The extra pharmacopoeia of Martindale and Westcott / Revised by W. Harrison Martindale and W. Wynn Westcott.

  • Martindale, William, 1840-1902.
Date:
1904
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Credit: The extra pharmacopoeia of Martindale and Westcott / Revised by W. Harrison Martindale and W. Wynn Westcott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Said (o have the composition Benzoyl-thymol-socliunl oxybeuzoate. A slightly aroinatif, whitu hygroscopic crystalline ])o\vdcr. Soluble about 1 in 1^ of water ami 1 in 8 of alcohol, 90 per cent. Antipyretic and antincuralgic in sciatica and acute rhenuiatisni, small doses, e.g., 8 to \'l grains, three times a day for a fortnight are said to improve chronic rheumatism. Large doses, e.g., 30 grains, increased the diaphoresis in pleurisy, and decreased the serous effusion.—B.M.J.E. i./o3,7'J. Calcii Hipptiras. J)ose.—b to 20 grains (0-32 to 1-3 Gm,). In shining white crystals, soluble 1 in 27 of water. Sodii Hippuras. Do.^e.—b 10 30 grains (0-32 to 2 Gm.). Is met with in conimeree as a readily solul)Ie white amorphous pi v\der. Both it and the benzowte are reconimi-nded in gout, gravel, and calculus, as solveutr lor urates. Acidum Cinuamicum, Cinnamylic Acid. In transparent micaceous crystals, very slightly soluble in water. Sodium Cinnamate.—Syn. IIetol. Dose.— 3 to 5 grains (02 to 0*32 Gm.) per os, or liypodcrmically. Solution 1 in 20 of distilled water or normal saline solution, sterilised, for intravtnous injection, has been found to exercise a beneficial effect in the treatment of phthisis.—B.M.J.E. i./99,51; ii./oo,16; i./oi,3,07; i /oi,83 : B.M.J.E. ii. oi,,27 ; i./o2,28 ; L. ii.,02,06,67 ; Pr. lxx.574. Value of oil and preparations of cinnamon as internal antiseptics injected for phthisis, and given internally for cystitis and intlueuza.—B.M.J. i./o5,.^84,697,753. Glass Tubes arc prepared containing I Cc. each of 1 and 5 per cent, solution respectively for injection. Glyceriniun Sodii Cinnamatis. Bo.s-e.—'dQ to 60 minims irS to 3*5 Cc.) liypo- dcrniically. A 10 per cent, solution in stcrili.scd glycerin is em- ])loved for hypodermic injection in tnbeicuiosis and cancer. Jn the preparation of this solution care must bo takcu not to heat above i80°C. (about 356°F.) to prevent the formatiou of acrolein, which would Ijc B 2