analgesic.--USES: Rheumatism,

pleurisy, pericarditis, lumbago, muscular pains, etc.--~Dose:~ 6--15

grn.

~Potassium Sulphate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

SOL. in 9.5 parts water.--USES: Constipation, and as

antigalactic.--~Dose:~ 20--120 grn., several t. daily, in solut.

~Potassium Sulphite Merck.--Pure.~

White, opaque cryst., or slightly deliquescent, white powd.--SOL. in 4

parts water, slightly in alcohol.--Antizymotic.--USES: Acid

fermentation of stomach, and gastric ulceration.--~Dose:~ 15--60 grn.

~Potassium Tartrate Merck.--Pure.~

SOLUBLE TARTAR.--Colorl. cryst.--SOL. in 1.4 parts water.--Diuretic,

Laxative.--~Dose:~ _Diuretic_, 15--30 grn., _laxative_, 1--3 drams.

~Potassium Tellurate Merck.--C.P.~

White cryst.--SOL. in water.--Antihidrotic.--USES: Night-sweats of

phthisis.--~Dose:~ 1/2--3/4 grn., at night, in pills or alcoholic

julep.

~Potassium and Sodium Tartrate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

ROCHELLE, or SEIGNETTE, SALT.--~Dose:~ 2--8 drams.--_Preparation:_

Seidlitz Powder.

Powder, Antimonial--U.S.P.

JAMES'S POWDER.--33 per cent. antimony oxide.--Alterative, Diaphoretic,

Antipyretic.--~Dose:~ 2--10 grn.

~Propylamine~, so-called,--see SOLUTION, TRIMETHYLAMINE.

~Prostaden.~

STANDARDIZED DRIED EXTRACT PROSTATE GLAND, _Knoll._--USES: Hypertrophy

of prostate.--~Dose:~ Up to 40 grn., daily, in tablets or powder.

~Protargol.~

Proteid compound of silver: 8% silver.--Yellow powd.--SOL. in

water.--Antigonorrhoic.--APPLIED in 1/4--1% solut.

~Protonuclein.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Obtained from the lymphoid

structures of the body by direct mechanical and physiological

processes.--Brownish powd.--Antitoxic, Invigorator,

Cicatrizant.--~Dose:~ 3--10 grn., 3 t. daily.--EXTERN.

[to cancers] pure.")

~Ptyalin Merck.~

Amylolytic ferment of saliva.--Yellowish powd.--SOL. in glycerin;

partly in water.--USES: Amylaceous dyspepsia.--~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.

Pulsatilla--U.S.P.

Antiphlogistic, Sedative, Antispasmodic.--Used chiefly in 1:10 tinct.,

the dose of which is 2--10 min.

Pumpkin Seed--U.S.P.

Anthelmintic.--~Dose:~ 1--2 drams.

~Pyoktanin, Blue.--Powder.--Also, Pencils.~

PENTA- and HEXA-METHYL-PARAROSANILINE HYDROCHLORATE,

_Merck._--Non-poisonous, violet, cryst. powd.; nearly odorl.; solut.

very diffusible in animal fluids.--SOL. in 12 parts 90% alcohol, 50

glycerin, 75 water; insol. in ether.--Antiseptic, Disinfectant,

Analgesic.--USES: Surgery, ophthalmiatric and otiatric practice,

diseases of throat and nose, gonorrhea, leucorrhea, varicose ulcers,

burns, wounds, malignant and syphilitic neoplasms, conjunctivitis, etc.

Stains removed by soap, rubbing well and washing with alcohol.--~Dose:~

In pyloric carcinoma, 1--5 grn., in caps.: at first once daily, then 2,

finally 3 t. a day.--MAX. D.: 10 grn.--EXTERN. pure, or 1:1000--1:100

solut.

~Pyoktanin, Yellow.--Powder.--Also, Pencils.~

IMIDO-TETRAMETHYL-DIAMIDO-DIPHENYL-METHANE HYDROCHLORATE,

_Merck_; APYONINE; C.P. AURAMINE.--Yellow powd.--SOL. in water,

alcohol.--Antiseptic, Disinfectant.--USES: Considerably weaker than

the blue, and principally employed in diseases of skin and in

ophthalmiatric practice.

Pyrethrum--U.S.P.

PELLITORY.--Topical Sialagogue; not used internally.--_Preparation:_

Tr. (1:5).

~Pyridine Merck.--C.P.~

Colorl., limpid, hygroscopic liq.; empyreumatic odor; sharp

taste.--MISCIBLE with water, alcohol, ether, fatty oils,

etc.--Respiratory Sedative, Antigonorrhoic, Antiseptic.--USES: Asthma,

angina pectoris, dyspnea, gonorrhea, etc. Contra-indicated in heart

weakness.--~Dose:~ 2--10 drops, several t. daily in water. Usually by

_inhalation_; 45--75 [min.], evaporated spontaneously in room. As

urethral _injection_, 1/3% solut.; as _paint_, 10% solut.

~Pyrogallol,~--see ACID, PYROGALLIC.

Quassia--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.--_Preparations:_ Ext. (D., 2--5 grn.); F.E. (1:1);

Tr. (1:10). Infus. (1:60).--Used by enema as teniacide.

~Quassin, Merck.--C.P.~

Intensely bitter cryst. or powd.--SOL. in alcohol, chloroform; slightly

in water.--Tonic, Stimulant.--USES: Invigorate digestive

organs.--~Dose:~ 1/30--1/3 grn.

Quillaja--U.S.P.

SOAP BARK.--Expectorant. Antiparasitic. Antihidrotic--~Dose:~ 10--30

grn.--_Preparation:_ Tr. (1:5).

~Quinalgen.~

ANALGEN.--Derivative of quinoline.--Wh., tastel., insol.

powd.--Anodyne.--USES: Sciatica, migraine, gout, rheumatism,

etc.--~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.

~Quinidine Merck.~

CHINIDINE; CONCHININE.--From some species of Cinchona bark.--Colorl.

prisms; effloresce on exposure.--SOL. in 20 parts alcohol, 30 parts

ether, 2000 water.--Antiperiodic, Antipyretic, Antiseptic, Tonic--USES:

Substitute for quinine. Salts less agreeable to take, but more prompt

in action.--~Dose:~ _Tonic_, 1/2--3 grn.: _antiperiodic_, 20--30 grn.;

for a _cold_, 5--10 grn. in syrup, capsule, or pill.--MAX. D.: 40 grn.

~Quinidine Sulphate Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 8 parts alcohol, 100 water.--~Dose:~ As of quinidine.

~Quinine (Alkaloid) Merck--U.S.P.~

The salts are usually prescribed. For hypodermic use, the bisulphate,

dihydrochlorate, or carbamidated hydrochlorate is to be

preferred.--~Dose:~ _Tonic_, 1/2--2 grn. 3 t. daily; _antiperiodic_,

8--15 grn. 6--12 hrs. before paroxysm; _antipyretic_, 15--30 grn. in

the course of an hour.

~Quinine Bisulphate.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 10 parts water, 32 parts alcohol; eligible for subcutaneous

use.--NASAL INJECTION (in hay fever): 0.2% aqueous solut.--~Dose:~ Same

as of quinine alkaloid.

~Quinine Dihydrochlorate Merck.~

Well adapted to subcutaneous injection, on account of

solubility.--~Dose:~ Same as of quinine alkaloid.

~Quinine Glycerino-phosphate Merck.~

Colorl. needles; 68% quinine.--SOL. in water, alcohol.--Nervine,

chiefly in malarial neurasthenia, malnutrition, or neuralgia.--~Dose:~

2--5 grn., 3 t. daily, in pills.

~Quinine Hydrobromate Merck.~

~Dose:~ Same as of quinine alkaloid.

~Quinine Hydrochlorate Merck.~

SOL. in 3 parts alcohol, 9 parts chloroform, 34 parts water.--~Dose:~

Same as of quinine alkaloid.

~Quinine Salicylate Merck.~

White, bitter cryst.--SOL. in 20 parts alcohol, chloroform, 120 parts

ether, 225 parts water.--Antiseptic, Antipyretic, Analgesic--USES:

Typhoid, rheumatism, lumbago, and muscular pain from cold.--~Dose:~

2--30 grn., in pill or caps.

~Quinine Sulphate.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in dil. acids; 740 parts water, 65 alcohol, 40 glycerin.--~Dose:~

Same as of quinine alkaloid.--INCOMPATIBLES: Ammonia, alkalies, tannic

acid, iodine, iodides, Donovan's solution, etc.

~Quinine Tannate Merck.--Neutral and Tasteless.~

Light-brown, insol. powd.--USED chiefly for children.--~Dose~

(Children): 5--15 grn., with chocolate, in powd. or tablets.

~Quinine Valerianate Merck.--U.S.P.~

Slight odor of valerian.--SOL. in 5 parts alcohol, 100 parts

water.--Nerve-tonic, Antipyretic, etc.--USES: Hemicrania and

debilitated or malarial condition with a nervous state or

hysteria.--~Dose:~ 2--6 grn.

~Quinine & Urea Hydrochlorate Merck.~

CARBAMIDATED QUININE DIHYDROCHLORATE.--Colorl. cryst.--SOL. freely in

water, alcohol.--Used by INJECTION: 2--8 grn.

~(Other salts of Quinine are not described because used substantially

as the above.)~

~Quinoidine Merck.~

CHINOIDINE.--Very bitter, brownish-black mass.--SOL. in diluted acids,

alcohol, chloroform.--Antiperiodic, Tonic, etc.--USES: Intermittent and

remittent fevers. Best taken between paroxysms.--~Dose:~ 2--15 grn.

Resin--U.S.P.

ROSIN; COLOPHONY.--Vulnerary; Irritant.--_Preparations:_ Cerate (35 per

cent.): Plaster (14 per cent.).

~Resin, Jalap, Merck.--U.S.P.--True, Brown.~

HEAVY JALAP RESIN.--SOL. in alcohol; partly solut. in ether.--~Dose:~

2--5 grn.

~Resin, Podophyllum, Merck.--Perfectly and Clearly Sol. in Alcohol and

in Ammonia.~

PODOPHYLLIN.--In habitual constipation, small continued doses act

best.--~Dose:~ 1/8--1/2 grn.; in _acute_ constipation, 3/4--1-1/2 grn.

~Resin, Scammony, Merck.--White, and Brown.~

~Dose:~ 3--8 grn.

