Merck's manual of the materia medica, together with a summary of therapeutic indications and a classification of medicaments : a ready-reference pocket book for the physician and surgeon.

Merck Serono

Date:: 1899

Credit: Merck's manual of the materia medica, together with a summary of therapeutic indications and a classification of medicaments : a ready-reference pocket book for the physician and surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Scutellaria. ScBtLOAr. - Scduive, Antlipatmodlc. - PrtparoHon; P. E. [D., SO—6(1 min. (*-4.0 cc.)l. Senega — P. B. Prtparation: Syr. (‘4(1 per cant. P. E.). lufue. (I:‘40) neiei 1-2 oz (30-60 ce.): Tr. (l:8) Voee; Va-'2 dr. C4.0-8.0cc.). ^ Senna — P. B. Doie: of the powd. 10-30 grn. (0.6-?.0 grin,). - Pr4par<uioni; Contact. (D , I-* drama (4-8 grm.); P. E. (l(l)i Comp. Mixt. [D., l-U/j oz (80-48 cc.)j Syr. (I:S). Entera into Comp. Liquorice Powd. Tr. Doaa; 1 — 4 dr. (4—i5cc.): Inf. (I;l0) Ktoae: 1—2 oz (30—60 cc,). Serpentaria — P. B. ■PiKoiM* 8na*z«oot. — Tonic, Antipcriodlc, Diaphoretic. - Deae: 10—l.'i gm. (0.6—1.0 grm.). — Preparationt: Inf. (1=40) Doae: I—*oz (30.0-00 cc.): Tr. (1:8) Doae : Va—1 dr. t* —4 cc.). Serum, Antituberculous, Maragliano’s. — (Only in i Cc. [16 min.] tubes.) Antitoxin against Pulmonary Tuberculosis. — Dose (subcutaneous): In apyretic cases, 16 m (1 cubic centimetre) every other day for 10 days, then daily for 10 days, and .SO tl\ (2 cc.) twice a day there- after until sweats have entirely subsided, when 16 n) (1 cc.) .are in- jected 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 Ifi; (10 cc.) and if there be a marked fall of temperature repeat in a week, and so continue until fever is gone, then inject 16—32 (11 (1—2 cc.) daily. Serum Antileprous acc. to Dr. Carrasquilla Antitoxin against leprosy. Dose: by injection 8 (II (0.5 cc.); in the course of 4 weeks; this dose it gradually increased to 5 dr. (20 cc.) Serum acc. to Dr. Calmette against snake-poison. Dose by injection: 2'/3 dr. (10 cc.) for children, 5 dr. (20 cc.) for adults in conjunction with the injection of 2—2'h dr. (8—10 cc.) of a solution of chlorinated lime (1:60). Silver Chloride Merck. White powd.; backens on exposure to light. — Sol. in ammonia, potassium thiosulphate, potassium cyanide. — Antiseptic, Nerve- sedative. — Uses : Chorea, gastralgia, epilepsy, pertussis, diarrhea, and various neuroses. — Dose: ‘/a—iVa grn. (0.03—0.1 grm.), in pills. — Max. D. : 3 grn. (0.18 grm.). Silver Citrate Merck. White, dry powd. — Sol. in about 4000 parts water. — Antiseptic Astringent. — Uses: Wounds, gonorrhea, etc. — Applied in 1—2o/q oint., or 1—2:4000 solut. — Always prepare solut. fresh! Silver, colloidal (Crede’s). Metallic soluble silver. Powerful antiseptic. — Used in Sepsis. Erisy- pel. Lymphangitis, Cellulitis, etc. — Applied e.xternally in form of Crede’s Ointment (10 inllOO). — Internally. — Dose: 's grn. (0.02 grm.) in pills. 2 or 3. t daily. Silver Cyanide Merck. Sol. in solut’s of potassium cyanide, ammonia, sodium thiosulphate — Antiseptic, Sedative. — U.8ES: Epilepsy, chorea. — Dose: bso-^Vio grn. (0.001—0.003 grm.), in pills. — Antidotes: Ammonia, chlorine, mixture of ferric and ferrous sulphates, artificial respiration, stomach siphon.$