Merck's manual of the materia medica : a ready reference pocket book for the physician and surgeon: containing names of the chemicals and drugs ... / compiled from the most recent authoritative sources and published by Merck & Co.

Date:
1911
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Credit: Merck's manual of the materia medica : a ready reference pocket book for the physician and surgeon: containing names of the chemicals and drugs ... / compiled from the most recent authoritative sources and published by Merck & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    eases; as gargle or spray in acute and chronic affections of respiratory tract; intern., in phthisical night-sweats, chronic bronchitis, gonorrhea, cystitis, etc.—Dose: 8—30 grn. (0.5—2 Gm.), in powd. sev. times daily. —Max. D.: 60 grains (4 Gm.) per day. ACID CARBOLIC MERCK.— Silver Label ; Fused Cryst.—Phenol. —Sol. in abt. 15 parts cold water, 2 olive oil; freely in alcohol, chloro- form, ether, glycerin.—Antiseptic, Antipyretic, Caustic, Topical Anes- thetic.—Uses.—For making disinfecting solutions, aborting boils and carbuncles, as application to ulcers, venereal sores, nevi, hemorrhoids, toothache, whooping cough, diphtheria, etc. To prevent spread of zy- motic diseases.—A''. B.: Dangerous to infants; poisoning occurs by ab- sorption.—Dose: \—2 grn. (0.015—0.12 Gm.), well diluted or in pills.— Max. D. 2 grains (0.12 Gm.) single; 8 grains (0.5 Gm.) daily.—Inject, in urethra or bladder, solut. 1—2:1000.—Extern, as spray (1% solut.), and as wash, 1—3:500; as caustic, pure or concentrated.—Preparations: Gly- cerite (20%); Oint. (3%).—In compatibles: Carbolic acid coagulates collodion. Triturated with acetanilide, butyl-chloral hydrate, camphor, monobromated camphor, hydrated chloral, diuretin, euphorin, exalgine, lead acetate, menthol, naphthalene, naphthol, phenacetin, pyrogallol, resorcinol, salol, sodium phosphate, thymol, urethane, chloralamide or terpin hydrate, carbolic acid yields a liquid or a soft mass.—Antidotes: Alcohol or whisky; saccharated lime; raw white of egg. See also Poi- soning and its Treatment, p. 425. [Merck's Silver Label Carbolic Acid is guaranteed not to redden under proper precautions of keeping.] ACID CARBOLIC IODIZED, N. F.—Iodized Phenol.—Solution of 20 parts iodine in 20 parts glycerin and 60 parts carbolic acid.—Antiseptic, Escharotic.—Uses: Uterine dilatation.—^Applied pure. ACID CHROMIC MERCK.—Cryst., or Fused (Pencils).—Chromium Trioxide.—Small, dark, purplish-red, deliq. needles, or pencils.—Sol. freely in water.—Astringent, Caustic.—Uses: Extern., in syphilitic ulcers, hyperplasia or ulcers, condylomata, hypertrophic coryza, exube- rant granulations, hemorrhage, sweating feet, leucorrhea, etc.—Applic.t as caustic, in 20% solut.; for sweating feet, 5% solut.—In veter. medi- cine; in 33 % solut. in mouth- and foot-disease.—Incompatibles: Alcohol, ether, glycerin, spirit of nitrous ether, arsenous acid and nearly every or- ganic substance; bromides, chlorides, iodides; hypophosphites, oxalates, sulphides, sulphites, tartrates.—Antidotes: Emetics, then milk, mag- nesia or chalk; white of egg; calcium saccharate; powd. iron with syrup; demulcents.—In burns from chrom. trioxide apply dilute solut. sodium bicarbonate, followed by lead-water and 10% lead-acetate oint. See also Poisoning and its Treatment, p. 426.—Caution: Avoid contact with cork stoppers and other organic substances. ACID CHRYSOPHANIC MEDICINAL, so-called,—see Chrysarobin. ACID CINNAMIC MERCK.—Cinnamylic Acid.—White, odorless scales.—Sol. in alcohol, ether; very slightly in water.—Antitubercular, Antiseptic.—Uses: Tuberculosis and lupus, parenchymatously and in- travenously; also in phthisis, in combination with arsenic and extr. opium.—Applied in 5% emulsion or alcoholic solut. with cocaine in lupus.—Injection (intravenously): I—f grn. (0.015—0.05 Gm.), in 5% oily emulsion, with 0.7% solut. sodium chloride, twice a week. See also Sodium Cinnamate. ACID CITRIC MERCK.—Cryst. or Powd.—Sol. freely in water, alcohol, or glycerin.—Antiseptic, Antiscorbutic, and Refrigerant.—Uses: Extern., post-partum hemorrhage; pruritus; diphtheria, angina or gangrenous sore mouth; intern., cooling beverage to assuage fever, and as remedy in scurvy.—Dose: 10—30 gm. (0.6—2 Gm.) several t. daily.—Incompati- bles: Potassium tartrate; alkaline carbonates, acetates, and sulphides. Preparation: Syr. (1%).—Extern., for painting throat, 5—10% solut. in glycerin; gargle, 1—2%; cooling drink, 80 gm. to 1 quart (abt. 5 Gm. to 1 liter).