~Resinol.--(_Not Retinol!_)~

UNGUENTUM RESINOL.--Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Combination of

active principle of Juniperus oxycedrus and a synthetical derivative of

the coal-tar series, with lanolin-petrolatum base.--Antipruritic,

Antiphlogistic, Dermic.--EXTERN.: pure, night and morning.")

~Resorcin Merck.--C.P., Resublimed or Recryst.~

RESORCINOL.--White cryst.; reddish on exposure; unpleasant sweet

taste.--SOL. in 0.5 part alcohol, 0.6 part water; ether,

glycerin.--Antiseptic Antispasmodic, Antipyretic, Antiemetic,

Antizymotic.--USES: _Intern._, for vomiting, seasickness, asthma,

dyspepsia, gastric ulcer, cholera infantum, hay-fever, diarrhea,

whooping-cough, cystitis, and diphtheria; _extern._, inflammatory

diseases of skin, eyes, throat, nose, mouth, urethra, vagina,

etc.--~Dose:~ _Seasickness_, chronic gastric catarrh, cholera nostras,

or cholera morbus, 2--3 grn. every 1--2 hours, in solut. or powder;

_ordinary_, 5--10 grn. several t. daily; _antipyretic_, 15--30

grn.--MAX. D.: 45 grn.--EXTERN. in 5--30% solut.

~Retinol Merck.~

ROSIN OIL.--Viscid, yellow, oily liq.--SOL. in ether, oils, alcohol,

oil turpentine, glycerin.--Antiseptic.--USES: _Intern._, venereal

affections; _extern._, oint. or liniment in skin diseases, and

injection for gonorrhea; also solvent of phosphorus, salol,

camphor, naphtol, carbolic acid, etc. Recommended as excipient

for phosphorus.--~Dose:~ 5--10 [min.], 4--6 t. daily, in

capsules.--EXTERN.: 10--50% oint.

Rhubarb--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ _Tonic_, 3--10 grn., _lax._, 10--20 grn.; _purg._, 20--40

grn.--_Preparations:_ Ext. (D., 1--3--10 grn.); F.E. (1:1); Pills (3

grn.); Comp. Pills (rhub., aloes, myrrh); Tr. (1:10); Arom. Tr. (1:5);

Sweet Tr. (1:10, with liquorice and glycerin); Syr. (10 per cent.

F.E.); Arom. Syr. (15 per cent. arom. tr.); Comp. Powd. (rhub., 25;

magnes., 65; ginger, 10). Rhus Glabra--U.S.P.

SUMACH BERRIES.--Astringent.--_Preparation:_ F.E. (D., 30--60 min.).

Rhus Toxicodendron--U.S.P.

POISON IVY; POISON OAK.--Alterative, Cerebral and Spinal

Stimulant.--Used mostly as 20 per cent. tr., 5--30 min. per dose.

~Rochelle Salt,~--see POTASSIUM & SODIUM TARTRATE.

Rose, Red--U.S.P.

Astringent.--_Preparations: _ F.E. (30--60 min.); Confect. (8:100);

Honey (12 per cent. F.E.); Syr. (12-1/2 per cent. F.E.).

~Rubidium Iodide Merck.~

White cryst.--SOL. in water.--Alterative.--USES: As potassium iodide.

Does not derange stomach.--~Dose:~ 1--5 grn.

~Rubidium & Ammonium Bromide Merck.~

White, or yellowish-white, powd.; cooling taste; saline

after-taste.--SOL. in water.--Antiepileptic, Sedative, Hypnotic.--USES:

Epilepsy, and as soporific, instead of potassium bromide.--~Dose:~

_Antiepileptic,_ 60--100 grn. daily, in solut.; _hypnotic_, 60--75 grn.

Rubus--U.S.P.

BLACKBERRY.--Astringent.--_Preparations:_ F.E. (D., 30--60 min.); Syr.

(25 per cent. F.E.).

Rumex--U.S.P.

YELLOW DOCK.--Alterative, Antiscorbutic.--_Preparation:_ F.E. (D.,

15--60 min.).

~Saccharin Tablets Merck.~

Each tablet equal in sweetness to a large lump of sugar.--USES: For

sweetening tea, coffee, and other beverages.

~Saccharin.--Refined.~

BENZOYL-SULPHONIC IMIDE, _Fahlberg_; GLUSIDE.--White powd.; over 500

times as sweet as cane sugar.--SOL. in 50 parts ether, 30 parts

alcohol, 230 parts water. Alkaline carbonates increase solubility in

water.--Non-fermentable Sweetener.--USES: Sweeten food of diabetics and

dyspeptics; cover taste of bitter and acrid remedies.

Saffron--U.S.P.

~Dose~: 10--20 grn.--_Preparation:_ Tr. (1:10).

~Salicin Merck.~

SOL. in 28 parts water, 30 parts alcohol.--Tonic, Antiperiodic,

Antirheumatic.--USES: Rheumatism, malaria, general malaise, and

chorea.--~Dose:~ 20--30 grn.--MAX. D.: 150 grn. daily.

~Saliformin.~

HEXAMETHYLENE-TETRAMINE SALICYLATE, _Merck;_ FORMIN SALICYLATE.--White,

cryst. powd., of agreeable acidulous taste.--SOL. easily in water or

alcohol.--Uric-acid Solvent and Genito-urinary Antiseptic.--USES: Gout,

gravel, cystitis, etc.--~Dose:~ 15--30 grn. daily.

~Salligallol.~

PYROGALLOL DISALICYLATE, _Knoll._--Resinous solid.--SOL. in 6 parts

acetone, 15 parts chloroform.--Skin varnish, of weak pyrogallol

effect.--USES: Chiefly as vehicle for eugallol, eurobin, and other

dermics applicable as varnish.--EXTERN.: 2--15% solut. in acetone.

~Salipyrine.~

ANTIPYRINE SALICYLATE.--Wh. powd.; odorl.; sweetish taste.--SOL. in 250

parts water in alcohol, chloroform, ether.--Antirheumatic,

Analgesic.--~Dose:~ 10--30 grn., in cachets.

~Salol Merck.--U.S.P.~

PHENOL SALICYLATE.--SOL. in 0.3 part ether; chloroform, 10 parts

alcohol; fatty oils; almost insol. in water.--Antiseptic,

Antirheumatic, Antipyretic, etc.--USES: _Intern._, typhoid fever,

diarrhea, dysentery, fermentative dyspepsia, rheumatism, grip, and

cystitis; _extern._, wounds, burns, sores, etc. Coating for enteric

pills; such pills should be taken one hour or more after meals, and no

oil with them.--~Dose:~ 3--15 grn.; as _antipyretic_, 30--45 grn.

~Salophen.~

ACETYL-PARA-AMIDOPHENOL SALICYLATE.--Wh., odorl., tastel. leaflets or

powd.; 51% salicylic acid.--SOL. in alcohol, ether; insol. in

water.--Antirheumatic.--~Dose:~ 15--20 grn.

~Salt, Epsom,~--see MAGNESIUM SULPHATE.

~Salt, Glauber,~--see SODIUM SULPHATE.

~Salt, Rochelle,~--see POTASSIUM AND SODIUM TARTRATE.

~Saltpeter,~--see POTASSIUM NITRATE.

Salvia--U.S.P.

SAGE.--Tonic, Astringent, Stimulant.--~Dose:~ 10--30 grn., as infus.

(1:30) or fl. ext. (1:1).

Sambucus--U.S.P.

ELDER.--Stimulant, Diuretic, Diaphoretic.--~Dose:~ 4--8 drams, in

infus. drank hot.

Sanguinaria--U.S.P.

BLOOD ROOT.--Expectorant, Emetic.--~Dose:~ 3--20 grn.--_Preparations:_

F.E. (1:1); Tr. (15:100).--See also, Sanguinarine.

~Sanguinarine Merck.--C.P.~

Small, white needles; acrid, burning taste.--SOL. in chloroform,

alcohol, ether.--Expectorant, Alterative, Emetic.--USES: Chiefly as

expectorant; also in dyspepsia, debility, etc.--~Dose:~ _Expectorant_,

1/12--1/8 grn., in solut.; _alterative_, 1/6--1/4 grn.; _emetic_,

1/2--1 grn.

~Sanguinarine Nitrate Merck.~

Red powd.--SOL. in water, alcohol.--USES, DOSES, ETC., same as

alkaloid.

~Sanguinarine Sulphate Merck.~

Red powd.--SOL. in water, alcohol.--USES, DOSES, ETC., same as

alkaloid.

~Santonin Merck.--U.S.P.~

ANHYDROUS SANTONINIC ACID.--SOL. in 4 parts chloroform, 40 parts

alcohol, 140 parts ether, 5000 parts water.--~Dose:~ 2--4 grn.;

children of 2 years, 1/4--1/2 grn.--_Preparation:_ Troches (1/2 grn.).

Sarsaparilla--U.S.P.

_Preparations:_ Comp. Decoct. (D., 1--4 oz.); F.E. (30--120 min.);

Comp. F.E. (D., 30--120 min.); Comp. Syr. (flavoring).

Sassafras--U.S.P.

Carminative, Aromatic Stimulant.--_Preparation:_ Oil (D., 1--3 min.)

Sassafras Pith--U.S.P.

Demulcent, Emollient.--_Preparation:_ Mucilage (1:50).

Savine--U.S.P.

Rubefacient. Emmenagogue.--_Preparations:_ F.E. (D., 5--20 min.); Oil

(D., 1--5 min.).

Scammony--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.--_Preparation:_ Resin (D., 3--8 grn.).

Scoparius--U.S.P.

BROOM.--Diuretic, Purgative.--~Dose:~ 30--60 grn., as fl. ext. (1:1) or

infus. (1:20).--See also, Sparteine.

~Scopolamine Hydrobromate Merck.~

Colorl., hygroscopic cryst.--SOL. in water, alcohol.--Mydriatic,

Sedative.--USES: _Extern._, in ophthalmology, 1/10--1/5% solut.;

_subcutaneously_ for the insane.--INJECTION: 1/250--1/64

grn.--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach pump, muscarine, tannin, animal

charcoal, cathartics, etc.

Scutellaria--U.S.P.

SCULLCAP.--Sedative, Antispasmodic.--_Preparation:_ F.E. (D., 30--60

min.).

Senega--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 5--20 grn.--_Preparation:_ F.E. (1:1); Syr. (20 per cent.

F.E.).

~Seng.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Active constituents of Panax

Schinseng in an aromatic essence.--Stomachic.--~Dose:~ 1 fl. dr.")

Senna--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 1--4 drams.--_Preparations:_ Confect. (D., 1--2 drams), F.E.

(1:1); Comp. Infus. (D., 1--3 oz.); Syr. (1:4).--Enters into Comp.

Liquorice Powd.

Serpentaria--U.S.P.

VIRGINIA SNAKEROOT.--Tonic, Antiperiodic, Diaphoretic.--~Dose:~ 10--30

grn.--_Preparations:_ F.E. (1:1) Tr. (1:10).--Enters into Comp. Tr.

Cinchona.

~Serum, Antituberculous, Maragliano.--(Only in 1 Cc. [16 min.] tubes.)~

Antitoxin against Pulmonary Tuberculosis.--~Dose~ (subcutaneous): In

_apyretic_ cases, 16 [min.] (1 cubic centimetre) every other day for 10

days, then daily for 10 days, and 30 [min.] twice a day thereafter

until sweats have entirely subsided, when 16 [min.] are injected for a

month every other day, and finally once a week for a year. In _febrile_

cases, if the fever be slight and intermittent, dosage the same as

above; if continuous and intense, inject 160 [min.]; and if there be a

marked fall of temperature repeat in a week, and so continue until

fever is gone, then inject 16--32 [min.] daily.

~Silver Chloride Merck.~

White powd.; blackens on exposure to light.--SOL. in ammonia, potassium

thiosulphate, potassium cyanide.--Antiseptic, Nerve-sedative.--USES:

Chorea, gastralgia, epilepsy, pertussis, diarrhea, and various

neuroses.--~Dose:~ ½--1-½ grn., in pills.--MAX. D.: 3 grn.

~Silver Citrate Merck.~

White, dry powd.--SOL. in about 4000 parts water.--Antiseptic

Astringent.--USES: Wounds, gonorrhea, etc.--APPLIED in 1--2% oint., or

1--2:8000 solut.--Always prepare solut. fresh!

~Silver Cyanide Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in solut's of potassium cyanide, ammonia, sodium

thiosulphate.--Antiseptic, Sedative.--USES: Epilepsy, chorea.--~Dose:~

1/60--1/20 grn., in pills.--ANTIDOTES: Ammonia, chlorine, mixture of

ferric and ferrous sulphates, artificial respiration, stomach siphon.

~Silver Iodide Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in solut. potassium iodide or cyanide, ammonium

thiosulphate.--Alterative.--USES: Gastralgia and syphilis.--~Doses:~

3/43/4--1 grn., in pills.

~Silver Lactate Merck.~

Small needles or powd.--SOL. in 20 parts water.--Antiseptic

Astringent.--USES: Sore throat, gonorrhea, etc.--APPLIED in 1--2:4000

solut.

~Silver Nitrate Merck.--U.S.P.--Cryst.~

SOL. in 0.6 part water, 26 parts alcohol.--~Dose:~ 1/8--1/2

grn.--ANTIDOTES: Solut. common salt, sal ammoniac, mucilaginous drinks,

emetics, stomach siphon, white of egg, milk, etc.--INCOMPATIBLES:

Organic matter, hydrochloric acid, chlorides, phosphates, arsenites,

opium, extracts, resins, essential oils, tannin, etc.

~Silver Nitrate, Moulded (Fused), Merck.--U.S.P.~

LUNAR CAUSTIC.

~Silver Nitrate, Diluted, Merck.--U.S.P.~

MITIGATED CAUSTIC.--33-1/3% silver nitrate.

~Silver Oxide Merck.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 1/12--1/6--3/4 grn., best mixed with some chalk and put up in

capsules.--INCOMPATIBLES: Ammonia, creosote, tannin, acids.--CAUTION:

Do not triturate with oxidizable matter; may cause explosion!

Soap--U.S.P.

WHITE CASTILE SOAP.--Detergent, Laxative.--~Dose:~ 3--10

grn.--_Preparations:_ Lin.; Plaster.

~Soap, Soft--U.S.P.~

GREEN SOAP.--Not used internally.--_Preparation:_ Lin.

~Sodium Acetate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

SOL. in 1.4 parts water, 30 parts alcohol.--Diuretic.--~Dose:~ 15--120

grn.

~Sodium Arsenate Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 4 parts water, 2 parts glycerin.--~Dose:~ 1/24--1/8

grn.--_Preparation:_ Solut. (1%).--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach siphon,

fresh ferric hydrate, dialyzed iron, ferric hydrate and magnesia,

demulcents, stimulants, warmth, etc.

~Sodium Benzoate Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in about 2 parts water, 45 parts alcohol.--Antirheumatic,

Antipyretic, Antiseptic--USES: Rheumatism, gout, uremia, cystitis,

lithemia, tonsillitis, colds, etc.--~Dose:~ 10--40 grn.

~Sodium Bicarbonate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

~Dose:~ 10--40 grn.--_Preparation:_ Troches (3 grn.).--CAUTION: Should

not be given as acid-antidote, as it evolves large quantities of carbon

dioxide gas.

~Sodium Bisulphite Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 4 parts water, 72 parts alcohol.--Antiseptic.--USES: _Intern._,

sore mouth, diphtheria, yeasty vomiting; _extern._, skin

diseases.--~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.

~Sodium Borate Merck.--U.S.P.~

BORAX; SODIUM PYROBORATE; so-called "SODIUM BIBORATE" or

"TETRABORATE."--SOL. in 16 parts water; 1 part glycerin.--USES:

_Intern._, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, epilepsy, uric-acid diathesis;

_extern._, sore mouth, conjunctivitis, urethritis, etc.--~Dose:~ 30--40

grn.

~Sodium Borate, Neutral, Merck.~

_Erroneously_ designated as "SODIUM TETRABORATE."--Transparent,

fragile, splintery, glass-like masses.--SOL. in water.--Antiseptic,

Astringent.--USES: _Extern._, chiefly in diseases of nose and ear; a

cold saturated solut. used for bandages.

~Sodium Borobenzoate Merck.--N.F.~

White, cryst. powd.--SOL. in water.--Antiseptic, Antilithic,

Diuretic.--USES: Rheumatism, gravel, and puerperal fever.--~Dose:~

30--120 grn.

~Sodium Bromide.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 1.2 parts water, 13 parts alcohol.--~Dose:~ 10--60 grn.

~Sodium Carbonate Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 1.6 parts water, 1 part glycerin.--~Dose:~ 5--20

grn.--ANTIDOTES: Acetic acid, lemon juice, olive oil, etc.

~Sodium Chlorate Merck.--U.S.P.~

Colorl. cryst.; odorl.; cooling, saline taste.--SOL. in 1.1 parts

water, 5 parts glycerin, 100 parts alcohol.--Deodorant, Antiseptic,

Alterative.--USES: _Intern._, diphtheria, tonsillitis, pharyngeal and

laryngeal inflammation, stomatitis, gastric cancer, mercurial ptyalism,

etc.; _extern._, as wash, gargle or injection.--~Dose:~ 5--15

grn.--INCOMPATIBLES: Organic matters, easily oxidizable

substances.--CAUTION: Do not triturate with sulphur or phosphorus, or

any combustible substance; severe explosion may occur!

~Sodium Choleate Merck.~

DRIED PURIFIED OX-GALL.--Yellowish-white, hygroscopic powd.--SOL. in

water, alcohol.--Tonic, Laxative.--USES: Deficient biliary secretion,

chronic constipation, etc.--~Dose:~ 5--10 grn.

~Sodium Cinnamate Merck.--C.P.~

White powd.--SOL. in water.--Antitubercular, like cinnamic

acid.--INJECTION (intravenous or parenchymatous): 1/3--1 grn. in 5%

solut., twice a week.

~Sodium Dithio-salicylate, Beta-, Merck.~

Grayish-white, hygroscopic powd.--SOL. in water.--Antineuralgic,

Antirheumatic.--USES: _Intern._, sciatica, gonorrheal rheumatism,

etc.--~Dose:~ 2--10 grn.

~Sodium Ethylate, Liquid, Merck.~

Colorl. syrupy liq.; turns brown on keeping.--Escharotic.--USES: Warts,

nævi, etc.--APPLIED with glass rod, pure. Chloroform arrests caustic

action.

~Sodium Ethylate, Dry, Merck.~

White or brownish, hygroscopic powd.--ACTION AND USES: As

above.--APPLIED in solut. 1:3 absolute alcohol.

~Sodium Fluoride Merck.--Pure.~

Clear cryst.--SOL. in water.--Antispasmodic, Antiperiodic,

Antiseptic.--USES: _Intern._, epilepsy, malaria, tuberculosis;

_extern._, antiseptic dressing for wounds and bruises, as mouth-wash,

in vaginitis, etc. Does not attack nickel-plated instruments.--~Dose:~

1/12--1/6 grn., in solut. with sodium bicarbonate.--APPLIED: _Wounds_,

in 1/20--1/10% solut.; _mouth-wash_, etc., in 1/2--1% solut.

~Sodium Formate Merck.~

White, deliquescent cryst.--SOL. in water, glycerin.--USES:

Hypodermically in surgical tuberculosis.--INJECTION (parenchymatous):

_Children_, 1/2--1 grn. in solut., every 7--10 days; _adults_, 3 grn.,

every 7--10 days.

~Sodium Glycerino-phosphate Merck.--50% Solut.~

Yellowish liq.--SOL. in water.--USES: Deficient nerve-nutrition,

neurasthenia, phosphaturia, convalescence from influenza,

etc.--INJECTION: 3--4 grn. daily, in physiological solut. sodium

chloride.

~Sodium Hippurate Merck.~

White powd.--USES: In cachexias, and diseases due to uric-acid

diathesis.--~Dose:~ 10--20 grn.

~Sodium Hydrate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

SODIUM HYDROXIDE; CAUSTIC SODA.--~Dose:~ 1/2--1 grn., freely

diluted.--_Preparation:_ Solut. (5%).--ANTIDOTES: Water, and then

vinegar, or lemon juice.

~Sodium Hypophosphite Merck.--Purified.~

SOL. in 1 part water, 30 parts alcohol.--~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.

~Sodium Hyposulphite~,--see SODIUM THIOSULPHATE.

~Sodium Iodide Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in about 1 part water, 3 parts alcohol.--USES: Rheumatism,

pneumonia, tertiary syphilis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, scrofula,

etc.--~Dose:~ 5--60 grn.

~Sodium Naphtolate, Beta-, Merck.~

MICROCIDIN.--Yellowish to white powd.--SOL. in 3 parts water.--USES:

Surgical antiseptic on bandages, etc.--APPLIED in 3--5% aqueous solut.

~Sodium Nitrate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

CHILI SALTPETER.--SOL. in 1.3 parts water, 100 parts alcohol.--USES:

_Intern._, inflammatory condition of intestines, dysentery, etc.;

_extern._, rheumatism, 1:3 aqueous solut.--~Dose:~ 10--60 grn.

~Sodium Nitrite Merck.--C.P.~

White cryst. or sticks; mildly saline taste.--SOL. in 1.5 parts water;

slightly in alcohol.--Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Diuretic.--USES:

Angina pectoris, dropsy, and diseases of genito-urinary

organs.--~Dose:~ 1--3 grn.

~Sodium Paracresotate Merck.~

Microcryst. powd.; bitter taste.--SOL. in 24 parts warm

water.--Antipyretic, Intestinal Antiseptic, Analgesic.--USES: Acute

gastric catarrh, acute rheumatism, pneumonia, typhoid fever,

etc.--~Dose:~ 2--20 grn., according to age, 3 t. daily, in aqueous

solut. with extract licorice.

~Sodium Phosphate Merck.--C.P.~

Colorl. cryst.--SOL. in about 20 parts water.--USES: Chronic

rheumatism, stimulant of biliary secretion, mild laxative, and vesical

calculi.--~Dose:~ 5--40 grn.; as laxative, 1/2--1 ounce.

~Sodium Pyrophosphate Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 10 parts water.--USES: Lithiasis.--~Dose:~ 5--40 grn.

~Sodium Salicylate Merck--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 1 part water, 6 parts alcohol; glycerin.--~Dose:~ 5--40

grn.--MAX. D.: 60 grn.--INCOMPATIBLES: Ferric salts.

MERCK'S Sodium Salicylate is _the only brand_ which yields a clear and

_colorless_ solut.

~Sodium Salicylate Merck.--From Oil Wintergreen.~

USES, etc., as above.

~Sodium Santoninate Merck.~

Stellate groups of needles: mildly saline and somewhat bitter taste;

turn yellow on exposure to light.--SOL. in 3 parts water, 12 parts

alcohol.--Anthelmintic.--USES: Instead of santonin; less

powerful.--~Dose~ (adult): 2--6 grn., in keratinized pills: children

4--10 years old, 1--3 grn.

~Sodium Silico-fluoride Merck.~

White cryst. or granular powd.--SOL. in 200 parts water.--Antiseptic,

Germicide, Deodorant, Styptic.--USES: _Extern._, wounds, carious teeth,

cystitis, gonorrhea, for irrigating cavities, and in gynecological

practice.--APPLIED in 1/5% solut.

~Sodium Sulphate Merck.--C.P., Cryst. or Dried.~

GLAUBER'S SALT.--SOL. in 3 parts water; glycerin.--~Dose:~ _Cryst._,

2--8 drams; _dried_, 1--4 drams.

~Sodium Sulphite Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 4 parts water, sparingly in alcohol.--USES: Skin diseases, sore

mouth, diphtheria, sarcina ventriculi, and chronic mercurial

affections.--~Dose:~ 10--60 grn.

~Sodium Sulpho-carbolate Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 5 parts water, 132 parts alcohol.--Antiseptic,

Disinfectant.--USES: _Intern._, dyspepsia, phthisis, typhoid fever,

dysentery, etc.: _extern._, gonorrhea, putrid wounds, etc.--~Dose:~

8--30 grn.--EXTERN.: 1/2--1% solut.

~Sodium Tartrate Merck.--C.P.~

White cryst.--SOL. in water.--USES: Tastel. substitute for Epsom

salt.--~Dose:~ 4--8 drams.

~Sodium Tellurate Merck.~

White powd.--SOL. in water.--Antihidrotic, Antiseptic,

Antipyretic--USES: Night-sweats of phthisis; gastric ulcerations,

rheumatism, and typhoid fever.--~Dose:~ 1/4--3/4 grn., in alcoholic

mixture or elixir.

~Sodium Thiosulphate Merck~ (_Sodium Hyposulphite, U.S.P._)

SOL. in 1 part water.--USES: Parasitic skin diseases, sore mouth,

sarcina ventriculi, diarrhea, flatulent dyspepsia, etc.--~Dose:~ 5--20

grn.--INCOMPATIBLES: Iodine, acids.

~Solanin Merck.--Pure.~

Colorl., lustrous, fine needles; bitter taste.--Analgesic,

Nerve-sedative.--USES: Neuralgia, vomiting of pregnancy, bronchitis,

asthma, painful gastric affections, epileptoid tremors, locomotor

ataxia, etc.--~Dose:~ 1/4--1 grn.--MAX. D.: 1-1/2 grn. single, 8 grn.

daily.

~Solution, Aluminium Acetate, Merck.~

8% basic aluminium acetate.--Clear, colorl. liq.--Antiseptic,

Astringent.--USES: _Intern._, diarrhea and dysentery; _extern._, lotion

for putrid wounds and skin affections, mouth wash.--~Dose:~ 3--15

[min.]--EXTERN., solut. 1:15; as mouth-wash or enema, 1:150.

Solution, Ammonium Acetate--U.S.P.

SPIRIT MINDERERUS.--Diaphoretic, Antipyretic, Diuretic--~Dose:~ 2--8

drams.

~Solution, Arsenic and Mercuric Iodides, Merck.--U.S.P.~

DONOVAN'S SOLUTION.--~Dose:~ 5--10 [min.]--ANTIDOTES: Same as for

arsenous acid.--INCOMPATIBLES: Alkalies and alkaloids or their salts.

~Solution, Calcium Bisulphite, Merck.~

Liq.; strong sulphurous odor.--Disinfectant, Antiseptic--USES:

_Extern._, diluted with 4--8 t. weight water, in sore throat,

diphtheria, vaginitis, endometritis, wounds, etc.

Solution, Calcium Hydrate--U.S.P.

LIME WATER.--Antacid, Astringent.--~Dose:~ 1--4 oz.--_Preparation:_

Liniment.

~Solution, Fowler's, Merck,~ (_Solut. Potassium Arsenite, U.S.P._).

Never give on an empty stomach!--~Dose:~ 1--5 [min.].--ANTIDOTES:

Emetics, stomach siphon; freshly precipitated ferric hydrate; or ferric

hydrate with magnesia; or saccharated ferric oxide; etc.

~Solution, Hydrogen Peroxide.--U.S.P.~

3% H{2}O{2} (= 10 vols. available O).--SOL. in all proportions water or

alcohol.--Disinfectant, Deodorant, Styptic, Antizymotic.--USED chiefly

_extern._: in diphtheria, sore throat, wounds, gonorrhea, abscesses,

etc.; _rarely intern._: in flatulence, gastric affections, epilepsy,

phthisical sweats, etc.--~Dose:~ 1--4 fl. drs., well dil. EXTERN.: in

20% solut. to pure.--CAUTION: Keep cool and quiet. It rapidly

deteriorates!

Solution, Iodine, Compound--U.S.P.

LUGOL'S SOLUTION.--5 per cent. iodine, 10 per cent. potass.

iodide.--Alterative.--~Dose:~ 1--10 min.

Solution, Iron Acetate--U.S.P.

31 per cent. (= 7.5 per cent. iron).--Chalybeate, Astringent.--~Dose:~

2--10 min.

~Solution, Iron Albuminate, Merck.~

Brown liq.--0.4% iron.--Hematinic; easily assimilable.--USES: Anemia,

chlorosis, etc.--~Dose:~ 1--4 drams, with milk, before meals. MERCK'S

Solution of Iron Albuminate is superior to other makes in point of

palatability and stability, besides being perfectly free from acidity

and astringency and hence not injuring the teeth or stomach.

Solution, Iron Chloride, Ferric--U.S.P.

37.8 per cent.--Styptic (chiefly in post-partum hemorrhage: 1 dram to

pint water).

Solution, Iron Citrate, Ferric--U.S.P.

7.5 per cent. iron.--Hematinic.--~Dose:~ 5--15 min.

Solution, Iron Nitrate--U.S.P.

6.2 per cent. ferric nitrate.--Tonic, Intern. Astringent.--~Dose:~

5--15 min.

Solution, Iron Subsulphate, Ferric--U.S.P.

MONSEL'S SOLUTION.--Styptic, Astringent.--USED chiefly extern.: pure or

in strong solut.--~Dose:~ 2--10 min.

Solution, Iron and Ammonium Acetate--U.S.P.

BASHAM'S MIXTURE.--Hematinic, Astringent.--~Dose:~ 1/2--1 fl. oz.

Solution, Lead Subacetate--U.S.P.

GOULARD'S EXTRACT.--25 per cent.--Astringent, Antiseptic.--USED chiefly

to make the _Diluted Solution_ (lead water), and the _Cerate_ (20 per

cent.).

Solution, Magnesium Citrate--U.S.P.

Laxative, Refrigerant.--~Dose:~ 6--12 fl. oz.

Solution, Mercury Nitrate. Mercuric--U.S.P.

60 per cent.--Caustic.--USED only extern.: pure.

Solution, Potassium Hydrate--U.S.P.

POTASSA SOLUTION.--5 per cent. KOH.--Antacid, Antilithic,

Diuretic.--~Dose:~ 5--20 min., well diluted.--INCOMPATIBLES: Organic

matter, alkaloids, ammonium salts.--ANTIDOTES: Mild acids, oils, milk.

Solution. Soda, Chlorinated--U.S.P.

LABARRAQUE'S SOLUTION.--2.6 per cent. available

chlorine.--Disinfectant, Antizymotic.--~Dose:~ 20--60 min.,

diluted.--EXTERN. in 3--10 per cent. solut.

Solution, Sodium Arsenate--U.S.P.

1 per cent.--Alterative, Antiperiodic.--~Dose:~ 3--10 min.

Solution, Sodium Hydrate--U.S.P.

SODA SOLUTION.--5 per cent. Na OH.--ACTION, USES, DOSE, etc.: As of

Solut. Potass. Hydr.

Solution, Sodium Silicate--U.S.P.

20 per cent. silica, 10 per cent. soda.--Used only for surgical

dressings.

~Solution, Trimethylamine, Merck.--10%.--Medicinal.~

So-called "PROPYLAMINE."--Colorl. liq.; strong fishy and ammoniacal

odor.--Antirheumatic, Sedative.--USES: Rheumatism, chorea,

etc.--~Dose:~ 15--45 [min.]; in chorea as much as 1-1/2 ounces daily

may be given, in sweetened, flavored water.

Solution, Zinc Chloride--U.S.P.

50 per cent.--Disinfectant, Astringent.

~Sozoiodole-Mercury.~

MERCURY DIIODO-PARAPHENOL-SULPHONATE, _Trommsdorff_.--Orange

powd.--SOL. in solut. of sodium chloride or potassium

iodide.--Antisyphilitic, Antiseptic, Alterative. USES: Syphilitic

eruptions and ulcers, enlarged glands, parasitic skin diseases,

and diseased joints.--APPLIED in 2--20% oint. or powd.;

_Injection_ (hypodermically), 1--3 grn., in solut. of potassium

iodide.

~Sozoiodole-Potassium.~

POTASSIUM DIIODO-PARAPHENOL-SULPHONATE, _Trommsdorff._--White, odorl.,

cryst. powd.; 52.8% of iodine; 20% of phenol; and 7% sulphur.--SOL.

slightly in cold water; insol. in alcohol.--Antiseptic Vulnerary;

Non-poisonous Succedaneum for Iodoform.--USES: _Extern._, scabies,

eczema, herpes tonsurans, impetigo, syphilitic ulcers, diphtheria,

burns, and scalds; ozena, otitis, and rhinitis; injection for

gonorrhea.--APPLIED in 10--25% oint's or dusting-powders, which are as

effective as iodoform pure.--INCOMPATIBLES: Mineral acids, ferric

chloride, silver salts.

~Sozoiodole-Sodium.~

SODIUM DIIODO-PARAPHENOL-SULPHONATE, _Trommsdorff._--Colorl.

needles.--SOL. in 44 parts water; alcohol, 20 parts

glycerin.--Antiseptic, Astringent, Antipyretic.--USES: _Intern._,

as intestinal antiseptic, and in diabetes; _extern._, gonorrhea,

cystitis, nasal catarrh, ulcers, whooping-cough, etc.--~Dose:~

5--30 grn. daily.--EXTERN.: 10% oint., with adeps lanæ, 1% solut.

in water, or 2% solut. in paraffin. In whooping-cough, 3 grn.

daily, blown into nose.

~Sozoiodole-Zinc.~

ZINC DIIODO-PARAPHENOL-SULPHONATE, _Trommsdorff._--Colorl.

needles.--SOL. in 25 parts water, in alcohol, glycerin.--Antiseptic

Astringent.--USES: Gonorrhea, nasal and pharyngeal catarrhs,

etc.--APPLIED: _Rhinitis_, 5--10% trituration with milk sugar by

insufflation, or 3--5% paint; _gonorrhea_, 1/2--1% solut.; _skin

diseases_, 5--10% oint.; _gargle_, 1--2% solut.

~Sparteine Sulphate Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in water, alcohol.--Heart-stimulant, Diuretic.--USES: Best where

digitalis fails or is contra-indicated.--~Dose:~ 1/4--1 grn.

Spearmint--U.S.P.

_Preparations:_ Oil (D., 2--5 min.); Spt. (10 per cent. oil); Water

(one-fifth per cent. oil).

~Spermine, Poehl.--Sterilized.~

2% solut. of spermine hydrochlorate with sodium

chloride.--Nervine.--USES: Nervous diseases with anemia, neurasthenia,

hystero-epilepsy, angina pectoris, locomotor ataxia, asthma, etc.;

usually hypodermically.--INJECTION: 15 [min.], usually given on the

lower extremities or near the shoulder-blade, once daily, for 8 or 10

days.--INCOMPATIBLE with potassium iodide treatment.

~Spermine Poehl.--Essence.~

4% aromatized alcoholic solut. of the double-salt spermine

hydrochlorate-sodium chloride.--USES: _Intern._, for same diseases as

the preceding.--~Dose:~ 10--30 [min.], in alkaline mineral water, every

morning.

Spigelia--U.S.P.

PINKROOT.--Anthelmintic.--~Dose:~ 1--2 drams.--_Preparation:_ F.E.

(1:1).

~Spirit, Ants, True, Merck.~

From ants.--Rubefacient.--USES: Counter-irritant in painful local

affections.--APPLIED undiluted.

Spirit Glonoin--U.S.P.

SPIRIT (SOLUTION) OF NITROGLYCERIN (TRINITRIN).--1 per

cent.--Antispasmodic, Vaso-dilator.--~Dose:~ 1--3 min.

~Spirit, Melissa, Concentrated, Merck.~

Rubefacient, Stimulant, Carminative.--USES: _Extern._, as

counter-irritant; _intern._, in cardialgia, colic, and

diarrhea.--~Dose:~ 1/2--1 dram on sugar.

Spirit, Nitrous Ether--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 30--90 min.--INCOMPATIBLES: Antipyrine, tannin, acetanilid,

phenacetin, iodides, fl. ext. buchu, tr. guaiac, and morphine salts.

Squill--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 1--3 grn.--_Preparations:_ F.E. (1:1); Syr. (45 per cent.

vinegar squill); Comp. Syr. (F.E. squill, 8 per cent.; F.E. senega, 8

per cent.; tartar emetic, one-fifth per cent.); Tr. (15:100); Vinegar

(1:10).

Staphisagria--U.S.P.

STAVESACRE.--Parasiticide.--USED extern., in substance or 1:16 solut.

of fl. ext. in dil. acetic acid.

Starch--U.S.P.

_Preparation:_ Glycerite (1:10).

~Starch, Iodized, Merck.~

2% iodine.--Bluish-black powd.--Disinfectant, Antiseptic.--USES:

_Intern._, diarrhea, typhoid fever, etc.; _extern._, with adeps lanæ,

as substitute for tincture of iodine.--~Dose:~ 3--10 grn.

Stillingia--U.S.P.

QUEEN'S ROOT.--Alterative, Resolvent.--_Preparation:_ F.E. (D., 15--60

min.).

Storax--U.S.P.

Stimulant, Antiseptic, Expectorant.--~Dose:~ 5--20 grn.--Enters into

Comp. Tr. Benzoin.

Stramonium Leaves--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 2--5 grn.

Stramonium Seed--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 1--3 grn.--_Preparations:_ Ext. (D., 1/4--1/2 grn.); F.E.

(1:1); Oint. (10 per cent. Ext.); Tr. (15:100).

~Strontium Arsenite Merck.~

White powd.--Almost insol. in water.--Alterative, Tonic.--USES: Skin

diseases and malarial affections.--~Dose:~; 1/30--1/15 grn., in pills.

~Strontium Bromide Merck.--Cryst.~

Deliquescent, colorl., odorl. needles; bitter-saline taste.--SOL. in

alcohol; 1--2 parts water.--Gastric Tonic, Nerve-sedative,

Antiepileptic, Antinephritic.--USES: Hyperacidity of stomach;

rheumatism, gout, epilepsy, nervousness, hysteria, headache,

etc.--~Dose:~ 10--40 grn. In epilepsy as much as 150 grn. may be given

daily.

~Strontium Iodide Merck.~

White or yellowish, deliquescent powd. or plates; bitterish-saline

taste.--SOL. in alcohol, ether; 0.6 parts water.--Alterative,

Sialagogue.--USES: Substitute for potassium iodide in heart disease,

asthma, rheumatism, scrofula, etc.--~Dose:~ 10--20 grn.

~Strontium Lactate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

White, granular powd.; slightly bitter taste.--SOL. in alcohol, 4 parts

water.--Anthelmintic, Antinephritic, Tonic.--USES: Nephritis, worms,

rheumatism, gout, and chorea. Decreases albumin in urine, without

diuresis.--~Dose:~ 10--20 grn.; for worms, 30 grn. twice daily for 5

days.

~Strontium Salicylate Merck.--Cryst.~

SOL. in about 20 parts water, in alcohol.--Antirheumatic, Tonic.--USES:

Rheumatism, gout, chorea, muscular pains, and pleurisy. ~Dose:~ 10--40

grn.

~Strophanthin Merck.--C.P.~

White powd.; very bitter taste.--SOL. in water, alcohol.--Heart Tonic,

_not_ Diuretic.--USES: Similar to digitalin.--~Dose:~ 1/200--1/60

grn.--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach siphon, muscarine, atropine, camphor,

picrotoxin.

Strophantus--U.S.P.

Cardiac Tonic, like digitalis.--_Preparation:_ Tr. (D., 3--10 min.).

~Strychnine (Alkaloid) Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 7 parts chloroform, 110 parts alcohol, 6700 parts

water.--~Dose:~ 1/60--1/20 grn.--ANTIDOTES: Stomach pump, tannin,

emetics, charcoal, paraldehyde, urethane, potassium bromide,

chloroform, chloral hydrate, artificial respiration, etc.

~Strychnine Arsenate Merck.~

White powd.; very bitter taste.--SOL. in about 15 parts

water.--Alterative, Antitubercular.--USES: Tuberculosis, skin diseases,

malarial affections, etc.; usually hypodermically, 0.5% in liq.

paraffin; of this 4--10 [min.] may be injected daily.--~Dose:~

1/64--1/16 grn.

~Strychnine Arsenite Merck.~

White powd.--SOL. slightly in water.--USES, DOSES, ETC., as of the

Arsenate.

~Strychnine Hypophosphite Merck.~

White cryst. powd.--SOL. in water.--USES: Tubercular affections,

scrofula, and wasting diseases generally.--~Dose:~ 1/32--1/12 grn.

~Strychnine Nitrate Merck.~

Groups of silky needles.--SOL. in 50 parts water, 60 parts

alcohol.--USES, DOSES, ETC.: About as the Alkaloid. Most frequently

used in _dipsomania_.

~Strychnine Sulphate Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 50 parts water, 109 parts alcohol. USES, DOSES, ETC., same as

of the Alkaloid.

~Stypticin.~

COTARNINE HYDROCHLORATE, _Merck_.--Yellow cryst.--SOL. in

water.--Hemostatic, Uterine Sedative.--USES: Uterine hemorrhage,

dysmenorrhea, fibroids, subinvolution, climacteric disorders,

etc.--~Dose:~ 2--5 grn. 4 t. daily, in pearls.--INJECTION (urgent

cases): 2--3 grn., in 10% solut.

~Sulfonal.~

DIETHYLSULPHONE-DIMETHYL-METHANE.--Colorl., tastel, cryst.--SOL. 500

parts in water; 135 ether; 110 dil. alcohol.--Hypnotic,

Sedative.--~Dose:~ 15--45 grn., in powd.

~Sulphur Merck.--Precipitated.~

LAC SULPHURIS; MILK OF SULPHUR.--~Dose:~ 1/2--2 drams.

Sulphur, Sublimed--U.S.P.

FLOWERS OF SULPHUR.--Intended for external use only.

Sulphur, Washed--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 1--3 drs.--_Preparation:_ Oint. (30 per cent.).--Enters into

Comp. Liquorice Powd.

~Sulphur Iodide Merck.~

80% iodine.--Grayish-black masses.--SOL. in 60 parts

glycerin.--Antiseptic, Alterative.--USES: _Intern._, scrofula, and

chronic skin diseases; _extern._, in 5--10% oint., for eczema,

psoriasis, prurigo, etc.--~Dose:~ 1--4 grn.

Sumbul--U.S.P.

MUSK ROOT.--Antispasmodic, Sedative.--_Preparation:_ Tr. (D., 15--60

min.).

~Svapnia.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Purified opium; 10% morphine;

contains the anodyne and soporific alkaloids codeine and morphine, but

excludes the convulsive alkaloids thebaine, narcotine, and

papaverine.--~Dose:~ Same as of opium.")

Syrup, Hydriodic Acid--U.S.P.

1 per cent. absol. HI.--Alterative.--~Dose:~ 30--60 min.

Syrup, Hypophosphites--U.S.P.

Ea. fl. dr. contains 2-1/2 grn. calc. hypophos., 1 grn. ea. of pot. and

sod. hypophos.--Alterative, Tonic.--~Dose:~ 1--2 fl. drams.

~Syrup, Hypophosphites, Fellows'.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Contains hypophosphites of potash,

lime, iron, manganese; phosphorus, quinine, strychnine.--Alterative,

Reconstructive.--~Dose:~ 1--2 fl. drs., 3 t. daily, in wineglassful

water.")

~Syrup, Hypophosphites, McArthur's.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Contains chemically pure

hypophosphites of lime and soda; prepared acc. to formula of Dr.

Churchill, Paris.--Alterative, Reconstructive.--~Dose:~ 2--4 fl. drs.,

in water, after meals.")

Syrup, Hypophosphites, with Iron--U.S.P.

Ea. fl. dr. contains 2-1/2 grn. calc. hypophos., 1 grn. ea, of pot. and

sod. hypophos., 3/4 grn. iron lactate.--Alterative, Hematinic.--~Dose:~

1--2 fl. drams.

Syrup, Iron Iodide--U.S.P.

10 per cent. ferrous iodide.--Alterative, Hematinic.--~Dose:~ 15--30

min.

Syrup, Iron, Quinine, and Strychnine Phosphates--U.S.P.

EASTON'S SYRUP.--Ea. fl. dr. contains 1 grn. ferric phosph., 1-3/4 grn.

quinine, one-ninetieth grn. strychnine.--Nervine, Hematinic.--~Dose:~

1--2 fl. drs.

Syrup, Lime--U.S.P.

Antacid, Antidote to Carbolic Acid.--~Dose:~ 30--60 min.

~Taka-Diastase.~

(Diastase Takamine.)--Brownish powd.; alm. tastel.--SOL. in water;

insol. in alcohol.--Starch-digestant (1 part stated to convert over 100

parts dry starch).--USED in amylaceous dyspepsia.--~Dose:~ 1--5 grn.

~Tannalbin.~

TANNIN ALBUMINATE, EXSICCATED, _Knoll_.--Light-brown, odorl., tastel.

powd.; contains 50% tannin.--SOL. in alkaline, insol. in acid

fluids.--Intestinal Astringent and Antidiarrheal. Not acted upon in

stomach, but slowly and equably decomposed in the intestines; thus

causing no gastric disturbance, while gently yet firmly astringent on

entire intestinal mucosa. Innocuous, and without by- or

after-effects.--~Dose:~ 45--150 grn. daily, in 15--30 grn. portions. In

urgent acute cases repetition in 2- or even 1-hourly intervals has

proved useful for promptly creating the first impression, the frequency

being decreased with the improvement. The dose for _nurslings_ is 5--8

grn.; for _children_, up to 15 grn.--["Merck's Digest" on "TANNALBIN"

contains clinical reports and detailed information.]

~Tannigen.~

ACETYL-TANNIN.--Gray, slightly hygrosc. powd.; alm. odorl. and

tastel.--SOL. in alkaline fluids, alcohol; insol. in water.--Intestinal

Astringent. ~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.

~Tannin,~--see ACID, TANNIC.

~Tannoform.~

TANNIN-FORMALDEHYDE, _Merck_.--Loose, reddish powd.--SOL. in alkaline

liqs.; insol. in water.--SICCATIVE ANTISEPTIC and DEODORANT.--USES:

Hyperidrosis, bromidrosis, ozena, etc.--APPLIED pure or in 25--50%

triturations.--[Further information in "Merck's Digest" on "TANNOFORM,"

containing clinical reports.]

~Tannopine.~

HEXAMETHYLENE-TETRAMINE-TANNIN.--Brown, sl. hygrosc. powd.; 87%

tannin.--SOL. in dil. alkalies; insol. in water, alcohol, or dil.

acids.--Intestinal Astringent.--~Dose:~ 15 grn., several t. a day;

children 3--8 grn.

Tar--U.S.P.

_Preparations:_ Oint. (50 per cent.); Syr. (D., 1--4 drams).

Taraxacum--U.S.P.

DANDELION.--Bitter Tonic, Hepatic Stimulant.--_Preparations:_ Ext. (D.,

10--30 grn.); F.E. (D., 1--2 drams).

~Tartar Emetic,~--see ANTIMONY AND POTASSIUM TARTRATE.

~Tartar, Soluble,~--see POTASSIUM TARTRATE.

~Terebene Merck.~

Colorl. or slightly yellowish liq.; resinifies when exposed to the

light; thyme-like odor.--SOL. in alcohol, ether; slightly in

water.--Expectorant, Antiseptic, Antifermentative.--USES: _Intern._, in

chronic bronchitis, flatulent dyspepsia, genito-urinary diseases,

emphysema, phthisis, bronchitis, dyspnea, etc.; _extern._, uterine

cancer, gangrenous wounds, skin diseases, etc. In phthisical affections

it is given by inhalation (about 2 oz. per week).--~Dose:~ 4--20

[min.], with syrup or on a lump of sugar.

~Terpin Hydrate Merck.--U.S.P.~

Colorl., lustrous prisms; slightly bitter taste.--SOL. in 10 parts

alcohol, 100 parts ether; 200 parts chloroform, 250 parts

water.--Expectorant, Antiseptic, Diuretic, Diaphoretic.--USES:

Bronchial affections, whooping-cough, throat affections, tuberculosis,

genito-urinary diseases, etc.--~Dose:~ _Expectorant_, 3--6 grn.;

_diuretic_, 10--15 grn.; several t. daily.

~Terpinol Merck.~

Oily liq., hyacinthine odor.--SOL. in alcohol, ether.--Bronchial

Stimulant, Antiseptic, Diuretic.--USES: To diminish expectoration and

lessen odor in phthisis; also for tracheal and bronchial

catarrhs.--~Dose:~ 8--15 [min.].

~Testaden.~

STANDARDIZED DRIED EXTRACT TESTICULAR SUBSTANCE, _Knoll_.--1 part

represents 2 parts fresh gland.--Powd.--USES: Spinal and nervous

diseases, impotence, etc.--~Dose:~ 30 grn., 3 or 4 t. daily.

~Tetraethyl-ammonium Hydroxide Merck.--10% Solut.~

Alkaline, bitter, caustic liq.--Solvent of Uric acid.--USES:

Rheumatism, gout, etc.--~Dose:~ 10--20 [min.] 3 t. daily, well

diluted.--CAUTION: Keep well-stoppered!

~Thalline Sulphate Merck.~--(_Not Thallium!_)

Yellowish needles, or cryst. powd.; cumarin-like odor;

acid-saline-bitterish, aromatic taste; turns brown on exposure.--SOL.

in 7 parts water, 100 parts alcohol.--Antiseptic, Antipyretic.--USES:

_Intern._, typhoid fever, malarial fever, etc.; _extern._, 1--2%

injection for gonorrhea; in chronic gonorrhea a 5% solut. in oil is

best.--~Dose:~ 3--8 grn.--MAX. D.: 10 grn. single, 30 grn. daily.

~Thalline Tartrate Merck.~--(_Not Thallium!_)

Cryst., or cryst. powd.--SOL. in 10 parts water, 300 parts

alcohol.--USES, DOSES, ETC., as the Sulphate.

~Thallium Acetate Merck.~--(_Not Thalline!_)

White, deliquescent cryst.--SOL. in water, alcohol.--USES: Recently

recommended in phthisical night-sweats.--~Dose:~ 1-1/2--3 grn., at

bedtime.

~Theine,~--see CAFFEINE.

~Theobromine Merck.--C.P.~

White powd.; bitter taste.--SOL. in ether; insol. in water or

chloroform.--Diuretic, Nerve-stimulant.--~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.

~Theobromine Salicylate Merck.--True Salt.~

Small, white, acid, permanent needles; not decomposable by water.--SOL.

slightly in water.--USES: Powerful Diuretic and Genito-urinary

Antiseptic; similar in action to diuretin, but perfectly

stable.--~Dose:~ 15 grn., several t. daily, in wafers, or in powd. with

saccharin.

~Theobromine and Lithium Benzoate,~--see UROPHERIN B.

~Theobromine and Lithium Salicylate,~--see UROPHERIN S.

~Theobromine and Sodium Salicylate Merck.~

DIURETIN.--White, fine powd., odorl.; containing 49.7% theobromine,

38.1% salicylic acid; decomposes on exposure.--Diuretic.--USES: Heart

disease; nephritis, especially of scarlet fever.--~Dose:~ 15 grn., 5--6

t. daily, in powd., or capsules, followed by water.

~Thermodin.~

ACETYL-PARAETHOXY-PHENYLURETHANE, _Merck_.--Colorl., odorl.

cryst.--SOL. slightly in water.--Antipyretic, Analgesic.--USES:

Typhoid, pneumonia, influenza, tuberculosis, etc. Temperature reduction

begins in 1 hour after taking and reaches its lowest in four

hours.--~Dose:~ _Antipyretic_, 5--10 grn.; _anodyne_, 15--20 grn.

~Thiocol.~

POTASSIUM GUAIACOLSULPHONATE, _Roche_.--White, odorl. powd., of faint

bitter, then sweet, taste; 60% guaiacol.--SOL. freely in

water.--ANTITUBERCULAR and ANTICATARRHAL; reported non-irritating to

mucosæ of digestive tract, readily assimilated, uniformly well borne

even by the most sensitive, and perfectly innocuous.--USES: Phthisis,

chronic coughs and catarrhs, scrofulous disorders, etc.--~Dose:~ 8

grn., gradually increased to 30 or 40 grn., 3 t. daily; preferably in

solut. with orange syrup.

~Thiosinamine Merck.~

ALLYL SULPHO-CARBAMIDE.--Colorl. cryst.; faint garlic odor;

bitter taste.--SOL. in water, alcohol, or ether.--Discutient,

Antiseptic.--USES: _Extern._, lupus, chronic glandular tumors;

and for removing scar tissue. Possesses the power of softening

cicatricial tissue, also tumors of the uterine appendages.--~Dose:~

1/2 grn., grad. increased to 1-1/2 grn., twice daily, in diluted

alcohol; _hypodermically_, 2--8 grn. in glycerino-aqueous solut.,

once every 3 or 4 days.

~Thymol Merck.--U.S.P.--Cryst.~

THYMIC ACID.--SOL. in alcohol, ether, chloroform; 1200 parts

water.--USES: _Intern._, rheumatism, gout, chyluria, worms, gastric

fermentation, etc.; _extern._, inhaled in bronchitis, coughs, coryza,

etc.; for toothache and mouth-wash, and for wounds, ulcers, and skin

diseases.--~Dose:~ 1--10 grn.

~Thyraden.~

STANDARDIZED DRIED EXTRACT THYROID GLAND, _Knoll_.--1 part represents 2

parts fresh gland. Light-brownish, sweet, permanent powd., free from

ptomaines.--Alterative.--USES: Diseases referable to disturbed function

of the thyroid gland (myxedema, cretinism, struma, certain skin

diseases, etc.).--~Dose:~ 15--25 grn. daily, gradually increased if

necessary; children, 1/4--1/2 as much.

~Tincture, Aconite, Merck.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 1--3 [min.].--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach siphon, stimulants,

strychnine, or digitalis.--CAUTION: Tincture Aconite, U.S.P., is 3-1/2

times as powerful as that of the German Pharmacopoeia.

~Tincture, Adonis Æstivalis, Merck.~

Antifat.--~Dose:~ 10--30 [min.], after meals, in lithia

water.--CAUTION: Do not confound with Tincture Adonis Vernalis!

~Tincture, Adonis Vernalis, Merck.~

Cardiac Stimulant, Diuretic; said to act more promptly than

digitalis.--~Dose:~ 3--20 [min.].--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach siphon,

tannin, brandy, ammonia, opium.--CAUTION: Do not confound with Tincture

Adonis Æstivalis!

~Tincture, Arnica Flowers, Merck.--U.S.P.~

Antiseptic, Antipyretic.--USES:--_Intern._, to check fever; _extern._,

chiefly in bruises and other injuries.--~Dose:~ 10--30 [min.].

~Tincture, Bursa Pastoris, Merck.~

TINCTURE SHEPHERD'S PURSE.--USES: Chiefly in vesical calculus.--~Dose:~

30 [min.] three t. daily.

~Tincture, Cactus Grandiflorus, Merck.~

Heart-tonic; claimed free from cumulative action.--~Dose:~ 15 [min.],

every 4 hours.--MAX. D.: 30 [min.].

~Tincture, Hydrastis, Merck.--U.S.P.~

Hemostatic, Astringent, Alterative.--USES: Uterine hemorrhages, chronic

catarrh, hemorrhoids, leucorrhea, gonorrhea, etc.--~Dose:~ 30--60

[min.].

~Tincture, Hyoscyamus, Merck.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 10--60 [min.].--ANTIDOTES: Animal charcoal followed by emetic;

opium; pilocarpine hypodermically, artificial respiration, brandy,

ammonia, etc.

~Tincture, Iron Chloride.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 5--20 [min.]., diluted.--INCOMPATIBLES: Alkalies, alkali

benzoates and carbonates, antipyrine, most vegetable infusions and

tinctures, mucilage acacia, etc.

~Tincture, Nerium Oleander, from leaves, Merck.~

Succedaneum for Digitalis.--~Dose:~ 20 [min.], three t. daily.

~Tincture, Nux Vomica, Merck.--U.S.P.~

Assayed.--Containing 0.3 gramme of combined alkaloids of nux vomica in

100 cubic centimetres.--Tonic, Stimulant.--USES: Atonic indigestion;

stimulant to nervous system; in chronic bronchitis, adynamic pneumonia;

in poisoning by opium, chloral, or other narcotics; in all affections

with impaired muscular nutrition; anemia, etc.--~Dose:~ 5--15

[min.].--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach pump, tannin, potassium iodide,

chloroform, amyl nitrite, opium, absolute repose, etc.

~Tincture, Pulsatilla, Merck.~

Antispasmodic, Sedative, Anodyne.--USES: _Intern._, asthma,

whooping-cough, spasmodic dysmenorrhea, orchitis, etc.; _extern._,

leucorrhea (1:10 water).--~Dose:~ 3--20 [min.].

~Tincture, Rhus Toxicodendron, Merck.~

USES: Chronic rheumatism, incontinence of urine, skin

diseases.--~Dose:~ 15 [min.].

~Tincture, Simulo, Merck.~

Nervine, Antiepileptic.--USES: Hysteria, nervousness, and

epilepsy.--~Dose:~ 30--60 [min.], two or three t. daily, in sweet wine.

~Tincture, Stramonium Seed, Merck.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 5--10 [min.]. ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach siphon, animal

charcoal, tannin, opium; pilocarpine hypodermically.

~Tincture, Strophanthus, Merck.--U.S.P.--1:20.~

~Dose:~ 3--10 [min.].--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach siphon, cathartics,

tannin, opium, coffee, brandy, etc.

~Tincture, Veratrum Viride, Merck.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 1--5 [min.].--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach siphon, tannic acid,

stimulants, external heat, stimulation by mustard or friction.

~Toluene Merck.~

TOLUOL.--Colorl., refractive liq.; benzene-like odor.--SOL.: Alcohol,

ether, chloroform; slightly in water.--USES: _Topically_, in

diphtheria, as "Loeffler's Solution" = Toluene 18 cubic centimetres,

Solut. Iron Chloride 2 cubic centimetres, Menthol 5 grammes, Alcohol 30

cubic centimetres.

~Tongaline.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Each fluid dram represents 30 grn.

tonga, 2 grn. ext. cimicifuga, 10 grn. sod. salicylate, 1/10 grn.

pilocarpine salicylate, 1/500 grn. colchicine.--Antirheumatic,

Diaphoretic.--~Dose:~ 1--2 fl. drs.")

~Traumaticin Merck.~

10% solut. gutta-percha in chloroform.--Thick, viscid, dark-brown

liq.--USES: _Extern._, in dentistry and surgery, as a protective

covering for bleeding surfaces, cuts, etc.; also as a vehicle for

application of chrysarobin or other antiseptics, in skin diseases.

~Tribromphenol Merck.~

BROMOL.--White cryst.; disagreeable, bromine odor; sweet, astring.

taste.--SOL. in alcohol, ether, chloroform, glycerin, oils; insol. in

water.--External and Internal Antiseptic.--USES: _Intern._, cholera

infantum, typhoid fever, etc.; _extern._, purulent wounds, diphtheria,

etc.--~Dose:~ 3--8 grn. daily.--EXTERN. in 1:30 oily solut., or 1:8

oint.; in diphtheria, 4% solut. in glycerin.

~Trimethylamine Solution, Medicinal,~--see SOLUTION, TRIMETHYLAMINE.

~Trional.~

Colorl., odorl. plates; peculiar taste.--SOL. in 320 parts water; also

in alcohol or ether.--Hypnotic, Sedative.--~Dose:~ 15--30 grn.--MAX.

DOSE: 45 grn.

~Triphenin.~

PROPIONYL-PHENETIDIN, _Merck._--Colorl. cryst.--SOL. in 2000 parts

water.--Antipyretic and Antineuralgic, like Phenacetin; prompt, and

without by- or after-effect.--~Dose:~ _Antipyretic_, 4--10 grn.;

_antineuralgic_, 15--20 grn.--[Further information in "Merck's Digest"

on "TRIPHENIN", containing clinical reports.]

Triticum--U.S.P.

COUCH-GRASS.--Demulcent, Diuretic.--~Dose:~ 1--4 drams, in F.E. (1:1)

or infus. (1:20).

~Tritipalm.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Comp. Fld. Ext. Saw Palmetto and

Triticum. Ea. fl. dr. represents 30 grn. fresh saw palmetto berries and

60 grn. triticum.--Genito-urinary Tonic.--~Dose:~ 1 fl. dr., 4 t.

daily.")

~Tropacocaine Hydrochlorate Merck.~

BENZOYL-PSEUDOTROPEINE HYDROCHLORATE.--Colorl. cryst.--SOL. in

water.--Succedaneum for Cocaine. According to Drs. Vamossy, Chadbourne,

and others, tropacocaine is not half as toxic as cocaine. Anesthesia

from it sets in more rapidly and lasts longer than with cocaine. It

causes much less hyperemia than does cocaine. Mydriasis does not always

occur, and when it does, is much less than with cocaine. The activity

of its solution is retained for two to three months. Tropacocaine may

replace cocaine in every case as an anesthetic.--APPLIED in 3% solut.,

usually in 0.6% sodium-chloride solut.--[Further information in

"Merck's Digest" on "TROPACOCAINE", containing clinical reports.]

~Turpentine, Chian, Merck.~

Thick, tenacious, greenish-yellow liq.; peculiar, penetrating

odor.--Antiseptic.--USES: _Extern._, cancerous growths.

Turpentine, Canada--U.S.P.

BALSAM OF FIR.--Used chiefly extern.--~Dose:~ 5--30 grn., in pill.

~Unguentine.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Alum ointment, with 2% carbolic

acid, 5% ichthyol.--Antiseptic, Astringent, Antiphlogistic.--USES:

Burns and other inflam. diseases of skin.")

~Uranium Nitrate Merck.--C.P.~

Yellow cryst.--SOL. in water, alcohol, ether.--USES: Diabetes.--~Dose:~

1--2 grn., gradually increasing to 15 grn., two or three t. daily.

~Urea Merck.--Pure.~

CARBAMIDE.--White cryst.--SOL. in water, alcohol.--Diuretic.--USES:

Cirrhosis of liver, pleurisy, renal calculus, etc.--~Dose:~ 150--300

grn. a day, in hourly instalments, in water.

~Urethane Merck.--C.P.~

ETHYL URETHANE.--Colorl. cryst.; faint, peculiar odor; saltpeter-like

taste.--SOL. in 0.6 part alcohol, 1 part water, 1 part ether, 1.5 part

chloroform, 3 parts glycerin, 20 parts olive oil.--Hypnotic,

Antispasmodic, Sedative.--USES: Insomnia, eclampsia, nervous

excitement, tetanus; and as antidote in strychnine, resorcin, or

picrotoxin poisoning. Does not interfere with circulation; no

unpleasant after-effects. In eclampsia it should be given per

enema.--~Dose:~ _Sedative_, 10--20 grn., 1--4 t. daily: _hypnotic_,

30--45 grn., in 3 portions at 1/2--1 hour intervals, in 10%

solut.--MAX. D.: 80 grn.--INCOMPATIBLES: Alkalies, acids.

~Uricedin.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Uniform combination of sodium

sulphate, sodium chloride, sodium citrate, and lithium citrate.--Wh.

granules.--SOL. freely in water.--Antilithic.--~Dose:~ 15--30 grn., in

hot water, 3 t. daily.")

~Uropherin B.~

THEOBROMINE AND LITHIUM BENZOATE, _Merck._--50% theobromine.--White

powd.; decomposes on exposure.--Diuretic; works well with

digitalin.--~Dose:~ 5--15 grn., in powd. or capsules, followed by

water.--MAX. D.: 60 grn. daily.

~Uropherin S.~

THEOBROMINE AND LITHIUM SALICYLATE, _Merck._--White powd.--USES, DOSE,

ETC., as Uropherin B.

~Urotropin,~--see FORMIN.

Uva Ursi--U.S.P.

BEARBERRY.--Tonic, Diuretic, Antilithic.--~Dose:~ 1--2

drams.--_Preparations:_ Ext. (D., 5--15 grn.); F.E. (1:1).

Valerian-U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.--_Preparations:_ F.E. (1:1): Tr. (1:5); Ammon. Tr.

(1:5 arom. spt ammonia).

~Validol.~

MENTHOL VALERIANATE.--Colorl., syrupy liq.; mild, pleasant odor;

cooling, faintly bitter taste.--Nerve Sedative, Carminative.--USES:

Hysteria, epilepsy; flatulence, dyspepsia, etc.--~Dose:~ 10--20 drops,

on sugar.

~Vasogen.~

OXYGENATED PETROLATUM.--Faintly alkaline, yellowish-brown, syrupy mass,

yielding emulsions with water and rendering such active medicaments as

creolin, creosote, ichthyol, iodine, pyoktanin, etc., readily

absorbable through the skin. Used combined with these, externally as

well as internally. _Iodine Vasogen_ (80 grn. daily) recommended by

inunction in syphilis and glandular swellings, and internally in

arterial sclerosis (4--6 grn. twice daily). _Iodoform Vasogen_ used in

tuberculous processes.

~Veratrine Merck.--U.S.P.~

White powd.; causes violent sneezing when inhaled; exceedingly

irritating to mucous membranes.--SOL. in 2 parts chloroform, 3 parts

alcohol, 6 parts ether; slightly in water.--USES: _Intern._, gout,

rheumatism, neuralgia, scrofula, epilepsy; _extern._, stiff joints,

sprains, and chronic swellings.--~Dose:~ 1/60--1/30 grn.--MAX. D.: 3/4

grn.--EXTERN.: 1--4% in oint.--_Preparations:_ Oleate (2%); Oint.

(4%).--ANTIDOTES: Tannic acid, emetics, powdered charcoal, stomach

pump, stimulants; morphine with atropine hypodermically, heat,

recumbent position.

Veratrum Viride-U.S.P.

AMERICAN HELLEBORE.--Cardiac Depressant, Diaphoretic,

Diuretic.--_Preparations:_ F.E. (D., 1--4 min.); Tr. (D. 3--10

min.).--See also, Veratrine.

Viburnum Opulus--U.S.P.

CRAMP BARK.--Antispasmodic, Sedative--_Preparations:_ F.E. (D., 30--60

min.).

Viburnum Prunifolium.

BLACK HAW.--Astringent, Nervine, Oxytocic.--_Preparations:_ F.E. (D.,

15--60 min.).

~Vitogen.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Definite, stable compound.--Whitish,

odorl., insol. powd.--Surgical Antiseptic, Deodorant.--USED only

_extern._, pure.")

~Water, Bitter-Almond, Merck.--U.S.P.~

0.1% hydrocyanic acid.--USES: Chiefly as vehicle.--~Dose:~ 10--20

[min.].

~Water, Cherry-Laurel, Merck.~

0.1% hydrocyanic acid.--Turbid liq.--Anodyne, Sedative,

Antispasmodic.--USES: Chiefly as vehicle; also in whooping-cough,

asthmatic affections, dyspnea, etc.--~Dose:~ 10--20 [min.].

White Oak--U.S.P.

Astringent.--~Dose:~ 30--60 grn., as fl. ext. or decoct.

~White Precipitate,~--see MERCURY-AMMONIUM CHLORIDE.

Wild-Cherry Bark--U.S.P.

Astringent, Tonic, Sedative.--_Preparations:_ F.E. (D., 20--60 min.);

Infus. (D., 1--4 oz.); Syr. (D., 1--4 drams).

Xanthoxylum--U.S.P.

PRICKLY ASH.--Diaphoretic, Alterative, Counterirritant.--_Preparation:_

F.E. (D., 15--60 min.).

~Xeroform.~

TRIBROM-PHENOL-BISMUTH.--Yellow-green, alm. odorl. and tastel., insol.

powd.; 50% tribromphenol.--Surgical and Intest. Antiseptic.--USES:

_Extern._, infected wounds, buboes, etc.; _intern._, diarrheas of

various kinds.--EXTERN. like iodoform.--~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.

~Zinc Acetate Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 3 parts water, 36 parts alcohol.--Astringent, Antiseptic,

Nervine.--USES: Chiefly _extern._, collyrium in ophthalmia, injection

in urethritis, and gargle in sore mouth or sore throat.--APPLIED:

Eye-wash, 1--2 parts to 1000 water; gargle, 5--10 parts to 1000 water;

injection, 2--5 parts to 1000 water.--~Dose:~ 1/2--2 grn.

~Zinc Bromide Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in water, alcohol, ether, ammonia.--USES: Epilepsy, in very

diluted solut.--~Dose:~ 1--2 grn.--MAX. D.: 10 grn. daily.

~Zinc Carbonate Merck.--U.S.P.~

USES: Wounds, ulcers, skin diseases, etc.; also face powd.--APPLIED

pure or 20% oint. or powd.

~Zinc Chloride Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 0.3 part water; in alcohol, ether.--~Dose:~ 1/10--1/3

grn.--EXTERN.: Gonorrhea, 1:1000 solut.; wounds. 1:100--500; eyes,

1:1000, tuberculous joints, 1:10.--_Preparation:_ Solut.

(50%).--ANTIDOTES: Alkali carbonates, followed by water or milk;

albumen, anodynes, stimulants, tea, etc.

~Zinc Cyanide Merck.--Pure.~

White, cryst. powd.--Alterative, Antiseptic, Anthelmintic.--USES:

Chorea, rheumatism, neuralgia, dysmenorrhea, colic, gastralgia, cardiac

palpitation. Small doses at first and gradually increased.--~Dose:~

1/10--1/4 grn.--ANTIDOTES: Stomach siphon, ammonia, mixture of ferrous

and ferric sulphates, chlorine inhalation, cold douche, etc.

~Zinc Ferro-cyanide Merck.~

White powd.--Alterative, Antiseptic.--USES: Dysmenorrhea, rheumatism,

chorea, gastralgia, etc.--~Dose:~ 1/2--4 grn.

~Zinc Hypophosphite Merck.~

SOL. in water.--Antiseptic, Astringent, Antispasmodic.--USES: Gastric

and intestinal catarrh, chorea, whooping-cough, epilepsy, skin

diseases.--~Dose:~ 1/2--1-1/2 grn.

~Zinc Iodide Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in water, alcohol, and ether.--~Dose:~ 1--2 grn.

~Zinc Lactate Merck.~

White cryst.--SOL. in 60 parts water.--Antiepileptic.--~Dose:~ 1/2--1

grn., gradually increased.--MAX. D.: 10 grn. daily.

~Zinc Oxide Merck.--U.S.P.~

EXTERN: in 5--20% oint. or powd.--USES: _Intern._, chorea, epilepsy,

chronic diarrhea, etc.; _extern._, wounds, skin diseases, etc.--~Dose~:

1--5 grn.--_Preparation:_ Oint. (20%).

~Zinc Permanganate Merck.--C.P.~

Violet-brown, or almost black, hygroscopic cryst.--SOL. in

water.--Antiseptic, non-irritating Antigonorrhoic.--USES: 1:4000 solut.

as injection in gonorrhea; and 1 or 2:1000 as eye-wash in

conjunctivitis.--INCOMPATIBLES: All easily oxidizable or combustible

substances. Explodes when compounded directly with alcohol, glycerin,

sugar, dry or fluid vegetable extracts.

~Zinc Phosphide Merck.--U.S.P.~

INSOL. in the usual solvents.--USES: Sexual exhaustion, cerebral

affections, melancholia, and chronic skin diseases.--~Dose:~ 1/20--1/4

grn., in pill.

~Zinc Stearate Merck.~

White, agglutinating powd.; turns darker on exposure.--INSOL. in

water.--Antiseptic, Astringent.--USES: Gonorrhea, atrophic rhinitis,

etc.--APPLIED in substance, or combined with iodole, iodoformogen, etc.

~Zinc Sulphate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

WHITE VITRIOL; ZINC VITRIOL.--SOL. in 0.6 part water, 3 parts

glycerin.--~Dose:~ 1/4--1/2 grn.; _emetic_, 10--30 grn.--ANTIDOTES:

Alkali carbonates, tannic acid, albumen, demulcents.

~Zinc Sulphocarbolate Merck.~

Colorl. cryst.--SOL. in 2 parts water; 5 parts alcohol.--Antiseptic,

Astringent.--USES: _Extern._, gonorrhea, foul ulcers, etc.; _intern._,

typhoid, fermentative diarrhea, etc.--EXTERN. in 1/2--1%

solut.--~Dose:~ 2--4 grn.

~Zinc Valerianate Merck.--U.S.P.~

Decomposes on exposure.--SOL. in 40 parts alcohol, 100 parts

water.--USES: Diabetes insipidus, nervous affections, neuralgia,

etc.--~Dose:~ 1--3 grn.--MAX. D.: 5 grn.